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STEAMSHIP AUTHORITY

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

4:30 PM

Monday, August 28, 2017

Hermann Foundation Meeting Room Falmouth Public Library

300 Main Street, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540 Notice is hereby given that the Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority (SSA) will conduct a public hearing on its proposed 2018 Summer Operating Schedules for the period from May 11, 2018 through October 22, 2018. The public hearing will be conducted at 4:30 PM on Monday, August 28, 2017, in the Hermann Foundation Meeting Room of the Falmouth Public Library, located at 300 Main Street, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540. This public hearing is being conducted pursuant to Section 15A of chapter 701 of the Acts of 1960, as amended, because, after the SSA advertised the proposed changes in several local newspapers last month, it received a petition signed by not less than 50 persons who are residents of the Town of Falmouth requesting a public hearing on the proposed changes. The SSA will consider the testimony given at the public hearing when deciding whether to maintain the original proposed schedule changes or to make modifications thereto. It will also consider written testimony that is submitted regarding the proposed schedule changes, which testimony can be submitted electronically to [email protected] or in writing addressed to General Manager Robert B. Davis, Steamship Authority, P.O. Box 284, Foot of Railroad Avenue, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543.

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Copies of the following documents are attached to this notice: 1. SSA’s advertisements of the proposed changes that were published in the

Falmouth Enterprise and the Cape Cod Times. 2. SSA’s proposed 2018 Summer Operating Schedules. 3. The petition requesting the public hearing. 4. Section 15A of the SSA’s Enabling Act. 5. SSA’s 2017 Summer Operating Schedules.

Information about each of the SSA’s vessels that are proposed to provide ferry service between Woods Hole and Martha’s Vineyard, as well as between Hyannis and Nantucket, can be found at: www.steamshipauthority.com/about/vessels. The SSA might include additional documents and information with this notice after it is originally posted. Therefore, we encourage the public to revisit this webpage to obtain all of the documents and information that the SSA is making available in this manner prior to the hearing.

Posted at 3:00 PM on August 21, 2017

The Falmouth Enterprise Friday, July 21, 2017 Page 7

Notice of Schedule Changes for the Steamship AuthorityThe Steamship Authority is looking for public comment on the following

changes to its proposed 2018 Summer Operating Schedules.

If you have any comments, please submit them within 30 days of the publication date of this ad by email to [email protected] or mail to the Steamship Authority, Attn: Proposed Schedule Changes, P.O. Box 284, Woods Hole, MA 02543.

Publication Date: July 21, 2017

PROPOSED 2018 MARTHA’S VINEYARD SUMMER SCHEDULES

The proposed operating schedule from May 11 to June 18, 2018 would start 5 days earlier and end 4 days later than in 2017.

The proposed operating schedule from June 19 to September 7, 2018 would start 4 days later and end 1 day later than in 2017.

The proposed operating schedule from September 8 to October 22, 2018 schedule would start 1 day later and end 7 days later than in 2017. During this schedule, the M/V Sankaty would be berthed overnight in Vineyard Haven and would be able to operate up to 7 round-trips daily compared to 2017 when the M/V Katama could only operate 4 round trips daily. The M/V Sankaty would depart Vineyard Haven daily at 5:30 AM compared to berthing overnight in

depart Vineyard Haven at 7:30 AM, ten minutes later than in 2017. The following trips have been added to this schedule: 4:05 PM trip from Woods Hole arrives in Oak Bluffs at 4:50 PM; 5:20 PM trip from Oak Bluffs arrives in Woods Hole at 6:05 PM; and 6:30 PM trip from Woods Hole arrives in Vineyard Haven at 7:15 PM. The following trips have been included in this schedule and are available to book if necessary: 7:30 PM from Vineyard Haven arrives in Woods Hole at 8:15 PM and 8:45 PM from Woods Hole arrives in Vineyard Haven at 9:30 PM.

By BRITTANY FELDOTTT h e F a l m o u t h H o u s i n g

Authority will soon have new man-agement. The authority board of commissioners unanimously voted yesterday to hire John P. McKeown of Westwood to serve as interim director.

If hired, he would act as director at least until the end of August and could start as early as next week. The board plans to select an ex-ecutive director in coming weeks to take over operations in the fall.

As of last night, the housing authority had not yet made Mr. McKeown an offer.

There are two internal candi-dates vying for the position of ex-ecutive director, and the board expects to interview six candi-dates in total. Mr. McKeown has expressed interest in being con-sidered for the long-term position as well.

Those interviews will be con-ducted in a public meeting, sched-uled for Thursday from 9 AM to 5 PM, with a lunch break from 12 PM to 1:30 PM. The interviews are open to tenants of housing author-ity apartments and the public.

The board of commissioners plans to discuss the candidates at the end of the day, and may vote on its selection for executive di-rector. Otherwise, a meeting will be scheduled for the following week for potential additional in-terviews, discussion and vote.

The board interviewed the two candidates for the interim position this week during public meetings at the Harborview Apartments.

