SEARSPORT, Maine — The Searsport where Alivia Cross lives is a very different community from the one that existed 150 years ago during the golden age of shipbuilding and sailing. Through a multimedia class project, the Searsport District High School sophomore had the...
SEARSPORT — For decades, the town has boasted of its sea captains and their voyages to the four corners of the world. If there were any doubt about the truth behind this pride, a visit to the True-Fowler-Ross House, a 19th century residence now part of the Penobscot...
Searsport – Commercial fishermen are required to have certain safety equipment on board their vessels, but survival instructors say pleasure boaters should too. Community members learned sea safety skills at the Searsport town dock on Wednesday. “Disasters...
The first question anyone will ask you in Searsport, whether you’re checking into a motel or tearing into a boiled lobster, is “Where are you headed?” As though you’re not already someplace. Thus, it’s easy to feel a little sorry for Searsport, or to find yourself...
Captain’s sons who wanted to go to sea learned on ships commanded by their father’s friends and colleagues. It was a sad day when a ship went down with young men aboard. The story of the wreck of the ELIZABETH is one of loss for four Searsport families. Her master,...
