Oak Bluffs objects to New Bedford freight service

Oak Bluffs officials are taking a stand against a proposed plan to have a New Bedford company, 41 North Offshore, run freight service into the town’s port. During a Tuesday morning Steamship Authority board meeting, Oak Bluffs select board chair Gail Barmakian voiced her town’s concerns, citing pedestrian safety and traffic congestion. The New Bedford company already provides barge service to Nantucket and has been looking to expand to the Vineyard, potentially unloading freight trucks in Oak Bluffs during the summer and in Vineyard Haven the rest of the year....