The Steamship Authority is bringing its newest ferry, M/V Aquinnah, to the Vineyard May 16 for a public commissioning ceremony at the Oak Bluffs terminal.
The Steamship Authority’s board of governors may be held to term limits if a state bill passes. And a dead minke whale washed up on the shores of Chilmark.
State Sen. Dylan Fernandes, a Democrat from Falmouth, filed a bill at the start of the legislative session that would only allow members of the ferry line’s oversight board to serve three terms.
More than three years after the Steamship Authority began investigating the potential for electrified ferries, the boat line is no closer to reducing its dependence on diesel fuel.
One of the two ferry slips at the Steamship Authority terminal in Nantucket is out of commission after the M/V Eagle collided with and damaged the outermost dolphin, a cluster of pilings used to extend the berthing area.
A Dukes County grand jury returned indictments against David Capato, who allegedly staged a bomb threat at the Steamship Authority Terminal earlier this year.