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NEW BEDFORD — When Jan Dexter and her sisters went to Rural Cemetery to place flowers on their mother’s grave just before Mother's Day, she was shocked to see that two small cement statues and a perpetual light candle holder were missing.   She called the cemetery office and said she was told all decorations from graves were removed by the department and owners had 30 days to retrieve the items or they would be thrown away.  "Lucky for us, we were within the 30 days to get our items back,” Dexter said.  When Patrick Hogan went to visit his best friend’s grave in Rural Cemetery, as ...

"Today’s offshore wind project announcement demonstrates that we can fight the climate crisis, while creating high-paying jobs and strengthening our competitiveness at home and abroad,” said Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in a statement. “This project is an example of the investments we need to achieve the Biden-Harris administration’s ambitious climate goals, and I’m proud to be part of the team leading the charge on offshore wind.”  Since 2017, the Vineyard Wind project has been subject to a federal review process that generated more than 30,000 public comments, more than 90%...

The review was terminated by BOEM in the final weeks of the Trump administration after Vineyard Wind withdrew a plan from agency review.

Lars T. Pedersen, CEO of Vineyard Wind, said during a press conference Monday that because the company did not make any changes to its plan, he expects BOEM to pick up where it left off in the review process.  "Since there are no changes required to the COP, we expect that BOEM can finalize their review based on the extensive analysis and studies of the project over the last three years," he said.  Vineyard Wind planned to use turbines from another company, but the original supply contract expired, said Vineyard Wind spokesperson Andrew Doba.  Pedersen said the company needed time to re...