Sari D. Budrow, vice chairman of the board of commissioners, said she wanted the chosen in-terim director to take an active role in leading the authority. She expressed dissatisfaction with how the authority has been func-tioning since previous director Thomas L. Lacey left at the end of June.

Chairman Patti B. Haney said there had initially been a lack of communication between depart-ment heads to coordinate their efforts but that had improved recently.

“This is one reason why I’d like an interim director as soon as pos-sible,” Ms. Budrow said.

T h e b o a r d s e l e c t e d M r. McKeown in a vote of 5-0, follow-ing an interview with candidate Edward A. Roderick of Tiverton, Rhode Island, yesterday morning . Commissioners interviewed Mr. McKeown on Tuesday morning .

Mr. McKeown is currently the ex-ecutive director of the Pembroke and Halifax housing authorities, which are linked under a man-agement agreement. He said that Falmouth manages many of the same housing programs he over-sees up-state.

Mr. McKeown also has more than 25 years of construction experi-ence in the private and public sec-tor, including the development of affordable housing through state and federal tax credit programs.

His work with affordable hous-ing inspired him to get involved with housing efforts at the state level, and he previously worked as a project development con-sultant for the state Department of Community Housing and Development and as a state hear-ings offi cer for fi ve years.

“I love the work I do,” he said. “It’s sort of one of those things I grew into.”

One aspect of Mr. McKeown’s work that the board found partic-ularly interesting was his experi-ence in funding projects through use of Community Preservation Act funds.

Mr. McKeown said he has com-pleted 30 construction projects in Pembroke and Halifax in the last three months. Those proj-ects included installation of new generators and heating systems, roof repairs and septic system improvements.

Falmouth Housing Authority commissioners expressed some doubt that similar success could be found in Falmouth.

Mr. McKeown acknowledged that community funds are diffi-cult to access. However, he said applications can be worded to emphasize that maintenance im-provements ultimately ensure the health and safety of tenants, acting as a form of asset preservation.

“Not in this town,” Ms. Haney said. She and other board mem-bers referenced a situation that took place in May in which the town put $168,820 in approved CPA funds on hold after it was told that the project was an ineligible use of CPA funds. The funds were meant to go toward roof and septic repairs for 12 homes.

Mr. McKeown said that he es-timated he could dedicate 20 hours a week to operation of the Falmouth Housing Authority and could work at least until the end of August.

The other candidate, Mr. Roderick, retired after serving as

Interim Director Named For Falmouth Housing Authority

BRITTANY FELDOTT/ENTERPRISE

Members of the Falmouth Housing Authority Board of Commissioners discuss candidates for the interim director position yesterday morning.

executive director of the Yarmouth Housing Authority for seven years. Prior to that, he served in direc-tor positions at multiple nonprofi t organizations in Rhode Island fo-cused on affordable housing and other challenges for low-income families.

Mr. Roderick said yesterday that he was looking for something to do in retirement before he moves to Florida with his wife. However, he would have only been available to work through September 1, as he plans to travel to the West Coast

on September 10.Commissioners expressed con-

cern that Mr. Roderick could only commit to the position in the short-term, without any possibility of ex-tending his work.

Although the board is already in the process of selecting a new executive director, Ms. Haney said the process could be elon-gated due to new, stringent regula-tions set by the state Department of Community and Housing Development. Ms. Haney said Falmouth is one of the fi rst towns

to hire a new director under the new regulations.

After the board selects a candi-date, the state has 30 to 60 days to review the contract and résumés from all candidates. Until that re-view is complete, the executive di-rector cannot begin work, she said.

There was also some discussion over the fairness of selecting Mr. McKeown, given his interest in pursuing the executive decision position as well.

The board of commissioners stated in a previous meeting that

candidates for the interim direc-tor position would not be consid-ered for the executive director position. However, the board did not vote on that stipulation, and Ms. Haney clarifi ed yesterday that the restriction only applied to in-ternal candidates.

However, she did express some concern Tuesday that other candi-dates might be interested in apply-ing for the interim position, and she said the board might want to delay a vote. The board’s consul-tant only contacted the two candi-dates about interviewing for the interim position.

“I wonder if this doesn’t give one candidate an unfair advantage over the others,” she said.

However, Ms. Budrow and com-missioner Patricia A. Favulli said they did not see the process as un-fair, and pressed for an immediate selection.

Ms. Favulli said that all candi-dates for the executive director position would receive the same questions in a new round of inter-views. In addition, the next set of interviews would only take place a few days after the interim director begins his job.

“We’ll always keep our mind open through the interviews,” Ms. Budrow said. Other candidates should have been wise enough to inquire about the interim position if they were interested, she said.

“Internal people know what we’re doing,” Ms. Favulli said.

By DERRICK PERKINSDonors have raised nearly $3,000

for two Macedonian summer work-ers seriously injured after a vehi-cle struck them while they walked along Teaticket Highway with a friend in June.

The Reverend Nell Fields of the Waquoit Congregational Church, who helped organize commu-nity support following the acci-dent, said 22 people contributed to the fund created by Falmouth Together We Can.

