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Research led them to an age-old truth: it’s all in who you know.
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Research led them to an age-old truth: it’s all in who you know.
Sailors from Deer Isle and Stonington crewed the Nat Herreshoff-designed Defender and the Columbia in the 1895 and 1899 America’s Cup, respectively.
On Friday, March 25, Tom Duym will discuss the role Deer Isle-Stonington High School students played in America's Cup history.
There are only a handful of sea scallop farms in the U.S. and most of them are in Maine, run by small fishing families like Marsden Brewers.
Maine Coast Fishermen's Association Executive Director Ben Martens said the goal is to identify where existing education and training programs "might be enhanced to better meet the needs of the next generation."