The Boston Globe: “What if you spent more than $100 million on a party and no one showed up?” By Jon Chesto, April 09, 2018 – Officials in the Baker administration were asking themselves that question in 2015 as they tried to figure out what to do with a New Bedford terminal built for a… More
South Coast Today: Legislators, offshore wind leaders make their case at State House
By Mike Lawrence BOSTON — Executives with two companies poised to develop large-scale offshore wind projects south of Martha’s Vineyard said Thursday that while it is too early to formally commit to using New Bedford’s $113 million Marine Commerce Terminal, the scope of what they hope to do certainly would require facilities such as the… More
Providence Journal: Editorial: New Bedford blunder
Much has been said and written about the 38 Studios debacle that left Rhode Island taxpayers on the hook for a $75 million loan guarantee. Clearly, the state had no business entering into a deal fraught with so much risk and so little public discussion. Unfortunately, bad decisions such as that one, based on speculation… More
SouthCoastToday: 3/17/15 New energy secretary would have nixed New Bedford terminal
By Steve Urbon and Gintautas Dumcius State House News Service NEW BEDFORD — Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matt Beaton said Tuesday he wouldn’t have gone ahead with the $113 million Marine Commerce Terminal on the city’s waterfront, given the current problems with Cape Wind. Cape Wind, the offshore wind energy project planned for Nantucket Sound, was expected to use the terminal as a staging area. … More