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How Piping Plover Chicks Spurred a City to Make a Safer Beach
By Deborah Cramer. In early April of last year, Gloucester, Massachusetts, resident Kim Smith discovered three Piping Plovers had arrived, exhausted, on the city’s Good Harbor Beach. They foraged in the wind and lingering snow, and a pair began courting, the male digging nest scrapes in the sand for his… SEE MORE
The Last and Only Student Graduates from a Remote Island School
By Steve Hartman. Cuttyhunk Island, MA - This is hardly Alcatraz, but for a kid on Cuttyhunk Island in Massachusetts, going to school here can sometimes feel like solitary. Gwen Lynch, 13, is the only student in a one-room schoolhouse, just her and her teacher, Ms. Carvalho. There isn't a… SEE MORE
Cape Cod, MA Fishing Report - Week of June 20, 2019 - Goose Hummock
6/20/2019 -- This weekly fishing report is brought to you by our friends at Goose Hummock https://youtu.be/54xXGu_X74Y SEE MORE
Cape Cod MA Fishing Report -- Week of June 14, 2019 -- Goose Hummock
6/14/2019 -- This fishing report is brought to you by our friends at Goose Hummock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLhSR3vAdVU&feature=youtu.be SEE MORE
AAA Anticipates Savings at the Gas Pump this Summer
Nearly every state’s gas price average is cheaper than a week ago, a month ago and a year ago. Today’s national average is $2.74, which is seven-cents cheaper than last week, 13-cents less than a month ago and 18 cents cheaper than a year ago. “Refinery utilization in the United… SEE MORE
Learn to Fish for Free this Summer
Celebrate the arrival of warm weather by attending one of the many Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) Angler Education Program events being held across the state this summer. Events are for adults, kids, and families who want to learn how to fish in a non-competitive environment. Fishing equipment… SEE MORE
Black Sea Bass Fishing Nantucket Sound
By Sam Brown. The Black Sea Bass is actually a member of the grouper family and each fish makes for a couple sweet tasting white meat fillets. They are known as “protogynous hermaphrodites” which means they start as females and end up as mature males. The males will develop a… SEE MORE
US Harbors Team Visits Best Harbor 2019
The US Harbors team visited Padanaram Village earlier this month to see first hand what makes this tightly-knit community the "Best Harbor of 2019". The Best Harbor 2019 plaque presentation was conducted in Padanaram Harbor’s new Maritime Center, thanks to Harbormaster Steve Melo providing this inaugural use of his office. Anastasia… SEE MORE
BEST HARBOR - 26th Annual Buzzards Bay Swim for Clean Water Scheduled for June 22nd
BUZZARDS BAY, MA - Discover the beauty and spirit of Buzzards Bay at the Coalition's 26th annual Buzzards Bay Swim in New Bedford and Fairhaven on Saturday, June 22! The Buzzards Bay Swim features a one-of-a-kind scenic point-to-point course across outer New Bedford Harbor. Assisted by the U.S. Coast Guard… SEE MORE
Spring 2019 Tides Expected to be Higher than Average
The rising and falling of the sea is a phenomenon upon which we can always depend. Tides are the regular rise and fall of the sea surface caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun and their position relative to the earth. There are some factors that cause… SEE MORE
The Concordia Yawl: A Timeless, Tested Design
The Concordia Company has one of the longest and most interesting histories of any boatbuilding company, and yet we are often so busy working on and sailing the classic yawls that have emerged from our boatyard here in Padanaram, we forget to tell our own story! Which is precisely why… SEE MORE
BEST HARBOR - 47th Annual Buzzards Bay Regatta Notice of Race Issued
SOUTH DARTMOUTH, MA - The Notice of Race for the greatly anticipated 2019 Buzzards Bay Regatta has been issued. Hosted jointly by the Beverly Yacht Club and the New Bedford Yacht Club, the 47th edition will feature Shields, J 80s, H12s and Bullseyes Racing in Marion and, in Padanaram, there… SEE MORE