A Massachusetts man who went missing on Sunday was found dead near an island in the midcoast town of Bremen.
Friends of 74-year-old Mark Metzger of Waltham, Massachusetts, reported him missing at about 11:40 a.m after they were unable to find him aboard his 19-foot sailboat, which was anchored on the western side of Bremen Long Island, according to Maine Marine Patrol.
A number of emergency and law enforcement agencies, including the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Maine Marine Patrol, the U.S. Coast Guard and Maine Forest Service, searched for Metzger, whose body was found at about 1:30 p.m. by “good samaritans” near Long Island Ledges, Marine Patrol said…