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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Cold and seasick, crew member made 911 call that triggered search for Maine sailboat
The search near Mount Desert Island was called off after the Dove was located, but the 3 crew members eventually had to be rescued. Details of their interview with the Coast Guard were released Wednesday.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2019
Missing boaters from Maine were rescued off Virginia coast, Coast Guard says
The trio of boaters who disappeared off Mount Desert Island were picked up Nov. 19 by a cargo ship off Norfolk, Va., after their sailboat lost its mast.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2019
Details emerge about how Coast Guard tracked down sailboat from Maine
Coast Guard officials plan to interview the Dove's three crew members when the 40-foot yacht next makes port on its trip south.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2019
Coast Guard halts search after boaters report they’re fine and sailing south
One of the three people on the sailboat thought to be missing off Maine contacted a family member to say they were off Montauk, prompting the Coast Guard to end an extensive search that was triggered by a garbled 911 call.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2019
Aerial search for missing sailboat from Maine turns up nothing new
The Coast Guard conducted a massive search along the New England coast on Sunday but says it couldn't find the three people aboard the 40-foot Dove, which put out a distress call early Saturday off Mount Desert Island.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2019
Acadia National Park takes steps to add trails to national historic register
Only 5 trails on the entire East Coast have been given the federal designation to date.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2019
MDI man who went missing Saturday morning located in Presque Isle
Thornton Jenkins, 86, headed out to run some errands in his 2003 gray Ford Explorer and was due home at noon.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2019
Abundance of ticks in Acadia National Park linked to historic fire of 1947
A study underway at the University of Maine is showing that ticks are much more abundant in the parts of Mount Desert Island that burned 72 years ago.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2019
Woman dies after being hit by truck in Mount Desert Island parking lot
A tractor-trailer's rear tires struck the 89-year-old woman while the vehicle was making a turn.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2019
Some fume over mission of antique auto museum
A state lawsuit against the trust linked to the Mount Desert Island site finds a simmering feud over the founder's charitable legacy.
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