Jack Beaudoin

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Digital Media Manager and Journalist at Penobscot Bay Press

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Articles

Lobster industry seeks gauge-change reprieve

May 16, 2024 | penobscotbaypress.com | Jack Beaudoin

STONINGTON—The fate and date of an impending change to the minimum size of Maine lobsters remain uncertain following an April 30 meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Lobster Management Board. In a message to lobstermen following the meeting, Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher, who chairs the board, said that he asked his colleagues to […]
$25 million for working waterfronts ready for applicants

May 16, 2024 | penobscotbaypress.com | Jack Beaudoin

Piers and wharves damaged in January storms eligible for funds STONINGTON—Private wharf owners who need to rebuild after this year’s destructive January storms can now apply for up to $2 million in state grants. Gov. Janet Mills said applications for the $25 million Working Waterfront Resiliency Fund opened on May 9.
Short-term gain, long-term pain?

May 14, 2024 | islandinstitute.org | Jack Beaudoin

Short-term rentals have a long and storied history in Maine’s coastal communities. On Mount Desert Island, for example, many families who “head up to camp” each summer rent their homes to seasonal visitors to earn extra income. In communities like Peaks Island and Deer Isle, families have long offered rustic cabins—without heat or insulation—to summer tourists seeking a few weeks on the seaside.
A gathering of the ‘aqua-curious’

May 2, 2024 | penobscotbaypress.com | Jack Beaudoin

Talk of the Towns, season one, closes with a conversation on sea farming STONINGTON—About 100 residents— lobstermen, kayak guides, artists and others among the “aqua-curious”— celebrated Maine Seaweed Week at the Opera House on April 24, participating in a “Talk of the Towns” discussion on small-scale aquaculture.
Budget includes millions for working waterfront repairs

Apr 25, 2024 | penobscotbaypress.com | Jack Beaudoin

Storm damaged infrastructure will be eligible for state grants AUGUSTA—Eleventh-hour bargaining in the Maine Legislature will deliver needed funding to repair working waterfronts damaged by the January 2024 storms, but the intense politicking that nearly scuttled Gov. Janet Mills’ proposal means that the $25 million earmarked in the supplement budget won’t be available for another three months.
Critics take aim at offshore wind plan

Apr 4, 2024 | penobscotbaypress.com | Jack Beaudoin

Proposed lease area already generating skepticism among lobstermen With just two weeks remaining to comment on a 2-million-acre site proposed for offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, fishing groups and independent lobstermen are pushing back against what they call the “industrialization of the ocean.” On March 15, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the designation of a Final Wind Energy Area in the […]...
FEMA teams headed to Hancock County

Mar 28, 2024 | penobscotbaypress.com | Jack Beaudoin

Federal declaration will funnel millions to repair public infrastructure ELLSWORTH—The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened a disaster recovery center at the Gen. Bryant E. Moore Community Center in Ellsworth to help Hancock County residents and municipalities who experienced losses from the winter storms on January 10 and January 13.
Legislators weigh bill to fund working waterfront repairs

Mar 14, 2024 | penobscotbaypress.com | Jack Beaudoin

The program could provide $25 million for public and private docks and wharves AUGUSTA—An emergency bill to allocate $50 million from the state’s nearly $1 billion “rainy day fund” to repair storm-damaged public and private infrastructure is designed to help accelerate repairs to docks and wharves along Maine’s coast, including on the Blue Hill peninsula.
Local towns in line for millions in federal aid for waterfront improvements

Mar 14, 2024 | penobscotbaypress.com | Jack Beaudoin

Another $250,000 earmarked for Blue Hill Peninsula wildfire protection plan Congressional earmarks included in several new federal appropriations bills will channel millions of dollars to Stonington, Castine and seven other Blue Hill Peninsula communities for improvements to their working waterfronts, modernization at Maine Maritime Academy, and a regional wildfire protection plan, according to U.S. Senator Susan Collins. The appropriations were part of a budget deal passed by the U.S. Senate...
Stonington is state’s top port—again - Penobscot Bay Press

Mar 7, 2024 | penobscotbaypress.com | Jack Beaudoin

Value of landings increases by $3.15 million over last year ROCKPORT—Statewide lobster landings dropped for the third consecutive year, but Stonington retained the title of Maine’s top port with total 2023 landings valued at $47.87 million.