Coast Guard searching for missing kayaker on Lake Champlain, Vermont, asking for help from public

Coast Guard searching for missing kayaker on Lake Champlain, Vermont, asking for help from public
The Coast Guard is asking for assistance from the public in the search for a kayaker who went missing on Lake Champlain, Vt., Saturday. BOSTON — The Coast Guard is asking for assistance from the public in the search for a kayaker who went missing on Lake Champlain, Vermont Saturday. Sean Hawley, 25, 6’2 and 180 pounds was last seen at 11:00 p.m. Saturday paddling a black, inflatable kayak...

Two missing kayakers on Saco River located

Two missing kayakers on Saco River located
BOSTON — The Coast Guard, along with state and local partners, have found the two missing individuals involved in a search and rescue case Wednesday. Local authorities relayed to Coast Guard rescue crews that the two people had been safely located on shore. Police from Biddeford, Maine notified the Sector Northern New England Command Center in Portland, Maine early Wednesday after receiving a report...

Coast Guard seeks info on two missing people on the Saco River, Maine

Coast Guard seeks info on two missing people on the Saco River, Maine
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is seeking information about two people who went missing on the Saco River in Maine late Tuesday. Local police from Biddeford, Maine notified the Sector Northern New England Command Center in Portland, Maine today after receiving a report about two missing people at the mouth of the river, near the University of New England Campus. A Station South Portland rescue crew using...

25 Lighthouses set to take part in 3rd annual Maine Open Lighthouse Day

BOSTON — The public is invited to visit and tour the towers and keeper’s houses of 25 Maine lighthouses from Biddeford, Maine, to Lubec, Maine, Sept. 17 during the 3rd annual Maine Open Lighthouse Day. This event is the largest of its kind in the country, and is coordinated by the U.S. Coast Guard, in partnership with the Maine Office of Tourism and the American Lighthouse Foundation. Most...

Coast Guard to receive piece of history during ceremony in South Portland, Wednesday

PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. Coast Guard will accept a piece of history into its artifact collection during a ceremony at Sector Northern New England in South Portland, Maine, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. A wooden model of the Coast Guard Cutter Barataria (WAVP-381) will be donated by Bill Mancini of Gray, Maine, a former Coast Guard Radioman and grandson of the model-maker, the late Coast Guard Master...

U.S.,Canadian Coast Guard respond to disabled fishing vessel

ROCKLAND, Maine – U.S. Coast Guard crews are responding to a fishing vessel that became disabled 40 miles east of Rockland, Maine, Feb.20, 2011. Coast Guard watchstanders from Sector Northern New England received notification from the fishing vessel Meridian’s captain that the vessel had become disabled due to a generator. The Coast Guard Cutter Grand Isle and Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Earl Grey...

Coast Guard to present certificate of appreciation to Flying Santa veteran Saturday

PORTSMOUTH, N. H. — The Flying Santa event for Maine and New Hampshire is now scheduled for Saturday, December 18, 2010 after two weather-related postponements. Capt. James McPherson, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England, will present a Coast Guard Certificate of Appreciation to 20-year Flying Santa veteran Brian Tague, during the Flying Santa’s stop at Coast Guard Station...

Coast Guard to welcome back Maine Responder from Deepwater Horizon Response

PORTLAND, Maine – The Coast Guard will welcome back the Maine Responder, a 208-foot oil spill response vessel, from their deployment to the Gulf of Mexico in support of the Deepwater Horizon response, to Portland, Maine, Sept. 30, 2010. The Maine Responder is operated by the Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC). MSRC is a long-time member of the Maine and New Hampshire Area Maritime Committee,...

Coast Guard crews search for possible missing mariner near Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – U.S. Coast Guard crews are actively searching for a possible missing mariner near White Island in Portsmouth Harbor.