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Nantucket beaches closed for swimming due to broken wind turbine blades
NANTUCKET – Several beaches were closed on Tuesday while crews worked to clean up "large floating debris and fiberglass shards" from a broken wind turbine blade off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.A total of six south shore Nantucket beaches were closed to swimming due to debris that washed ashore. "You can walk on the beaches, however we strongly recommend you wear footwear due to sharp, fiberglass shards and debris on the beaches," the Nantucket Harbormaster said.Vineyard Wind turbine breaksThe Vineyard Wind turbine suffered blade damage Saturday night. No one was hurt, but large chunks of the blade began washing onto...
Feds halt Vineyard Wind operations after weekend turbine ‘incident’
Operations at Vineyard Wind, the first offshore installation to provide clean power to Massachusetts and the region, are suspended after an incident over the weekend spread wind blade debris across Nantucket beaches. Three days after a turbine being tested south of the islands experienced some kind of still-unspecified “incident,” federal...
Broken Offshore Wind Blade Debris Washes Up in Nantucket
Investigators are probing the cause of a damaged offshore wind turbine blade that sent debris washing ashore at Nantucket Beach and shut down swimming in the area. The incident occurred Saturday evening at the 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind project under construction near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, prompting the probe by federal officials, developers Avangrid Inc. and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S, and GE Vernova Inc., which manufactured the Haliade-X turbines used at the site. Operations at the site have been suspended while investigations are underway, and authorities closed Nantucket’s south shore to swimming for three days.
Whitney McGregor Brings a Refreshing Dose of Mountain Magic to a Cozy Nantucket Cottage
Every item on this page was chosen by a Veranda editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. When a new client reached out about designing their 1920s home on Nantucket, Whitney McGregor was thrilled to take on the challenge and put her spin on the classic coastal Massachusetts design aesthetic. However, the couple had recently stayed at Halstead House, McGregor’s rental property in Highlands, North Carolina, and wanted her to infuse that same cozy mountainside charm into their home rather than following a coastal grandmillennial blueprint.
Young pianist at St. Paul's Tuesday
(July 18, 2024) Acclaimed young pianist Lewellyn Sánchez-Werner will take the stage at Saint Paul’s Church Tuesday as the third featured artist in Nantucket Musical Arts Society’s 65th summer concert series. “His first appearance last year brought the house down, so on the spot, we asked him...
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher spotted at Reyes’ Pond
(July 18, 2024)A Blue-gray Gnatcatcher was a good find at Reyes’ Pond July 11. A tiny, active, fast-moving bird, it is hard to pin down as it darts around in dense foliage. It is another species that has been on the move north over the last 120 years or so. In 1902, there were only around 10 records for Massachusetts. But it is not easy to get a long-enough look to identify.
Wind power operations off Nantucket Island are suspended after turbine blade parts washed ashore
NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — The federal government has ordered an offshore wind developer off Nantucket Island, a popular summer tourist destination in Massachusetts, to suspend operations after parts of a damaged turbine blade washed up on the beaches. A spokesman for the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement...
Four Whalers competing in Cape summer Babe Ruth league
(July 18, 2024) The high school baseball season ended nearly two months ago on Nantucket, but four members of the Whalers’ varsity team are still in midseason form thanks to a summer baseball league on Cape Cod. Keegan Bedell, Ronald Del Rosario Gomez, Alex Horton and Eli MacIver are...
Vineyard Wind operations shut down. Bags of blade debris on Nantucket shore
All Vineyard Wind 1 operations are halted, for now, after a large section of wind turbine blade fell into the ocean over the weekend, the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement confirmed Wednesday afternoon. Following the Saturday blade failure, the agency "has issued a suspension order to Vineyard Wind...
Vineyard Wind turbine trouble sends CEO scrambling; feds issue ‘Suspension Order’
The CEO of Vineyard Wind abruptly exited a Nantucket Select Board meeting to respond to an incident involving the “integrity” of an already damaged wind turbine blade that has wreaked havoc on the island this week. “We have just been informed that there’s a development to the integrity...
Award-winning landscape designer featured speaker at Garden Festival
(July 18, 2024) Next week is the annual Nantucket Garden Festival, founded by the late Connie Umberger, a marvelous gardener and amateur horticulturist whose Nantucket gardens were wonderful, whimsical works of art. The festival supports the Nantucket Lighthouse School whose mission is, in part, to help students develop a sense...
Masquetuck: A sunny stroll to the edge of Polpis Harbor
(July 18, 2024) July haze hangs heavy as the Grey Lady shrouds valleys and marshes with blankets of fog. The humidity has brought us back to life in the clouds. Though your glasses may fog as you step out from the air conditioning into the muggy world, take joy in each passing breeze that relieves you of the sweltering day and helps you appreciate where you are.
Damaged Offshore Vineyard Wind Blade ‘May Detach Soon,’ Ocean Turbines Company Says
A golden eagle is seen flying over a wind turbine in Converse County, Wyo. (AP Photo/Dina Cappiello, File) More debris is falling into the ocean from a damaged offshore wind turbine blade, and project developer Vineyard Wind said Wednesday night that a remaining piece of the blade could soon plummet.
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy rescued by Coast Guard off Nantucket
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday after his boat lost power and went adrift off Nantucket. The 47-year-old executive said in a video posted on social media that he unhooked his boat from a buoy before realizing he had “no power, no radio, no anchor, no nothing.”
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