Tourists and snowbirds have gone, and profits dwindle – time to beckon people inside.
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Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Maine’s only commercial ice-boat builder has a passion for his craft
In the fringe sport, Bill Buchholz enjoys making boats.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
After acquittal, Camden boat captain hopes to chart a new course
Rick Smith wants to rebuild his life and try to shake the feeling of notoriety even after a judge dismissed a criminal case in the 2015 death of a crew member.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Camden working on zoning changes to keep fast-food chains out of the downtown
A proposal would limit franchises to one small commercial district, away from the small, locally owned businesses that give the downtown its character.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Massachusetts man in court on charges of causing Camden woman’s lake death
Jonathan Roberts was indicted for the August death of a woman who died in Damariscotta Lake after being struck by Roberts’ watercraft.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Camden charter boat captain acquitted in unusual manslaughter case
The federal judge, acting on a defense motion that the seaman’s manslaughter statute didn’t apply, ends the trial of Rick Smith, 66, before it gets to a jury.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Camden captain charged in crewman’s death asks judge to let witness testify by video
The attorney for Richard Smith, who is charged with seaman’s manslaughter, says his client can’t afford to pay to have the expert travel to the trial that beings Monday in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Judge denies motions to dismiss charges against Camden boat captain
Rick Smith is charged with seaman’s manslaughter in connection with the death of a North Carolina man aboard his sailboat in 2015.
Posted inLocal & State
Prosecution lays out case against Camden sailboat captain charged in 2015 death
Rick Smith is accused of negligence in the death of a crew member, David Pontious, who jumped from his boat, Cimarron, in the middle of the Atlantic.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
In 2015, a troubled sailor jumped overboard. Now the boat’s captain is being held responsible
Capt. Rick Smith, who hails from Camden, is on house arrest in the U.S. Virgin Islands awaiting trial for negligence in the death of a crew member.