In the news last week, the Steamship Authority administration recommended providing a permit to a New Bedford company to deliver freight trucks from the South Coast city to the Island on a year-round basis. Under the proposal, 41 North would use Vineyard Haven as a port of entry in the off-season, and Oak Bluffs in […]
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A minor fuel spill occurred in the Vineyard Haven Harbor on Thursday morning, near Lagoon Pond Bridge, reports Tisbury harbormaster John Crocker. Crocker says the spill has been contained, and has since dissipated. The harbormaster says that he first heard of the incident at around 9:20 on Thursday morning. He said that he believes the […]
A New Bedford company’s proposal to bring freight service to Vineyard Haven is under public scrutiny. A proposal by 41 North Offshore, which had been providing freight services between New Bedford and Nantucket, to expand its services to Martha’s Vineyard was met by some pushback. Town officials from Tisbury recently expressed concerns over the potential […]
Tisbury town officials are pushing back against a New Bedford shipping company’s proposal to bring freight into the Steamship Authority terminal in Vineyard Haven, worrying that the added traffic would have a detrimental impact on the town’s already busy waterfront and the already congested downtown. Tisbury town administrator Jay Grande told Steamship officials this week […]