MUSEUM NEWS Interested in preserving a historic ship but don't know where to find one? The Wooden Boat R escue Fo undation (WBRF) matches would-be boat owners/restorers with historic vessels in need of their care and service. Check out www. wooden boatrescue.org. No m oney is allowed to be exchanged , but potential owners have to demonstrate their ability to finish and document their projects. SUNY Maritime College received national recognition in US News & World Report's ranking of US baccalaureate colleges, where it came in 2 1st nationwide. 1he Princeton Review concurredthey named the college one of its "Best Northeastern Colleges in America for 2008." (Maritime College, State University of New York, 6 Pennyfield Ave., Throgs Neck, NY 10465; www.sunymaritime. edu.) .. . To celebrate the opening of the exhibition, Tugboats Night & Day, at the Noble Maritime Collection on Staten Island, a parade of New York Harbor tugboats sailed past the museum on 2 M arch. Tugboat companies that partici-
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pated incl uded Reinauer, McAllister, Moran, K-Sea, and Thorn ton Brothers, as well as the South Street Seaport M useum's historic tug, W 0. Decker, and the New Yo rk C ity fireboat, Fire Fighter. See listing for the exhibit in Sea H istory's "C alendar" on page 49. ... Divers in the Great Lakes region will want to check out the Wisconsin Maritime Trails Program this summer, which provides locations, maps, contacts, and information on hundreds of shipwrecks in W isconsin waters. The Trails program is carried out in partnership between the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institu te and federal, state, and local governmen ts, private organizations and individuals. The W isconsin Historical Society encourages responsible diver visitation of their sites. (WHS, Ph . 608 221-5909; e-mail: underwater@whs. wisc.edu; www.maritimetrails.org)
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