Wicked Local

Lobster pot tree in bloom

PLYMOUTH – Despite a year of challenges, including long-delayed improvements to the Leo F. DeMarsh Boat Ramp, Plymouth’s local fishermen have come through again. The Lobster Pot Christmas Tree has ...
Wicked Local

Lobster Pot Tree in Provincetown rankles fisherman's wife because it obscures cherished anchor

PROVINCETOWN — The Lobster Pot Tree that illuminates Lopes Square has been a tradition in town some 16 years, marking the holiday season and celebrating the lobstering industry in town, according to ...
The Patriot Ledger

Lobster-pot tree gives Christmas a Cohasset twist

It doesn’t take a seasoned fisherman to see the beauty in a 25-foot-tall tree-shaped tower made of more than 400 lobster traps and decorated with colorful buoys and hundreds of white lights. The ...
The Advocate

You thought bonfires on the levee were unique? Here are 5 other special Christmas traditions in America

Lobster Pot Christmas Tree About 10 miles off the mainland, Block Island, Rhode Island, is a summer vacation spot with about 1,000 year-round residents. Some of them fish for lobsters. For the past 10 ...
Yahoo

Lobster trap tree tradition takes hold in South Shore coastal communities

Over the past two decades, a holiday tradition has emerged in coastal New England, one befitting the area’s Yankee resourcefulness and penchant for celebration: the lobster trap Christmas tree. It’s a ...
WFSB

Volunteers preparing for year four of Stonington Lobster Trap Tree lighting

STONINGTON, Conn. (WFSB) - The Stonington Lobster Trap Tree is back. At the Stonington town docks, there are rows on rows of lobster pots. “Aside from this being a fun project, we get to pay homage to ...