Article: City seeks home for 'boat nobody wants' ; The owner owes berthing fees and wants to sell the boat, which has been tied up at a pier for months.

JOHN RICHARDSON By JOHN RICHARDSON Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
11-10-2009
City seeks home for 'boat nobody wants' ; The owner owes berthing fees and wants to sell the boat, which has been tied up at a pier for months.
Byline: JOHN RICHARDSON By JOHN RICHARDSON Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: Local & State
Type: News

PORTLAND --

The Frankie Joe, an old wooden fishing trawler, has become something of a fixture at the city-owned Portland Fish Pier in recent months.

Crews from other fishing boats move it up or down the wharf whenever it gets in the way. But the distinctive blue-and-white boat doesn't go far.
City officials are worried that it never will.

Portland's harbor ...

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