Cuttyhunk News

President Obama will be in Boston tomorrow to appear at a fundraiser for Gov. Deval Patrick.

Ian Bowles, Secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, said Tuesday that the state is prepared to listen to the concerns Islanders have about provisions of the Oceans Act.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum, along with the Vintage Yachting Club and Henry Wheelwright of UBS, recently hosted the inaugural "Cruise-in-Company" to the island of Cuttyhunk.

Our weather continues to bring us more sun than rain and along with this typical fall season, the town is crowded with visitors arriving daily to shop or just sightsee.

At its meeting next Thursday, the Martha's Vineyard Commission is set to accept an unusual nomination for a district of critical planning concern .

A standing room only crowd packed the Katharine Cornell Memorial Theatre Wednesday at a public hearing about the state's ocean management plan .

Vineyarders will have an opportunity to weigh in on the particulars of a comprehensive ocean management plan that would allow for small wind farms of 10 or fewer turbines off the immediate Vineyard coast and larger wind farms to be developed south and west of Nomans Land and west of Cuttyhunk.

Big Wind is coming to Martha's Vineyard. And the next five months are key to influencing the outcome.

As Island towns refine and strengthen their regulatory authority over local wind turbine projects, the Martha's Vineyard Commission , as the Island's comprehensive land use planning agency, is considering the extent of its role in the process.

As Island towns refine and strengthen their regulatory authority over local wind turbine projects, the Martha's Vineyard Commission , as the Island's comprehensive land use planning agency, is considering the extent of its role in the process.

Massachusetts Audubon Society's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary in Barnstable is offering something new this summer - Aquatic Exploration Cruises of Nantucket Sound - and is adding dates for its summer cruises to Cuttyhunk and the Elizabeth Islands.

Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles yesterday released the nation's first draft comprehensive ocean management plan for public review and comment.