“I think the thing that just amazes me [is that] these people who gave money, they’ve never met these people,” Ms. Fields said. “They’ve never met these summer workers, but they understand they are guests in our town and an acci-dent happened.”

Danche Zafirova, 22; Damjan

Dobrevski, 21; and Mario Silva, 21, were all injured when a Chevrolet Trailblazer struck them about 11 PM on June 27. Mr. Silva, a US citizen, suffered minor wounds and Mr. Dobrevski, a Macedonian student, was taken to Cape Cod Hospital with serious injuries before being released a few days later.

Emergency responders airlifted Ms. Zafi rova to a trauma center at Rhode Island Hospital where she spent several days in critical condi-tion before being upgraded to sta-ble. Ms. Fields said Ms. Zafi rova’s family has arrived in Falmouth (her sister already was stateside as a member of the same summer work program) and is staying in an area home while she recuperates.

Ms. Fields said the donations will be split among the injured

Nearly $3,000 Raised For Injured Summer Workersaccording to their amount of missed work time. Anyone inter-ested in contributing should write a check to Falmouth Together We Can and mail it care of either the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce or the Waquoit Congregational Church, 15 Parsons Lane, Waquoit, MA 02536, she said.

In the meantime, organizers are working with Intrax, the company that arranged Ms. Zafi rova’s trip

to the US, to deliver meals to her family. Ms. Fields said Pamela B. Rothstein of the Falmouth Jewish Congregation speaks Croatian, which is similar to Macedonian, and plans on calling upon the fam-ily to make them feel at home.

“It’s just to make them feel as welcome as possible,” Ms. Fields said. “The long and short of it is, [Ms. Zafirova’s] got a long haul; she’s got a long road ahead.”

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Cape Cod Times | capecodtimes.com | Friday, July 21, 2017 A11

“What you are is a question only you can answer.”

Lois McMaster Bujold

American speculative fi ction writer (born in 1949)

On July 21, 1925, in Dayton, Ten-nessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolu-tion in class and fi ned $100. In 1959, Elijah Jerry “Pumpsie” Green became the fi rst Afri-can-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.In 1969, astronaut Neil Arm-strong became the fi rst person to walk on the moon.

Humans must preventmass animal extinctions

For millions of years, Australia had no human inhabitants. When people fi nally arrived there some 45,000 years ago, the continent had 24 different creatures weigh-ing 100 pounds or more. Within a few millennia, 23 were wiped out.

A new study published in a journal of the National Academy of Sciences says nearly 200 species have vanished in the past century, and 9,000 have seen substantial reductions in their numbers. Scientists suggest that Earth is well into the sixth mass extinction of the last half-billion years.

Climate change is one signifi cant factor in the loss of creatures, and the nations of the world have entered into an accord to combat it by curbing greenhouse gas emis-sions. Unlike other creatures, humans can consciously shape the future for generations to come. We should use ingenuity for the benefi t of the countless creatures with which we share the Earth. That would also be good for our species.

—Chicago Tribune

IDEAS&OPINIONDAILY THOUGHT

TODAY IN HISTORY

WHAT OTHERS SAY

I t’s a generally useful suggestion that if there’s somewhere we don’t want

to end up, it’s best not to take a single step in its direction.

Here’s a place we don’t want to end up. In 1972, anthropolo-gist Colin Turnbull published his impressions of living with an unfortunate mountain tribe in Uganda called the Ik people. They despised each other, stole from each other and defecated on each others’ doorsteps. Not only didn’t the Iks like each other, Turnbull couldn’t force himself to like them either. I wonder how he’d like us.

Don’t get me wrong. Meet Americans one at a time and visitors remark on how cordial most of us are, and help-ful. But increasingly, we’ve divided along tribal lines that seem to require we find every difference between us and make each one an identifying badge of tribal membership.

Democrats are so dismayed

by Donald Trump, they don’t even know how to converse with those who voted for him. For their part, rural Trump supporters are convinced they can feel the liberals’ contempt all the way out where they live.

Within a historical heart-beat, we no longer watch the same news together and sus-pect that any information that doesn’t conform to our tribal beliefs is a deception, foisted on us by the other tribe. And there is “fake news” out there. As our media shift from print to screen, there are fewer surviving sources well-heeled enough to send out teams

of investigative reporters to actually see what’s happening. Besides, our tribal obsessions blind us to the interference of foreign powers with national interests of their own.

We have to ask ourselves whether some of us actually prefer Russians to Democrats. That’s where we’ve gotten to.

According to Pew Research, the more intensely partisan we get, the more we avoid each other. For partisans, a child marrying outside the ideology is more objection-able than marrying outside their race. Thirty-six percent of Republicans think liberal thinking is a “a threat to the nation’s well-being” while 27 percent of Democrats feel the same about conservatives.

“This is How the Republican Party Plans to Destroy the Fed-eral Government,” screamed a headline in The Nation back in February. Meanwhile, “Liber-als become indignant when

you question their patriotism,” says conservative pundit Anne Coulter, “but simultaneously work overtime to give ter-rorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy.”

