The highest bidder, a New Hampshire property developer, plans to continue operating the restaurant and keep the property a part of Maine's dwindling working waterfront.
Rep. Jared Golden of Maine urged a committee to give the lobstering industry more time to prepare for regulations that advocates fear could hurt the industry.
Barbara Sellitto said the committee is working with the state to determine whether Chester and Aaron Barrett, a father and son who died when their scalloping boat sank in January, qualify for a place on the memorial.
The team at Bold Coast Seafood want to expand Maine’s seafood processing capacity, bring jobs to Prospect Harbor and create opportunities for research initiatives.