A New Bedford company’s proposal to bring freight service to Vineyard Haven is under public scrutiny. A proposal by 41 North Offshore, which had been providing freight services between New Bedford and Nantucket, to expand its services to Martha’s Vineyard was met by some pushback. Town officials from Tisbury recently expressed concerns over the potential […]
Tisbury town officials are pushing back against a New Bedford shipping company’s proposal to bring freight into the Steamship Authority terminal in Vineyard Haven, worrying that the added traffic would have a detrimental impact on the town’s already busy waterfront and the already congested downtown. Tisbury town administrator Jay Grande told Steamship officials this week […]
The coastal freighter Equuleus, which belongs to Ralph Packer, was found slowly drifting on the waters of Lake Tashmoo on Monday afternoon. “It looks like it dragged its moorings,” Tisbury harbormaster John Crocker said, although he was not certain when or how it happened. Crocker said the freighter is owned by Ralph Packer, who confirmed […]
The recent eruptions of La Soufriere an active stratovolcano on the island of St. Vincent in the lesser Antilles has displaced thousands of the Caribbean island’s residents, leaving them without adequate water or shelter and clouding skies with ash as far away as Cape Verde.
But the impacts of the eruption which began April 12 and has continued daily since have also been felt on Martha’s Vineyard, as an ad hoc group of Islanders have rallied to raise money for their sister island thousands of miles to the south in a humanitarian relief effort.
Dukes County manager Martina Thornton said a GoFundMe has been created by the Sister Island Relief Committee made up of about a half dozen Islanders with close ties to St. Vincent. The GoFundMe also can be found by searching “Sister Islands” on the county website.