We don’t just disagree on policy anymore. Our political war machines are too sophis-ticated for that. Whatever we watch and listen to has pro-grammed us to distrust the very patriotism and even the goodness of those with whom we disagree.

It makes us feel heroic — manning the battlements against the forces of dark-ness. This is why I’m telling you we suffer from what has become a spiritual sickness.

Years ago, I had to explain hatred to my daughters. If what’s bad for you is good for me ... if what’s good for you is bad for me ... we hate each other. We are incapable of

blessing each other or truly wishing each other well. We’re spiritually sick. So first, we have to face that honesty.

Let’s listen to each other more and to the media less. What do you wish your Repub-lican friends knew about you that they don’t? Tell them those things. Ask Democratic friends what it is they’re most afraid of if your party wins. Try to really listen. Take turns with this.

We must love each other and pay attention to each other’s fears. We’re driven by love when we want to heal more than we want to win ... by hatred when it’s the reverse. We will not heal unless we try to become better human beings — and we will not suc-ceed at that unless we put that project before all others.

—Lawrence Brown of Center-ville teaches humanities and is a Times columnist. Email him at [email protected].

Our problem isn’t political; it’s spiritual

LARRY BROWN

By Kathleen Parker

I t wasn’t quite a wicked-witch-is-dead Munchkin happy dance, but the white

noise of foregone conclusions drowned out Republicans’ relatively muted regret over their failure to repeal and replace Obamacare.

It was never gonna happen. Not no how.

Partly this is because the GOP version of reform would have first done harm to our most vulnerable citizens — the elderly, the disabled and the poor. Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins cited drastic Medicaid cuts as her reason for withholding support of the so-called “Better Health Reconciliation Act.” Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul also said he wouldn’t support the bill, because it didn’t go far enough in repealing Obamacare.

When two more GOP senators — Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas — defected Monday night, the deal was undone. Lee said the bill failed to repeal all of the Obamacare taxes. He also said the bill didn’t go far enough in lowering premiums for middle-class families or in loosening costly regulations.

Thus, the weeks-long tornado culminated Tuesday morning when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell realized he didn’t have enough votes.

During almost a decade of writing sporadically about health care, I’ve interviewed dozens of people from a mix of related fields . Not once have I found a single person who thought the GOP could pull off a repeal and replace. Why?

Firstly, because the vast majority of Americans are fundamentally opposed to

allowing others to suffer. And secondly, sort of, the ACA affects one-sixth of the U.S. economy. How does one untangle a knot of 20 million strings? Why not just repeal and replace California and call it a day? It would be easier.

The fact is, Obamacare was never perfect nor should anyone have expected it to be. Today, we have a health care system in pitiful disrepair, as insurance companies opt out of exchanges, premiums con-tinue to climb, and healthy, young people forgo insur-ance premiums that would have subsidized coverage for unhealthy, older Americans and the less fortunate.

Therein lies the crux of the least solvable problem inherent in such a multifaceted overhaul: It denies, emphatically, the nature part of being human, which is in constant tension

with government-mandated insurance coverage. The ques-tion is: How do you make it cost-effective and fair?

Many Americans simply don’t see the fairness in a system that requires them to pay high premiums for others’ poor health, some of which is, let’s face it, earned. Not deserved, but sometimes resulting from poor lifestyle choices. Why, indeed, should a childless 30-year-old male who runs three miles a day, eats rationally, doesn’t drink, smoke or take drugs, be saddled with insurance premiums to cover pregnancy, abortion, alcohol-ism, addiction, or an abundance of health consequences result-ing from obesity and inertia?

For that matter, why should women have to subsidize men’s sexual dysfunction curatives when, by the way, men don’t have to pony up for women’s

corresponding, post-meno-pausal, medically appropriate intercessions. Here you see one of the finer-print dilemmas.

No wonder Obamacare was so difficult to craft and a replacement equally so. There are simply too many moving parts to make the sucker float — and too many reasons to not sink it.

Since McConnell’s repeal-only idea seemed doomed Tuesday afternoon after GOP Sens. Collins, Shelley Moore Capito and Lisa Murkowski said they oppose immediate repeal, perhaps, finally, Repub-licans and Democrats can snap on their wizard hats and cobble something workable together. After all, it’s the only thing they haven’t tried yet.

—Kathleen Parker’s email address is [email protected].

GOP needs to regroup — with Democrats — on health care

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RE: Petition from residents of the Town of Falmouth

Date: August 19, 2017

Dear Steamship Authority General Manager Davis,

We object to the continued scheduling of freight trucks from Woods Hole prior to

6:30AM due to the sleep deprivation caused by the noise impact of early morning

Steamship Authority-related truck traffic on Falmouth and Woods Hole residents.

We request that you conduct a public hearing, to be held in the Town of Falmouth

within 14 days of receipt of this petition, on the Steamship Authority’s proposed

schedules from May 11, 2018 to October 22, 2018, per Section 15A of the SSA Enabling

Act.

