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The Steamship Authority board of governors has approved for the 12th year in a row the 5:30 AM freight boat, despite continued objections from Woods Hole residents.

The Steamship Authority board of governors has approved an almost $3.5 million change order for unanticipated underwater work related to the multimillion-dollar Woods Hole terminal reconstruction project.

Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Company is planning to add bus service from Woods Hole to Logan Airport in Boston and to T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Members of a long-range planning task force are looking to fix the noise and traffic issues caused by the Steamship Authority’s Woods Hole to Martha’s Vineyard ferry operations. The group, which has met five times so far, will continue to meet for the next year or so and will make recommendations to curb the issues. Heavy traffic, both auto and freight, on the Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs route draws ire from communities on both sides of Vineyard Sound. Members are still in the fact-gathering stage, Steven Sayers, former general counsel and consultant, told the Steams...

Cape Cod ferry OKs electric bus purchase with grant funds Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, January 28, 2021 FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - The ferry service that connects Cape Cod to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard approved the use of grant funds to purchase electric shuttle buses. The Steamship Authority will purchase three electric buses at a cost not to exceed $2.9 million using federal grants and funds from the Volkswagen Settlement Grant Program that the state administers, the b...