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Body of Pittsfield Navy Man Killed in Pearl Harbor Attack Identified

Matthew McDonald

A 21-year-old Pittsfield man killed in the December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while serving on the USS Oklahoma has been positively identified, 78 years later.

Roman Sadlowski, an electrician's mate 3d class in the U.S. Navy, could not be positively identified at the time and was buried in Hawaii. He was one of many. But the bodies have since exhumed and had DNA and other factors analyzed, according to the Associated Press.

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Fed Corrects ‘Quote Error’ About How Much Damage Offshore Wind Will Do To Scalloping

Matthew McDonald

A federal fishing administrator asked about offshore wind's effect on scalloping told a newspaper that "The damage could be significant," then took it back after a pro-wind-turbines federal agency got involved.

Michael Pentony, the Greater Atlantic fishing administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, gave a videotaped interview to the New Bedford Standard-Times on Wednesday, March 20, during which he expressed concern about wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean, including a project planned for the waters south of Martha's Vineyard.

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