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Daufuskie Island residents express concern about safety of current ferry service and lack of full-service operation (Letters to the Editor)

BALD HEAD ISLAND — Retired finance professional Gerald (Jerry) Maggio is running to retain his seat on Bald Head Island's Village Council. Maggio…

Designed by Glosten, the 28-car Subchapter-T vessel has a steel hull and aluminum superstructure, with a propulsion plant consisting of two azimuthing...

Officials say there are two major issues impacting the ferry system.

Dear Governor Inslee,

The Mandaluyong City local government met with officials from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Wednesday, Jan. 25, to discuss the upcoming Manila Bay-Pasig River-Laguna Lake (MAPALLA) Ferry System proposed in 2012. Mandaluyong City Mayor Ben Abalos conducted a meeting with DOTr officials

How _ and —— in this wet, heavy, dense how hour— and —— in this wet, heavy, dense now. hourtransit and —— in this wet, heavy, dense now. hour transit systems have ground — now. hour transit systems have ground to — now. hour transit systems have ground to a halt. some of them are working _ ground to a halt. some of them are working again but it has been a slow lo, working again but it has been a slow go, particularly for our ferry system _ go, particularly for our ferry system ...

Stamping _ but is still 9.5 hours of heavy stamping of passports. we but is still 9.5 hours of heavy stamping of passports. we saw in their, one lorry _ stamping of passports. we saw in their, one lorry driver _ stamping of passports. we saw in their, one lorry driver said - stamping of passports. we saw in their, one lorry driver said 30 - their, one lorry driver said 30 hours and it is ok. i dont understand how it is ok, and how they even cope with that. the worst when i have — they even cop...

Agency workers who are going to be fired, and this is every single agency pretty much is getting impacted. state patrol, department of corrections, ironically, the department of health, any worker that is fired over this mandate wont be able to collect unemployment because the state considers this to be a voluntary resignation. so they are not even treating it as an actual firing. we are told we are not going to see any service interruption on the same day the ferry system announced a 40% reduct...

South. thats the challenge we having now. >> as youre speaking, i want you to know were looking at drone footage of the area. it appears youre kind of on an island because the road is submerged by water. what are the most urgent needs that you have right now in plaquemines parish? >> in that area youre seeing, its under mandatory evacuation. we still have residents that stayed. its tough trying to get people to leave because of covid and our goal now is to get those residents water, ice, mres th...