Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Founder and Editor to be Honored

Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Founder and Editor to be Honored

at Penobscot Marine Museum’s Gala & Auction

Searsport, Maine, May 22, 2014 – On July 19, Penobscot Marine Museum’s biennial

Gala & Auction fundraiser will honor John K. Hanson, Jr. founder and publisher of Maine

Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine, and Polly Saltonstall, editor in chief of Maine Boats,

Homes & Harbors.  Polly and John are also both longtime friends and supporters of the

museum. The Gala & Auction will be held at Point Lookout Resort in Northport at 5:30

pm.

“We are thrilled to have the opportunity this year to celebrate and honor John and Polly.

They have both passionately promote and have made enormous contributions to Maine’s rich

maritime culture,” said the museum’s Executive Director Liz Lodge.

Penobscot Marine Museum’s biennial Gala & Auction fundraiser provides support for

a diverse array of exhibitions, programs and educational initiatives, all celebrating the

maritime heritage of the Penobscot Bay region and beyond. This season alone the

museum hosts seven new exhibits and over fifty events.

The Gala & Auction begins at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails and a silent auction in Point

Lookout’s open-air pavilion, and progresses to Erikson Hall at 7:00 p.m. for dinner, a

live auction, and dancing with live music from the band Interplay. Items in the auction

include small water craft, hotel overnights, paintings, a mink coat, and theater tickets.

Sponsorships and tickets to the auction are available, and the museum is accepting

auction donations.  For more information go online www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org or call 207-548-2529.

Penobscot Marine Museum, 40 East Main Street, Searsport, is open for the 2014

season from Saturday, May 24 through Sunday, October 19, Monday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm, and Sunday noon to 5:00 pm.