Roy Milford Bickford Jr., 77, left Pemaquid Harbor on October 13, 2003, to go lobstering and never returned. His lobster boat, reported as the Sharon Marie, was found later running with a lobster buoy caught in the hauler, a detail that suggests a sudden maritime emergency but leaves the exact circumstances unknown.

Bickford was a lifelong fisherman and lobsterman from the New Harbor and Pemaquid area who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was described as a founding member of the Pemaquid Co-Op and was later included in a Maine legislative resolution honoring fishermen lost at sea. He was survived by his wife Marie, a daughter Sharon, grandchildren, a brother, and other relatives.

Did anyone who fished or lived around Pemaquid in October 2003 see Roy or his boat that day, or have information about what happened on the Sharon Marie?