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Noel Paul Stookey is still singing for a good cause
The Blue Hill resident gained famed with Peter, Paul and Mary in the 1960s and recently put out an album to raise money for several causes.
Photo by Sally Farr
Noel Paul Stookey first gained fame as a singer and activist with Peter, Paul and Mary nearly 60 years ago. As part of that folk trio, he sang to more than 200,000 people during the 1963 civil rights march on Washington, D.C., where Martin Luther King Jr. also delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
HEAR HIM LIVE
Noel Paul Stookey will perform live to kick off the Portland Press Herald’s virtual Source Maine Sustainability Awards at 7 p.m. April 21. Register to attend the event at pressherald.com/source2021.
Sloop Clearwater s first skipper is dead at 79
Allan Aunpau took Hudson vessel on first historic voyage in 1960s
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The Clearwater sloop s first Captain, Allan Aunapu, has died at 79.Times Union file photo
The Hudson River sloop Clearwater’s first captain, Allan J. Aunapu, died in an accident last Thursday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at age 79, according to a news release from the Clearwater nonprofit organization.
An accomplished musician in addition to being an expert sailor, Aunapu skippered the Clearwater on its maiden voyage in 1969.
The first crew was made up largely of musicians, including Pete Seeger, Don McLean and first mate Gordon Bok. They sailed from Maine down the coast to New York Harbor stopping along the way to give fundraising concerts.