News from Portside

With the help of Air Force veteran Erika Stetson, who starts SUNY
Maritime in January, maritime-themed Red Hook not-for-profit PortSide is renovating the galley on its tanker The
Mary A. Whalen.





You can read the backstory of Erika and the PortSide galley here. If you'd like to chip in for the galley renovation, here's the wish list. A donation of $500 or more gets you two seats to a

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Portside Fundraiser at Fort Defiance

On Tuesday, July 30, John Frizzell's Red Hook bar Fort Defiance, at 365 Van Brunt Street, named for the Revolutionary-era fort in Red Hook, will host a fundraiser for local waterfront advocacy organization Portside.

Portside, headquartered aboard historic retired tanker The Mary A. Whalen, is searching for a new anchorage, having been forced to give up its berth at the Red Hook Container

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