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NEW BEDFORD TO SUE ON FERRY SERVICE
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In the latest salvo in its escalating battle to carry freight and
passengers to the islands, the City of New Bedford plans to file suit
in US District Court today in a bid to smash the monopoly of the
Steamship Authority.
The lawsuit asks the court to allow all federally approved vessels
to carry goods, passengers, and vehicles between the mainland and
Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, regardless of whether they are
licensed by the authority.
The city also asks the court to order ...
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Forward steps in New Bedford
The Boston Globe
; New Bedford has seemed like an urban Willy Loman -- trying to get ahead but doomed to fail. The city's old dream of a casino that would bring money and jobs was a shoddy quick fix that would have dragged a nasty trail of pollution, traffic, and crime behind it. But these days New Bedford is
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MOOD SWING NEW BEDFORD'S FIGHT FOR FERRY SERVICE IS ABOUT SHOWING RESIDENTS OF THIS OLD MILL CITY THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO LOSE ANY MORE BATTLES
The Boston Globe
; NEW BEDFORD - On the bus ride into New Bedford along Route 140, 150 years of local history flits by. The old textile mills loom above the road, abandoned and menacing, as masts of New Bedford's fleet bob along the distant waterfront. Low, green, barracks-like apartment buildings with broken windows
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Islanders see threat in mainlanders' hope New Bedford leaders say objections to added ferry service are insulting
The Boston Globe
; The economically depressed city of New Bedford sees dollars in freight-carrying ferry service to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, but wary islanders see a Trojan horse instead. New Bedford sees a bolstered waterfront, more jobs, and other commercial benefits in proposed legislation to provide
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Steamship Authority, New Bedford at odds.
The Boston Herald
; A simmering dispute between the Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and Woods Hole Steamship Authority and the city of New Bedford over freight shipping flared up yesterday, as a Steamship Authority marketing director said she was fired for blowing the whistle on the boat line. Debbie Hughes said she lost
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Oceans apart on ferry proposal Where New Bedford sees potential for profit, some islanders see potential for trouble
The Boston Globe
; NEW BEDFORD -- It was a businessman from Nantucket named Joseph Rotch who founded the city of New Bedford in the 1760s. But mention the word Nantucket to people in New Bedford these days and you're apt to get a response verging on the unprintable. The two communities are engaged in kind of war, and
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