Sincerely,

1 Robert Jaye 7 Church Street Woods Hole MA 02543 2 Trina Novak 19 Standpipe Hill Rd

3 John Roslansky 57 Buzzards Bay Ave., Woods Hole, MA 02543 4 Damien Kuffler 49 Gosnold Rd., Woods Hole, MA 02543 5 Eugenie Kuffler Gosnold Rd 6 Arden Edwards P.O. Box 41, Woods Hole, MA 02543 7 Nicole Goldman 12 Sidney Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543 8 Justin Jaschke 157 Fay Road, Woods Hole MA 02543 9 Wallace Stark 9 Little Harbor Rd Woods Hole

10 Suzanne Kuffler 49 Gosnold Road 11 William Hallstein 36 South Road, Falmouth, MA 02540 12 Shirley Wozena 296 Woods Hole Rd., Falmouth, Ma. 02540 13 Monique Gregg 250 woods hole road

14 Philip n. Logan 482 woods hole road, woods hole, MA. 02543 15 Ann L Beliveau 224 Woods Hole Rd Falmouth Mass 02540 16 Roland E. Beliveau Jr 224 Woods Hole Rd. Falmouth Mass 02540 17 Clara Hulburt 8 Proctor Road 18 Susanna McKenna 90 Woods Hole Rd Falmouth MA 02540 19 Rebecca Truman 3 Little Harbor Road 20 Dawna Hammers 326 woods hole rd falmouth ma 21 John G. Bruce 14 School St. Woods Hole MA 22 Karen Colburn 12 Glendon Rd, Woods Hole

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23 Carol Wagner 526 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole 02543

24 Ann Sears 96 Locust St. 25 Kara Hume 7 Millfield St. Woods Hole, Ma 02543 26 Philip Richardson 146 Church Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543 27 Anne Halpin 319 Woods Hole Rd. Falmouth MA 28 Myla Kabat-Zinn 46 Buzzards Bay Ave., Woods Hole, MA 02543 29 Sandra Faxon 3 F.R. Lillie Rd Woods Hole, MA 02543 30 Kenyon Tweedell 41 Wilson Rd 31 Eric Edwards 174 Woods Hole Road 32 Joyce Stratton 22 Water St. Woods Hole, MA 02543 33 Richard Armstrong 57 Millfield St Woods Hole Mass 02543 34 Joan Power 47 mattapan street

35 Jonathan Goldman 12 Sidney Street 36 Nan Schanbacher 14 Cowdry Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543 37 Walt Schanbacher 14 Cowdry Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543 38 Ken Alexander 101 Cumloden Drive, Falmouth MA 39 Judith Richardson 146 Church St, Woods Hole 40 Wendy Blomberg 559 Woods Hole Road 41 Matthias Bossi 1 Wilson Road Woods Hole, MA 02543 42 Ronald Geering 246 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, MA 02540 43 Barbara Blair 246 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, MA 02540 44 Dianne McPherson 520 Woods Hole Rd 45 Diana Roth 10 Bell Tower Lane- Woods Hole, Ma 02543

46 Richard Balkin 3 oyster pond rd., Falmouth, MA 47 Kristin Alexander 38 Hilton Avenue Woods Hole, MA and 101 Cumloden Drive 48 Samantha Broun 7 Hackmatack Way Falmouth, MA 02540 49 Kent Swift 98 Gansett Rd Woods Hole Ma 02543 50 Andrew Solow 44 Quissett Ave Woods Hole MA 02543 51 Elena Trumbull 11 Church St., Woods Hole, MA 02543 52 Nat Trumbull 11 Church St., Woods Hole, MA 02543

SECTION 15A

of the

ENABLING ACT

of the

WOODS HOLE, MARTHA’S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET STEAMSHIP AUTHORITY

(chapter 701 of the Acts of 1960, as amended)

The Authority shall post and advertise in at least one newspaper circulating in each of the towns of Falmouth, Nantucket and Barnstable, the city of New Bedford, and the county of Dukes County, all proposed schedule changes no later than 60 days prior to the effective date of the proposed changes. In the event that the Authority shall receive, within 30 days of the posting and advertising, a petition signed by not less than 50 persons who are residents of the towns of Falmouth, Nantucket and Barnstable, the city of New Bedford and the county of Dukes County requesting a public hearing on the proposed changes, the Authority shall, within 14 days of receiving the petition, conduct a public hearing. The location of the hearing shall be in either the town of Falmouth or Barnstable or in the city of New Bedford or on the islands of Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket, wherever the greatest number of petitioners reside.

The Authority shall, after considering the testimony at said public hearing, and at

least seven days prior to the effective date of the proposed changes issue a report either maintaining its original proposed schedule changes, or making modifications thereto, and explaining their reasons therefor. In the event that modifications are made to a proposed schedule change as a result of a public hearing, said modifications may take effect on the original proposed effective date.

For the purposes of this section, proposed schedule changes shall not include any

changes necessitated by weather, equipment failure, or other emergency conditions, but shall include all seasonal schedule changes of said Authority.

