Articles by: Becky Pritchard

• Storm-tossed whale search draws a blank

  November 19, 2018 by Becky Pritchard on News, Waterfront

  BAR HARBOR — A daylong search for a floating whale carcass near Mount Desert Rock came up empty last week despite the efforts of College of the Atlantic’s Allied Whale, Bar Harbor Whale Watch, the Marine Patrol and the U.S. Coast Guard. Crews spent a stormy day at sea last Monday hunting for the whale …

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  Making our roads safer

  October 6, 2018 by Becky Pritchard on Cops & Courts, News

  BAR HARBOR—When a driver appears to be impaired but tests zero on a standard breathalyzer test, Officer Judson Cake takes over. Breathalyzers only measure alcohol levels. Cake looks for signs of other types of impairment. He is a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) for the Bar Harbor Police Department, and his work is in high demand. …

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  Boater safe after being thrown from Boston Whaler in Somes Sound video

  August 28, 2018 by Becky Pritchard on News, News-Featured, Waterfront

  UPDATED Aug. 29 MOUNT DESERT — A boater thrown from a Boston Whaler on Somes Sound Tuesday morning was uninjured, but it took almost an hour of combined effort from the harbormaster and the Coast Guard to get the boat under control. The boat’s operator, who has not been identified, was rescued by a passing …