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New SSA terminal to open in June
SSA student art contest underway
There’s still time for Vineyard students to submit artwork for the Steamship Authority’s (SSA) annual art contest. The SSA is accepting entries for its 11th annual “Sail into Imagination” art contests for students, from kindergarteners to high school seniors, living on Martha’s Vineyard, Cape Cod, and Nantucket, and in Fairhaven or New Bedford. Entries are…
Monomoy enters SSA service
It’s been a long wait, but the MV Monomoy, last of three sister vessels converted by the Steamship Authority (SSA) to be used as a freight ferry, entered service on Friday. According to a press release from the SSA, the Monomoy arrived at the Hyannis terminal at 11:30 am, where it loaded 10 cars, seven…
Martha’s Vineyard Airport
Travel providers increase service to meet summer demand
Two aviation companies plan to expand their service to Martha’s Vineyard this summer. Tradewind Aviation, which already operates private chartered flights to the Island, announced in late March that a new scheduled route to and from Boston launches June 18. Travelers can depart from a private terminal at Hanscom Field…
Vineyard clear of ICE presence at airport
As federal immigration officers are deployed to airports nationwide, Massachusetts has so far avoided the heightened presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at its aerial transportation hubs. The Trump administration began deploying ICE agents to airports Monday to assist short-staffed Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers, an agency where…
Stoughton man arrested after trespassing at airport
A 30-year-old man from Stoughton is facing charges of trespassing and breaking and entering after police reported that he was found cooking dinner inside a secure area of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport, along with his dog, earlier this month. According to police, at approximately 9:40 pm, the airport’s nighttime employee…
Ferry Schedules
Steamship Authority
Vineyard Haven (year-round) & Oak Bluffs (seasonal) – Woods Hole.
Hy-Line
Oak Bluffs to Hyannis (seasonal), and Martha’s Vineyard to Nantucket (seasonal).
Island Queen
Oak Bluffs to Falmouth (seasonal).
Seastreak
Oak Bluffs to New Bedford, New Jersey, New York (seasonal).
Martha’s Vineyard Fast Ferry
Oak Bluffs to Quonset Point, Rhode Island (seasonal).
Falmouth Edgartown Ferry
Edgartown to Falmouth (seasonal).
Vineyard Shuttle
Oak Bluffs to Falmouth.
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