New SSA Governor Faces New Bedford Outburst

By JULIA WELLS

Steamship Authority freight service between New Bedford and Martha's Vineyard remained in limbo yesterday as New Bedford city solicitor George Leontire reviled a newly constituted boat line board of governors with a fresh burst of insults and accusations.

"We now have Winken, Blinken and Nod up there now," Mr. Leontire bellowed at the governors before he was called out of order by board chairman and Falmouth governor Galen Robbins.

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SSA Forum Gives Voice to Public

A public forum to hear Vineyard residents' ideas and questions on Steamship Authority issues will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 23. The forum opens at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, and is expected to last two hours.

Nantucket Sound Wind Farm Plan Stirs Controversy in Cape and Islands Region

By JULIA WELLS

Public opinion is beginning to heat up on the Cape and Islands over a proposal for a private alternative energy project that envisions a giant offshore wind farm anchored across some 28 square miles of Nantucket Sound.

The Martha\'s Vineyard Commission will host a public hearing on the project on Tuesday, Jan. 15, in the lower level of the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown. The hearing begins at 6:30 p.m.

Public opinion is beginning to heat up on the Cape and Islands over a proposal for a private alternative energy project that envisions a giant offs

An all-Island public forum was announced this week amid a perceived growing disconnection between the Vineyard community and its elected leaders ov