Massachusetts Maritime Academy News

Nantucket writer and historian Nathaniel Philbrick will talk about his upcoming book, "The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn," at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Lillie Auditorium, 7 MBL St., Woods Hole.

Kathleen M. Kirby has been selected by the CEOs of CONNECT as their new executive director.

As public schools closed for the day due to Sunday's snow storm, many of the Cape's major roads remained either entirely snow-covered or pockmarked with patches of snow and ice for this morning's commute.

The FARM Institute in Edgartown received a $1,800 grant from the Staples Foundation for Learning, created by Staples, Inc.

Last winter, Massachusetts Maritime Academy renamed its training ship T.S. Kennedy to honor the famed political family's maritime history.

Robert D. Somerville was named Massachusetts Maritime Academy's 2009 Maritime Person of the Year at the academy's annual Admiral's Ball, which raises money for its most rigorous scholarship program for cadets.

In this photo released by the Spanish defence ministry Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009, crew members of the Spanish trawler Alakrana are seen as they gather on deck in a photo taken Tuesday Nov.

The company that owns the Maersk Alabama, a freighter targeted by pirates twice in seven months, did not heed a request to rename, repaint or reroute the ship after the first attack off the coast of Africa in the spring, former crew members say.

Had it not been for his father's end-of-life illness, longtime Barrington resident Paul M. Rochford would have been at the helm of the Maersk Alabama, a U.S.-flagged cargo ship, when Somali pirates attacked it in April.

The EU's anti-piracy force says Somali pirates have again attacked the Maersk Alabama, the U.S.-flagged ship hijacked last spring.

Richard Phillips, the sea captain who offered himself as a hostage to save his crew from Somali pirates last spring, is returning to his hometown of Winchester.

Bourne: The annual Veterans Day Ceremony will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Massachusetts National Cemetery.

The annual Veterans Day Ceremony will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Massachusetts National Cemetery.

A new group is being formed to address offshore leases for renewable energy projects.

Among the projects unveiled by Governor Deval Patrick recently as part of the administration's latest five-year capital investment plan are a few that impact Southeastern Massachusetts educational institutions including funding for an expansion and modernization of Bridgewater State College's science center, construction of a new library at the ...

Massachusetts Maritime Academy was honored today in a ceremony at the Statehouse for "Leading by Example." The academy, represented by its president Adm.

He's got a book deal, and a movie could be in the works. He's been to the White House to meet the president, to the Queen Mary ocean liner for a vacation and back to his modest 1830s Vermont farmhouse.

A forum for students from the 5th Congressional District who are interested in attending one of the service academies will be hosted by Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, D-Lowell, on Oct.

In June, HomeHealth Visiting Nurses recently presented $100 scholarships to several graduating seniors from York County high schools who will be pursuing careers in nursing at an accredited post-secondary institution.

Air Force Airman Justin W. Gautreau, son of James Gautreau of Lynn and Donna Gautreau of Salem and a 2006 graduate of Salem High School, recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.