The Southeast Lighthouse Foundation (SELF), which owns and manages Block Island’s most iconic historic structure and New England’s highest lighthouse, appealed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s permitting decisions for two of the massive offshore wind farms planned by Danish owned energy behemoth Ørsted. The projects are South Fork Wind and Revolution Wind. The press release accompanying the lawsuit is provided below. The petition filed with the court can be downloaded from the document links on this page.
The city of Berkeley has allocated all of its 51 emergency housing vouchers, or EHVs, which were provided to the city as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Countywide, 875 have been allocated.
In 2018 I visited Taiwan and completed an intellectual journey that commenced in 2003 as a summer intern at the Block Island Historical Society. While completing my Masters degree program I spent a summer at the island’s museum located at Bridgegate.