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With the resignation of former harbormaster Oliver Curry, the third to resign from the position in less than two years, it has been said that chaos has arisen this summer in the state’s seventh top grossing port of Southwest Harbor.
For the past 20 years, the ferry has been docking at the Upper Town Dock on Clark Point Road. But in January, the Southwest Harbor Select Board decided that the ferry would not be allowed to continue using the Upper Town Dock after July 1.
The Cranberry Cove Ferry will continue carrying passengers between the Cranberry Isles and Southwest Harbor this year, despite not being allowed to keep using the Upper Town Dock in Southwest Harbor
Captain Steve Pagels, owner of Downeast Windjammer Cruise Lines, said that this decision will cause a drastic drop in revenue for his ferry considering that 85 percent of it comes from the Upper Town Dock.
Harbor Committee Chair Nick Madeira say the Upper Town Dock’s parking lot has become too congested.