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Dave Portnoy rescued by Coast Guard after drifting out to sea: 'Almost lost Captain Dave'
Barstool Sports' owner and founder Dave Portnoy was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after losing control of his boat off the Massachusetts' coast. "You boys almost lost Captain Dave today," said Portnoy in a TikTok video he posted explaining what happened. "Captain Dave almost was lost to the ocean."
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...
Cliffside Beach Club hits the market
(July 18, 2024) The Cliffside Beach Club is for sale. The Currie family, which has owned and operated the 2.66-acre Jefferson Avenue resort for the last 66 years, over three generations, announced the news in a message to members this week. “As you undoubtedly can imagine, this was a decision...
Nantucket beaches reopen after Vineyard Wind debris removal; feds issue ‘Suspension Order’ for wind energy company
All Nantucket beaches reopened to swimming on Wednesday after lifeguards and workers removed loads of debris from the Vineyard Wind damaged turbine incident. The island’s southern-facing beaches had shut down to swimming the day before as large floating debris and sharp fiberglass shards from the turbine washed ashore. “The...
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.”
Nantucket beaches shut down to swimming after debris from Vineyard Wind turbine washes ashore
Nantucket beaches were shut down to swimming on Tuesday after a wind turbine offshore the coast of Massachusetts broke, as beachgoers were finding debris from the blade damage incident. Vineyard Wind, the offshore wind development company involved in the incident, on Tuesday said it was sending debris recovery teams to...
Nantucket beaches reopen after wind turbine debris littered shore; six truckloads removed
Beaches have reopened along Nantucket’s southern shores after more than six truckloads of fiberglass debris from the damaged blade of a wind turbine more than 20 miles offshore were removed in a clean-up effort that will continue throughout the week, officials said Wednesday. The blade was damaged Saturday evening,...
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