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Fast Track for Vineyard Wind Just Got Slower

Matthew McDonald

The Edgartown Conservation Commission has voted to deny an application from Vineyard Wind to lay electricity transmission cables about a mile east of Martha's Vineyard.

The commission voted 5-1 against the permit, saying the company has not shown that the cables won't hurt fish and other marine wildlife.

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‘Turnpike Madonna’ Statue In New Hands, Apparently Unenthusiastic About It

Matthew McDonald

A white statue of the Virgin Mary put up in 1964 on private property visible from the Massachusetts Turnpike in Warren is in the hands of new property owners who apparently aren't thrilled about it.

Quebec-born Alfred Brodeur owned the land 55 years ago when he placed the statue in thanksgiving for the recovery of his wife from breast cancer. It's on the eastbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike, between mile markers 68 and 69.

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