High winds and waves caused the boat to immediately start taking on water, said Marine Patrol Officer Thomas Reardon. The boat was also having trouble with its steering and went on to submerge, he said.
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We’re marking a year with the pandemic, but we’re also looking ahead as the local vaccine rollout continues. Meanwhile, a new report points to significant contamination of the Cape’s ponds and waterways. And Vineyard Wind gets a big thumbs up from the Feds.
We have those stories and more on the local news roundup, as CAI News Director Steve Junker speaks with some of the region’s leading journalists.
This week s guests include CAI reporters Jennette Barnes and Eve Zuckoff; Noah Asimow of the Vineyard Gazette; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Mary Ann Bragg of the Provincetown Banner; Ethan Genter of the Cape Cod Times; George Brennan from the Martha s Vineyard Times; and CAI s Kathryn Eident and Mike Deehan discuss news from the Statehouse.
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NANTUCKET Two Black residents of Nantucket have sued several town officials, claiming they were “muzzled” when they asked why the investigation into racist graffiti at the African Meeting House was taking so long.
James Barros and Rose Marie Samuels filed suit against the town, Select Board, town administrator and the police chief, saying their freedom of speech was violated during public meetings and their right to access the meeting house without threats or intimidation was violated by whoever did the graffiti.
“Unhappy with the content of Ms. Samuel’s and Mr. Barros’s exercise of their free speech rights criticizing the Nantucket Police Department, the Town Administrator, and the Select Board … immediately sought to silence their speech through threats, intimidation, or coercion,” the suit read.