Harpswell Lobster Boat Races to honor young lobsterman who died in crash

June 27, 2023 New England

This year’s Harpswell Lobster Boat Races will honor a young Harpswell lobsterman who died in a vehicle crash last fall by featuring his buoy colors on event merchandise, with proceeds going to a local charity. Mason Warren, 21, died in late October when he crashed his pickup truck on Mountain Road in Harpswell. No other vehicles were involved. Warren was a beloved member of the local lobstering community who died on the way to his boat, according to Amanda Peacock, a longtime committee member, apparel coordinator and treasurer for the races. “The color scheme of our shirts this year matches his buoy colors (blue, yellow and black) … in honor of him,” >lick to read< 08:41

committee member Amanda Peacock, Harpswell, Harpswell Lobster Boat Races, maine, will honor Mason Warren

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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