As amended by St. 1979, c. 102; and St. 2002, c. 243, § 11.

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M/V Nantucket 05/16/2017 - 05/24/2017 M/V Martha's Vineyard 05/25/2017 - 06/14/2017

** Operates Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays (5/29)Bold indicates freight vessel - limited passenger capacity

** Unscheduled freight trips available to book, if necessary

Freight vessel trips will not appear on pocket schedules or color brochure

M/V Martha's Vineyard or triple crew - Operates 7 days a week from 6:00am - 10:30pm.M/V Nantucket

M/V Island Home triple crew - Operates 7 days a week from 6:00am - 10:15pm.

M/V Woods Hole triple crew - Operates Monday thru Thursday from 5:30am to 7:15pm,Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays from 5:30am to 9:30pm.

M/V Governor triple crew - Operates Monday thru Thursday from 5:30am to 7:15pm,Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays from 5:30am to 9:30pm.

2017Martha's Vineyard

05/16/2017 - 06/14/2017

Approved: 12-20-2016

TRIP LV WH DUE VH DUE OB VESSEL TRIP LV VH LV OB DUE WH45 45

Daily NAN 200 5:30 AM 6:15 AMDaily MAR 6 6:00 AM 6:45 AMDaily 201 5:30 AM 6:15 AM HAZ/M-Sat GOV 202 6:30 AM 7:15 AM HAZ/WedDaily 5 6:00 AM 6:45 AM IHM 8 7:00 AM 7:45 AMDaily 203 6:30 AM 7:15 AM NAN 204 7:30 AM 8:15 AMDaily 7 7:00 AM 7:45 AM MAR 10 8:15 AM 9:00 AMDaily 205 7:30 AM 8:15 AM HAZ/M-FRI GOV 206 8:35 AM 9:20 AM HAZ/M-SatDaily 9 8:15 AM 9:00 AM IHM 12 9:30 AM 10:15 AMDaily 207 8:35 AM 9:20 AM NAN 208 9:50 AM 10:35 AMDaily 11 9:30 AM 10:15 AM MAR 14 10:45 AM 11:30 AMDaily 209 9:50 AM 10:35 AM GOV 210 11:05 AM 11:50 AM HAZ/M-FRIDaily 13 10:45 AM 11:30 AM IHM 16 12:00 PM 12:45 PMDaily 211 11:05 AM 11:50 AM NAN 212 12:20 PM 1:05 PMDaily 15 12:00 PM 12:45 PM MAR 18 1:15 PM 2:00 PMDaily 213 12:20 PM 1:05 PM GOV 214 1:35 PM 2:20 PMDaily 17 1:15 PM 2:00 PM IHM 20 2:30 PM 3:15 PMDaily 215 1:35 PM 2:20 PM NAN 216 2:50 PM 3:35 PMDaily 19 2:30 PM 3:15 PM MAR 22 3:45 PM 4:30 PMDaily 217 2:50 PM 3:35 PM HAZ/Wed GOV 218 4:05 PM 4:50 PMDaily 21 3:45 PM 4:30 PM IHM 24 5:00 PM 5:45 PMDaily 219 4:05 PM 4:50 PM NAN 220 5:20 PM 6:05 PMDaily 23 5:00 PM 5:45 PM MAR 26 6:15 PM 7:00 PMDaily 221 5:20 PM 6:05 PM GOV 222 6:30 PM 7:15 PMDaily 25 6:15 PM 7:00 PM IHM 28 7:15 PM 8:00 PMF,S,S 223 6:30 PM 7:15 PM NAN 224 7:30 PM 8:15 PMM-TH 223 6:30 PM 7:15 PM NAN 224 ** 7:30 PM 8:15 PMDaily 27 7:30 PM 8:15 PM MAR 30 8:30 PM 9:15 PMF,S,S 225 ** 7:45 PM 8:30 PM GOV 226 ** 8:45 PM 9:30 PMDaily 29 8:30 PM 9:15 PM IHM 32 9:30 PM 10:15 PMF,S,S 227 ** 8:45 PM 9:30 PM NANDaily 31 9:45 PM 10:30 PM MAR

Bold indicates freight vessel - limited passenger capacity

Trips 201, 206 to operate as hazardous 07/04 & 09/04

**Unscheduled trips on Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs that are available to book, if necessary


M/V Martha's Vineyard triple crew - Operates 7 days a week from 6:00am - 10:30pm.

M/V Island Home triple crew - Operates 7 days a week from 6:00am - 10:15pm.

M/V Governor triple crew - Operates Monday thru Thursday from 5:30am to 7:15pm,Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 5:30am to 9:30pm.

M/V Nantucket triple crew - Operates Monday thru Thursday from 5:30am to 7:15pm,Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 5:30am to 9:30pm.


