I WAS BORN JUNE 1966 AT ST ANDREWS HOSPITAL IN BOOTHBAY

HARBOR. AND WAS RAISED ON SOUTHPORT ISLAND. I WAS RAISED

AND BAPTIZED AT THE METHODIST CHURCH, SOUTHPORT

 

UPBRINGING, SCHOOLING AND CAREERS:

LOBSTER FISHING SUMMERS THROUGH MY YOUTH AND HIGH

SCHOOL

WORKED AT SEVERAL COMMERCIAL DOCKS IN THE LOBSTER &

SHRIMP TRADES IN BOOTHBAY HARBOR

ALSO WORKED AS A DECKHAND WITH MY DAD ON THE TUGBOATS AND

IN MARINE CONTRACTING `BUILDING PIERS, BRIDGES, & WHARVES

THROUGH MY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE YEARS

1984 BRHS GRADUATING CLASS - SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT, CAPTAIN

OF THE GOLF TEAM, MANAGER OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM (COULDN’T

DRIBBLE TO SAVE MY LIFE)1986 GRADUATE FROM SMVTI SOUTH PORTLAND MARINE SCIENCE

DECK WITH USCG MASTER 200 TONS OCEANS AT AGE 18

I SPENT THREE YEARS ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD/BAHAMAS

CAPTAINING VESSELS BOTH IN THE SPORT FISHING TRADE AND

DELIVERY.

1988 -MOVED BACK TO MAINE AND WAS HIRED BY DEPARTMENT OF

MARINE RESOURCES-AS MARINE PATROL SPECIALIST (PATROL BOAT

CAPTAIN/OFFICER)

1989 - GRADUATE OF FIRST COMBINED IFW / MARINE PATROL

CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY WATERVILLE (AWARDS FOR

MARKSMANSHIP AND DRIVING-(GO FIGURE)

2 YEARS STATIONED IN SOUTHWEST HARBOR PATROLLING LOBSTER/

SCALLOP FISHERIES

2 YEARS WISCASSET PATROL INCLUDING ALL SHEEPSCOT &

KENNEBEC RIVER ESTUARIES, WORMING, CLAMMING, RECREATIONAL

FISHING AS WELL AS LOBSTER/SHRIMP FISHERY

8 YEARS BOOTHBAY HARBOR PATROL AREA, ALL FISHERIES

ENFORCEMENT, SEARCH AND RESCUE, DRUG INTERDICTION, AND

OVERSAW & MANAGED THE BUILDING OF 4 NEW PATROL VESSELS

GOT MARRIED TO LORI A MITCHELL OF BARTERS ISLAND IN 1992

1996 I WAS RAISED TO 3RD DEGREE BY THE STATE POLICE DEGREE

TEAM IN THE MASONIC SEASIDE LODGE #144 (29 YEARS AGO!)

2000 - RETIRED FROM MARINE PATROL AND ENTERED THE WORLD OF

ENTRENPENEURSHIP / BUSINESS OWNER

5 YEARS A CERTIFIED LOGGING PROFESSIONAL - LOBSTERMAN, SAWMILL OWNER /OPERATOR.

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2004 - 2006 FAMILY

LOOKING FOR MORE CHALLENGES, LORI AND I REBUILT &

MANAGED ROBINSONS WHARF & LOBSTER POUND FOR THE WINSLOW

2006-PRESENT BOUGHT OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. A 1950’S ERA

ROADSIDE CABINS PROPERTY. CO-FOUNDING WITH LORI AND

BUILDING FROM SCRATCH THE BOOTHBAY CRAFT BREWERY &

TAVERN USING TREES SAWN INTO HEAVY BEAMS ON OUR SAWMILL.

“BEAMS TO BREWERY”. RUNNING THE SEASONAL COTTAGES UNTIL

SLOWLY PIVOTING INTO A BOUTIQUE RV RESORT OVER THE COURSE

OF 20 YEARS.

2009 - 2013

BOARD MEMBER MAINE BREWERS’ GUILD

2010-12

BOARD MEMBER BOOTHBAY REGION CHAMBER OF

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