PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 25, 2020
Members of Portland’s fishing community gathered on the city’s waterfront Wednesday night to remember and honor the four Maine men—Robert Blethen, Jeff Matthews, Michael Porper and Ethan Ward—who were lost at sea when the Emmy Rose sank off Cape Cod early Monday. Candlelight vigils were held on the Maine State Pier and on the Portland Fish Pier, with roughly 100 people between both sites talking about the men, their lives and their devotion to fishing.