06/15/2017 - 09/06/2017


TRIP LV WH DUE VH DUE OB VESSEL TRIP LV VH LV OB DUE WH45 45 45

Daily NAN 6 6:00 AM 6:45 AMDaily 201 5:30 AM 6:15 AM GOV 202 6:30 AM 7:15 AMDaily 5 6:00 AM 6:45 AM IHM 8 7:00 AM 7:45 AMDaily 203 6:15 AM 7:00 AM HAZ/M-Sat SAN 204 7:20 AM 8:05 AM HAZ/WedDaily 7 7:00 AM 7:45 AM NAN 10 8:15 AM 9:00 AMDaily 205 7:30 AM 8:15 AM GOV 206 8:35 AM 9:20 AMDaily 9 8:15 AM 9:00 AM IHM 12 9:30 AM 10:15 AMDaily 207 8:35 AM 9:20 AM SAN 208 9:50 AM 10:35 AM HAZ/M-SatDaily 11 9:30 AM 10:15 AM NAN 14 10:45 AM 11:30 AMDaily 209 9:50 AM 10:35 AM GOV 210 11:05 AM 11:50 AMDaily 13 10:45 AM 11:30 AM IHM 16 12:00 PM 12:45 PMDaily 211 11:05 AM 11:50 AM SAN 212 12:20 PM 1:05 PMDaily 15 12:00 PM 12:45 PM NAN 18 1:15 PM 2:00 PMDaily 213 12:20 PM 1:05 PM GOV 214 1:35 PM 2:20 PMDaily 17 1:15 PM 2:00 PM IHM 20 2:30 PM 3:15 PMDaily 215 1:35 PM 2:20 PM SAN 216 2:50 PM 3:35 PMDaily 19 2:30 PM 3:15 PM NAN 22 3:45 PM 4:30 PMDaily 217 2:50 PM 3:35 PM HAZ/Wed GOV 218 4:05 PM 4:50 PMDaily 21 3:45 PM 4:30 PM IHM 24 5:00 PM 5:45 PMDaily 23 5:00 PM 5:45 PM NAN 26 6:15 PM 7:00 PMDaily 221 5:20 PM 6:05 PM GOV 222 6:30 PM 7:15 PMDaily 25 6:15 PM 7:00 PM IHM 28 7:15 PM 8:00 PMDaily 27 7:30 PM 8:15 PM NAN 30 8:30 PM 9:15 PM

225 ** 7:45 PM 8:30 PM GOV 226 ** 8:45 PM 9:30 PMDaily 29 8:30 PM 9:15 PM IHM 32 9:30 PM 10:15 PMDaily 31 9:45 PM 10:30 PM NAN

Bold indicates freight vessel - limited passenger capacity

M/V Sankaty to provide three additional round trips on Friday, October 6th, and Monday, October 9th (Columbus Day)

** Unscheduled freight trips available to book, if necessary


M/V Nantucket triple crew -Operates 7 days a week from 6:00am - 10:30pm.

M/V Island Home triple crew -Operates 7 days a week from 6:00am - 10:15pm.

M/V Governor triple crew -Operates 7 days a week from 5:30am - 9:30pm.

M/V Sankaty double crew - Operates 7 days a week from 6:15am - 3:35pm.


09/07/2017 - 10/15/2017


TRIP LV HY DUE NT VESSEL TRIP LV NT DUE HY

DAILY EAG/NAN 102 6:30 AM 8:45 AMMon - Sat 301 * 5:30 AM 7:45 AM HAZ/M-F KAT 302 * 8:00 AM 10:15 AM HAZ/M-FM-F 303 * 6:30 AM 8:45 AM HAZ/M-F SAN 304 9:15 AM 11:30 AMDAILY 103 9:15 AM 11:30 AM EAG/NAN 106 12:00 PM 2:15 PMDAILY 305 * 10:45 AM 1:00 PM HAZ/M-F KAT 306 * 1:30 PM 3:45 PM HAZ/M-FM-F 307 12:00 PM 2:15 PM SAN 308 2:45 PM 5:00 PMDAILY 107 2:45 PM 5:00 PM EAG/NAN 110 5:30 PM 7:45 PMSun - Fri 309 4:15 PM 6:30 PM KAT 310 6:45 PM 9:00 PMDAILY 111 8:00 PM 10:15 PM EAG/NAN

M/V Eagle 05/16/2017 - 05/24/2017 M/V Nantucket 05/31/2017 - 06/14/2017

Bold indicates freight vessel* Hazardous trips Monday - Friday and non-hazardous when running on Saturdays and Sundays

Trips 301 & 302 are not scheduled to operate on Sundays, however these trips are available to operate if necessary.Trips 309 & 310 are not scheduled to operate on Saturdays, however these trips are available to operate if necessary.

M/V Eagle or Operates 7 days a week from 6:30am to 10:15pm.M/V Nantucket

M/V Katama Operates 7 days a week from 5:30am to 9:00pm.

