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As the Steamship Authority prepares to add a third Lode Star class offshore service vessel (OSV) to its fleet, boat line officials are now considering a fourth sister ship from the same Louisiana seller.

The Steamship Authority board has picked names for two offshore supply vessels it plans to convert into ferries. The vessels will replace the freight ferries Katama and Gay Head, which are nearing the ends of their useful lives.  SSA general manager Robert Davis told the board Tuesday SSA staff received about 9,000 different name suggestions […]

The Steamship Authority’s port council was informed Tuesday that fare hikes are on the table due to rising fuel costs and other inflationary matters. For the Vineyard route, SSA treasurer Mark Rozum proposed an increase of $3 to $5 for standard fare vehicles under 20 feet (one-way), $5 on peak Fridays and weekends, $1.50 to […]

The Steamship Authority board — somewhat reluctantly — authorized an additional $461,314 to make necessary repairs to the steel on the MV Katama, a vessel they plan to replace as early as next summer. The Katama is in dry dock at Thames Shipyard in Connecticut where it was already undergoing  $1.1 million in repairs. However, once the […]

The ferry service is buying two new ships, and is holding a contest to come up with a new name.

After greene called mccarthy weak and said he needed to earn her vote if he wanted to be speaker. our friend charlie sykes in the bulwark laid it out perfectly. the unambiguous implication here, if mccarthy does not appease greene, she and the other deplorables might withhold their votes from mccarthy, denying him once again the object of his ambition that has slipped from his grasp before, the passion and obsession of mccarthys life. it is the lode star that guides his every action and utteranc...

This op-ed. why would they do that? who do you think wrote the op-ed? >> well, i think its pretty normal for people to try to figure out who they think did it, that there was someone in the administration that didnt like trump, something along those lines. i mean, based on what happened with the woodward book, it appears to be -- that there are a lot of people in administration that dont think highly of president trump, that think he is incompetent. in terms of who i think wrote it, they have so...

Then they use the word lode star maybe its someone in the vice-presidents office. the person was sophisticated enough that they didnt leave enough trails. i just want to say one other thing just in your intro or your question to me. this search is on taxpayer dollars. we have a lot of people in the white house right now focused on something thats embarrassing, not folk used on the substance of what was being said. just to remind people that this witch-hunt or whatever it is going to be is on our...

Star -- >> thats going to continue to be a lode star >> jacks lode star must again be our lode star >> vigilance and resolve will be our lode star. >> it really was the lode star. >> pence has publicly denied writing the op-ed. what do you make of the use of this word? do you think its a deflection still, right? juliet? >> yes, i do. yeah, i think its just too obvious. the person who wrote it knew that the term would be utilized or cross-referenced against pence. you know, it may be that the per...