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Meal Deal in Mattapoisett
On the Go catering and takeout in Mattapoisett is offering a weekend special for boaters (and non-boaters) looking for some tasty easy meals to bring on the boat or a picnic. On the Go will make you 4 subs...
Bands to Play SeaStreak Cruise Party on Vineyard
MVTimes.com: Say goodbye to the summer with a bang this weekend with a new-music extravaganza aboard the Seastreak FastFerry on Saturday, September 3. The sunset cruise will take passengers from one end of the Island to the other while...
CT Boaters Warned of Debris
TheDay.com: With the cresting of the lower Connecticut River today, state DEEP officials say boating is hazardous because of fast-moving water and large numbers of large limbs, fallen trees and other debris that came down during Tropical Storm Irene....
Coast Guard Airlifts Cape Cod Plane Crash Victim
A Coast Guard helicopter crew witnessed a small-aircraft crash and later hoisted a survivor in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Wednesday night. While on a law enforcement patrol, the crew of an Air Station Cape Cod MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter witnessed the crash...
NH Car Dealer Ordered to Stop Dredging of Wetlands
A Superior Court judge extended a restraining order barring Jim Boyle, owner of Toyota of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from dredging and filling in and around wetlands at his 150 Greenleaf Avenue auto dealership. Judge Tina Nadeau added 90 days...
CT River Ferry Service Meeting
TheDay.com: The state Department of Transportation meeting last Thursday (August 25) was supposed to be a venue for ideas on how to make the Connecticut River ferries more profitable. But many, still wounded by what they felt were recurring...
French Sailor Moors in Bristol, RI
EastBayRI.com: After surviving a capsizing, Francis Joyon’s trimaran, IDEC, will now weather whatever Irene brings our way. The French sailor was attempting to beat the world record for crossing the Atlantic when his boat flipped in a storm a...
CT Boater Threatens to Burn Marina During Storm
New Haven Register: Not only did David Zaccaria fail to heed mandatory evacuation notice to shoreline residents Saturday, he decided the best place to wait out Hurricane Irene would be on his boat, authorities said. But when a representative...
Boat Owners Get Calls After Irene
CapeCodOnline: It’s the phone call every boat owner dreads. At the height of the storm Sunday night, Ralph Negron of Sandwich was notified by the Yarmouth Harbormaster Department that Liberty, his beloved Hunter 34, had broken free of its...
Messages in Bottle Wash up in MA
Wareham Week: Tropical Storm Irene brought lots of things with her to Wareham, including rain, high winds, and abnormally high tides. She left trees toppled, buildings damaged, and homes without power – but also delivered a few messages from...
