Jonesport and Beals Island are two of the ... to the fishing docks through high school and college. In 2008, a lobster boat named Miss Melinda caught fire by the boat club’s float.

The Coast Guard is investigating the death of lobsterman Jon Popham, 28, who leaves behind a wife and 2-year-old son. The lobsterman who died Saturday after falling off a lobster boat about 2 ...

But there’s a strong tie between lobstering on the island and the lobster boat race series, which began in Jonesport-Beals nearly a century ago. “Lobstering is very important to the island as ...

But none come close to being as hardcore as the annual lobsterboat races in Jonesport. One weekend a year, fishermen and women, who usually use their boats to haul lobster traps, empty out their ...

The events, run by the Maine Lobster Boat Racing Association ... Mr. Beal charted a scenic southwesterly course from Jonesport. Alone on deck, he took in the sight of the rocky coastline and ...

In Jonesport and other fishing ports like Boothbay ... The races aren’t just about lobster boats. Nobody pretends that Johnson’s boat is used to pull lobster traps, but he’s allowed to ...

JONESPORT, Maine (AP) _ For the first time in 24 years of building lobster boats, Wayne Beal doesn't have any job orders. He has a 42-footer under construction at his boatyard — but he's ...

There are 10 lobster boat races this season, in Boothbay Harbor, Rockland, Jonesport-Beals Island, Searsport, Stonington, Friendship, Harpswell, Winter Harbor, Pemaquid and Portland. Last week, the ...

In Jonesport and other fishing ports like Boothbay ... The races aren’t just about lobster boats. Nobody pretends that Johnson’s boat is used to pull lobster traps, but he’s allowed to ...

(Jonesport and Beals Island are separated by ... “He grew up right here lobster fishing,” Sonny said of his dad. “His first lobster boat was a rowboat. His father would tow him down the ...

JONESPORT, Maine (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says two people abandoned ship from a sinking lobster boat off the coast of Maine. The Portland Press Herald reports the fishing vessel Overtimer sank ...