Small Harbor Improvement Program News Today

Construction on a boat launch on the Cathance River begins this week.

AUGUSTA — Matthew Burns has been named Executive Director of The Maine Port Authority. MPA Board members voted unanimously last month to hire Burns, who had been serving as interim Executive Director for the past year. He officially began his new...

The report’s main takeaway? “Without institutional support, high-level policy and programmatic coordination and sufficient funding to protect access, the future of Maine’s working waterfront is dire.” 

ELLSWORTH — A grizzled lobsterman hauls traps onto the wharf as the sun sets slow and pink over the harbor. Fishing boats head home to unload catch as “There’s a critical connection between the ocean and Maine’s economy,” Island Institute Senior Community Development Officer Sam Belknap said, following the institute’s August 2021 publication, “The Critical Nature of Maine’s Working Waterfronts and Access to the Shore.”

Pursuit of grants stopped; projects dead in the water  SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Residents will not get the chance to vote on Warrant Article 43 at the annual Town Meeting on June 5.   The article asked if voters want to pursue grant funding for two projects in town, but the Board of Selectmen decided on Tuesday to amend the annual Town Meeting warrant to exclude it.   Expansion and development of the Manset Dock was one of the projects and developing a parcel of property adjacent ...