M/V Sankaty Operates Monday thru Friday from 6:30am to 5:00pm


DAILY EAG 102 6:30 AM 8:45 AMDAILY 301 * 5:30 AM 7:45 AM HAZ/M-F KAT 302 * 8:00 AM 10:15 AM HAZ/M-FDAILY 101 6:30 AM 8:45 AM NAN 104 9:15 AM 11:30 AMDAILY 103 9:15 AM 11:30 AM EAG 106 12:00 PM 2:15 PMDAILY 305 * 10:45 AM 1:00 PM HAZ/M-F KAT 306 * 1:30 PM 3:45 PM HAZ/M-FDAILY 105 12:00 PM 2:15 PM NAN 108 2:45 PM 5:00 PMDAILY 107 2:45 PM 5:00 PM EAG 110 5:30 PM 7:45 PMDAILY 309 4:15 PM 6:30 PM KAT 310 6:45 PM 9:00 PMDAILY 109 5:30 PM 7:45 PM NAN 112 8:00 PM 10:15 PMDAILY 111 8:00 PM 10:15 PM EAG

* Hazardous trips Monday - Friday and non-hazardous when running on Sat, Sun

M/V Eagle Operates 7 days a week from 6:30am to 10:15pm.

M/V Nantucket Operates 7 days a week from 6:30am to 10:15pm.


05/25/2017 - 05/30/2017

triple crew -

triple crew -

triple crew -

2017Nantucket

05/16/2017 - 05/24/2017 and 05/31/2017 - 06/14/2017

triple crew -

triple crew -

two single crews -



DAILY EAG 102 6:30 AM 8:45 AMDAILY 301 * 5:30 AM 7:45 AM HAZ/M-F KAT 302 * 8:00 AM 10:15 AM HAZ/M-FDAILY 101 6:30 AM 8:45 AM WH 104 9:15 AM 11:30 AMDAILY 103 9:15 AM 11:30 AM EAG 106 12:00 PM 2:15 PMDAILY 305 * 10:45 AM 1:00 PM HAZ/M-F KAT 306 * 1:30 PM 3:45 PM HAZ/M-FDAILY 105 12:00 PM 2:15 PM WH 108 2:45 PM 5:00 PMDAILY 107 2:45 PM 5:00 PM EAG 110 5:30 PM 7:45 PMDAILY 309 4:15 PM 6:30 PM KAT 310 6:45 PM 9:00 PMDAILY 109 5:30 PM 7:45 PM WH 112 8:00 PM 10:15 PMDAILY 111 8:00 PM 10:15 PM EAG

Bold indicates freight vessel*Hazardous Monday thru Friday and non-hazardous when running on Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays (07/04 & 09/04)


M/V Woods Hole Operates 7 days a week from 6:30am to 10:15pm.



DAILY EAG 102 6:30 AM 8:45 AMM-F 301 * 5:30 AM 7:45 AM HAZ/M-F GAY 302 8:00 AM 10:15 AM HAZ/M-FDAILY 303 6:30 AM 8:45 AM WH 304 9:15 AM 11:30 AMDAILY 103 9:15 AM 11:30 AM EAG 106 12:00 PM 2:15 PMM-F 305 10:45 AM 1:00 PM HAZ/M-F GAY 306 1:30 PM 3:45 PM HAZ/M-FDAILY 307 12:00 PM 2:15 PM WH 308 2:45 PM 5:00 PMDAILY 107 2:45 PM 5:00 PM EAG 110 5:30 PM 7:45 PMDAILY 309 5:30 PM 7:45 PM WH 310 8:00 PM 10:15 PMDAILY 111 8:00 PM 10:15 PM EAG

Bold indicates freight vessel* Hazardous Monday thru Friday



M/V Gay Head Operates Monday thru Friday from 5:30am to 3:45pm

09/07/2017 - 09/18/2017

triple crew -

triple crew -

single crew -

2017Nantucket

06/15/2017 - 09/06/2017

triple crew -

triple crew -

triple crew -



DAILY EAG 102 6:30 AM 8:45 AMM-F 301 5:30 AM 7:45 AM HAZ GAY 302 8:00 AM 10:15 AM HAZDAILY 303 6:30 AM 8:45 AM WH 304 9:15 AM 11:30 AMDAILY 103 9:15 AM 11:30 AM EAG 106 12:00 PM 2:15 PMM-F 305 10:45 AM 1:00 PM HAZ GAY 306 1:30 PM 3:45 PM HAZDAILY 307 12:00 PM 2:15 PM WH 308 2:45 PM 5:00 PMDAILY 107 2:45 PM 5:00 PM EAG 110 5:30 PM 7:45 PMDAILY 309 5:30 PM 7:45 PM WH 310 8:00 PM 10:15 PMDAILY 111 8:00 PM 10:15 PM EAG

Bold indicates freight vessel* Haz trips Monday - Friday and non-hazardous when running on Saturdays and Sundays

** Trips 305 (10:45am) & 306 (1:30pm) are not scheduled to operate, however these trips are available to operate if necessary.



M/V Gay Head Operates Monday thru Friday from 5:30am to 3:45pm.

subject to projected demand and weather conditions

single crew -

2017Nantucket

09/19/2017 - 10/15/2017

triple crew -

triple crew -


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