Just the other day, someone was ranting to me about the price of round trip flights to New York. Just one day later, JetBlue announced that they will begin daily seasonal jet service from JFK from May 24 to September 24. One flight a day for that period (JFK to ACK: 5:30 pm, ACK to JFK: 7:30 pm), with second flights on Friday nights, Saturday mornings, and Monday mornings during July and August. Tickets are $49 if booked by March 7 for trips before June 20. JetBlue will also code sharing with Cape Air through Boston beginning March 19, with lower book through prices (estimated up to $80) and easier reservations.
The Steamship Authority new 393 passenger, high-speed ferry Iyanough has been delivered. The all-aluminum catamaran is 154 feet long and 39-feet abeam, and features an “S-Bow” hull shape to provide additional reserve buoyancy during very large seas. The vessel’s top speed, in moderate sea conditions, is 38 knots when fully loaded. Open house celebration on Nantucket on March 24, and service begins March 28.
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has won recognition as a sovereign Native American tribe. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the tribe could buy land and build casinos within a 50 mile radius. That includes us.
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