harbormaster
noun
har·bor·mas·ter
ˈhär-bər-ˌma-stər 
: an officer who executes the regulations respecting the use of a harbor
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Authorities called to the Annisquam Yacht Club at around 7 p.m. Tuesday learned that a private boater had pulled the three children in from the water, according to a joint release by the Gloucester fire and police departments and the harbormaster.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
Officials said Arsenault and his girlfriend, 54-year-old Felicia Daley, left from Rock Harbor in Orleans on Saturday but never returned to the marina, prompting the harbormaster to alert the Coast Guard.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
Havel, a former county planner, became harbormaster in 2019 and resigned two years later.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Authorities aboard the Oyster Point Challenger, a rescue vessel in the area, pulled out 15 people and the Brisbane harbormaster and Brisbane Police Department located the remaining three people, Stewart said.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
Officials said Arsenault and his girlfriend, 54-year-old Felicia Daley, left from Rock Harbor in Orleans on Saturday but never returned to the marina, prompting the harbormaster to alert the Coast Guard.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
Havel, a former county planner, became harbormaster in 2019 and resigned two years later.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Authorities aboard the Oyster Point Challenger, a rescue vessel in the area, pulled out 15 people and the Brisbane harbormaster and Brisbane Police Department located the remaining three people, Stewart said.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Harbormaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harbormaster. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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