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Friday, December 28, 2012
Volume 8 • Issue No. 52
Seashore Trolley Museum Wins Prestigious Restoration Award KENNEBUNKPORT – Seashore Trolley Museum has received a prestigious $3,800 grant as part of the 2012 National Railway Historical Society’s Heritage Grant program. The grant will pay for key components needed to complete the restoration of former Bay State Street Railway car 4175, a valued part of the museum’s operating collection of historic electric railway equipment.
Bay State Street Railway car 4175 (courtesy photo)
Greene to Command Naval Shipyard KITTERY – The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced last week the selection of Capt. William Greene as the next commander of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. An official change of command will occur next summer, when Greene will replace the current shipyard commander, Capt. L. Bryant Fuller. Greene, a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., currently serves
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as the NAVSEA military deputy for Shipyard Operations. He was commissioned as an ensign through the University of Florida Navy ROTC in 1988, and has served in a variety of engineering and combat systems billets, including being the project officer at both Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS&IMF) and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility for engineered refueling overhaul and depot modernization periods. Greene also has served at PSNS&IMF as the production resources officer and operations officer. Greene received a Bachelor of Science in nuclear engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Florida. He also has Master’ degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in mechanical engineering and naval architecture and marine engineering. His awards include the Navy Meritorious Service Medal with one gold star, Navy Commendation Medal with four gold stars, Navy Achievement Medal with two gold stars, Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation with Operational “O,” and various other campaign and service awards. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is a field activity of Naval Sea Systems Command.
recent memory, making the award decisions painfully difficult,” said NRHS president Gregory Molloy. “While we’re excited to fund these important projects, the fact remains that scores of equally significant rail projects will go without our support this year, underlining the urgency of our mission.” Since the program’s inception in 1991, NRHS has now awarded 221 grants for a total of $548,000 to support a wide See TROLLEY page 22...
Wells Reserve Training Coordinator Receives National Honor WELLS – Dr. Christine B. Feurt, coordinator of the Coastal Training Program at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR), was presented with the 2012 NERR System and NERR Association Award at the annual NERRS/NERRA meeting held in West Virginia in November. The award is given annually to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the reserve system. “Chris is most deserving of this national honor,” said reserve director Paul Dest. “By designing and developing a highly effective Coastal Training Program, she has made the Wells Reserve relevant to the coastal management community both in the State of Maine and around the nation. She is a highly respected educator and scientist who effectively conveys science to decision-makers, be they elected officials, regulators, land conservationists, or policy-makers. We are proud to have her as part of the reserve staff.” In her work, Feurt operates at the intersection of the natural and social sciences. She helps create collaborative knowledge networks involving
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Restoration work on the car, which began in 1985, is expected to be complete in time for its 100th birthday, and Seashore’s 75th Anniversary, in 2014. This marks the second major award given to the project this year. The project received the H. Albert Webb Railroad Preservation Award of $10,000 in January. “This year’s applicant pool was the largest in NRHS history and one of the best in
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Laurie McGilvray, chief of the Estuarine Reserves Division at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, congratulates Wells Reserve’s Dr. Christine Feurt on receiving the 2012 NERRS/NERRA Award. (courtesy photo)
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Feurt is also director of the Center for Sustainable Communities at the University of New England. She is the third Wells Reserve staff member to be recognized with the NERRS/ NERRA Award. Dest and the late Dr. Michele Dionne, research director, were honored previously.
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