Dead Whale Removed from Kennebunkport Beach

Maine Public | By Ed Morin

Published September 9, 2016 at 3:50 PM EDT

A public works crew in Kennebunkport spent the morning removing the decomposing of the carcass of a large Minke whale that washed up on Goose Rocks Beach.

“It took quite a while but we are happy to report that it has been removed in its entirety from the beach,” says Town Manager Laurie Smith.

Smith says workers cut the carcass into manageable pieces. WMTW is reporting that they were brought to a composting facility in Gorham.

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Ed Morin

Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.

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