FW Thurston Co. applies to increase floats and shore access
TREMONT After several years of negotiating with the town regarding the position of floats, the owners of FW Thurston Co. are submitting two applications for Tier 3 Natural Resources Protection Act permits with the Department of Environmental Protection to add 14 floats in total to their operation in Bernard.
FW Thurston buys and sells lobsters and operates Thurston’s Lobster Pound on the western shore of Bass Harbor, next to the town’s wharf in Bernard.
One application submitted under Woof Wagon LLC is for a marina on the north side of the property that abuts the town wharf. A second application, under Michael and Elizabeth Radcliffe, owners of FW Thurston, is on the south side of the property.
NOAA starts phasing out its paper charts
ELLSWORTH When Karl Brunner takes tourists out on his sail charters and lobster tours, he has a trusty paper nautical chart from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) that acts as a map to the ocean.
It shows water depths, buoys, traffic lanes and navigation channels, and NOAA has been producing them to help guide mariners for nearly 200 years.
But Brunner, the owner of Sail Acadia, largely keeps his chart around for the benefit of his customers, not to help him navigate the waters around Mount Desert Island. He normally turns to electronic navigation maps on his phone should he need guidance.
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LPA lease application goes before selectmen
TREMONT Until they consult with the town’s attorney, Tremont’s Board of Selectmen will wait to weigh in on a 400-square foot Limited Purpose Aquaculture lease application for commercial clam cultivation in Mitchell Cove.
Several neighbors attended a Monday night meeting via Zoom to ask questions regarding the application submitted by Geoff Ghertler that has his father-in-law, Russell Bradford, as the main applicant and Ghertler and his wife as assistants. Ghertler is seeking local approval before submitting the application to the state’s Department of Marine Resources.
Town Manager Chris Saunders explained to selectmen that town attorney James Collier recommended not acting on the application until neighboring property owners were notified by the applicant.
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