A federal judge yesterday dismissed the second of four lawsuits against the Vineyard Wind turbine project in the ocean off Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket - this one by Thomas Melone, president of a solar-energy company and a seasonal Nantucket resident. Read more.
A federal judge this week dismissed a lawsuit by two Nantucket residents that sought to block construction of wind turbines off Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, concluding they failed to prove the project or its construction would harm or kill right whales and increase air pollution. Read more
A Florida woman who earned more than $3.5 million over seven years for allegedly cleansing an elderly Martha's Vineyard woman of her demons via repeated exorcisms was sentenced to 26 months in federal prison and ordered to repay all the woman's fees and pay the IRS $725,912 in back taxes, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports. Read more.
ABC Family's reality TV docu-series "The Vineyard" premiered last night. Per the ABCF press release, the show "is set against the idyllic backdrop of Martha’s Vineyard, MA [sic], and features the island’s iconic Black Dog Tavern."
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