BANGOR, Maine (WABI) – A historic moment on Castine Harbor as Maine Maritime Academy students began their annual training voyage on the State of Maine ship.

Sage Dentremont is Cadet Second Mate.

This is her second time going on the training ship voyage and she said it’s exciting to go on one of her last hoorahs.

This is a ship she’s worked on since her freshman year, but representing women everywhere in this line of work means so much.

“It really helps that we do have deck training officers, and our current third mate is a woman as well, and over cadet shipping this last summer where I got commercial experience my captain was actually a woman as well, so they’ve obviously done a lot of the heavy lifting, but I am glad to carry on that legacy,” said Dentremont.

Madison native Christian Cabrera says he’s proud to be a part of the change he wants to see in this world and to educate others about the importance of their work.

“It’s just understanding that every little thing you do, you’re being watched,” said Cabrera. “How you conduct yourself, how you do things, how you talk to people, so to me, it’s a lot of pressure to make sure that I am the best example so that I see that change that I want to see by living it first.”

Families, friends and even fur babies are proud these students represent Maine and the country as they wished the students well on their journey.

They’ll head to Florida, St. Thomas, Spain, and Canada for a training they won’t forget.

A new ship is being built in Pennsylvania and will hopefully make its way to Castine in 2025.

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If you want to eat like Martha Stewart, just take a trip to Kittery.

The American icon recently dined at two local restaurants: Robert’s Maine Grill, located in the Kittery Premium Outlets, and the nearby Bob’s Clam Hut, which she also visited in 2020. And she highly recommended them.

“You will love these eateries! Good food, great ambiance, lovely service,” she wrote on social media.

Stewart, who owns her house Skylands on the Maine Coast, said she was in the state for some meetings. She stopped at Robert’s on Friday night and Bob’s on Saturday night.

Also on Saturday, she was being photographed at the Kentucky Derby.

What did Martha Stewart order at Robert’s Maine Grill and Bob’s Clam Hut?

According to her post, Steward ordered the chowder and oysters at Robert’s. At Bob’s, she had fried clams and scallops.

Both restaurants shared her comments on their social media, saying they were happy to have her.

Now THIS is one of the cooler things I’ve seen a bar come up with in the Old Port in Portland. My good friends Roger & Zeke, who recently opened up the unique little dive bar that replaced Silver House called Porttown Public House, just recently got a very cool approval by the state of Maine for outside seating on Commercial St.

I’ve never seen anything like it, and I’m not just saying that because they’re my good friends. I remember 6 months ago they told me about the idea to create some kind of outside seating by the summertime, and 6 months later they delivered.

I was on a run downtown when I jogged past, stopped in my tracks, and said to myself “oh my god they actually did it”. It looks SO COOL, and it’s even cooler that they got the cities approval for the summertime. Check this out:

You’re wondering if there’s going to be any sports on here though, aren’t you. The answer is absolutely. The guys installed a couple mini TV’s right inside the windows you see pictured above just incase you can’t see the HUGE TV’s they have hanging on the walls inside. Tust me, you can absolutely see those very clear from the outside stools already.. I tested it hehe.

Roger Zeghibe, the owner, and my dear friend who is also the owner of a bigger staple pub in Boston, Beantown Pub, said “Krissy, it’s starting to look like a cooler run-off of Beantown Pub, and everybody loves the Beantown Pub!”. He’s not wrong. This summer will absolutely be one for the books here. Go show them some love and tell them Krissy told you to hehe.

Pictured above is Roger, and pictured below is the moment he told me he had a vision of creating outside seating for this bar 6 months ago! Cheers to getting a dream done guys!