Island Bids Farewell to Edmond Coogan

The Vineyard community turned out in force at noon on Monday to celebrate the life of Edmond G. Coogan. Friends and family members were pleased by the outpouring of love and sensitivity at his funeral services at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown, and they repeated the thought over and over again.

Mr.…

SSA Strategy for Future Stirs Questions

For the Vineyard it means expanded ferry service using high speed travel from the port of New Bedford and no new double-ended ferry to replace the beloved Islander.

For Nantucket it means replacing three familiar old ferries with one new multi-purpose high-speed ferry whose design has never before been tested in this country.

Plan Asks Full New Bedford Ferry Ties

Plan Asks Full New Bedford Ferry Ties;

By JULIA WELLS

Gazette Senior Writer

Adding a new kink to the tangled business affairs of the Steamship Authority, a private freight hauler submitted a license request this week to run year-round ferry service between New Bedford and the two Islands.

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