Cape & Islands News

Coast Guard assists disabled fishing vessel

Fishing vessel Maria Jo-Ann was adrift and taking on water

A Station Chatham, Mass. 42-foot rescue boat crew assisted a disabled fishing vessel 17 miles east of Chatham at 11 p.m. Saturday after the 76-foot boat with four people on board lost power.

The fishing vessel Maria Jo-Ann called Sector Southeastern New England at 9:30 p.m.to report it was adrift and taking on water in 2-to-3-foot seas. Station Chatham launched at 10 p.m. and arrived on scene at 11 p.m., and the crew passed a pump and portable radio over to the stern trawler, home ported in Boston.

The fishing boat crew were able to restore power at 12:25 a.m. and the vessel is returning to Boston today. The Chatham rescue boat stood by until 1:12 a.m. to make sure the fishing boat did not lose power again, and the Maria Jo-Ann is maintaining radio contact with the Coast Guard as it transits to port.

Two Coast Guard cutters were diverted to assist, but resumed normal operations when the fishing boat was able to maintain power. "The fishing boat had no ability to pump out water coming in, so we launched to pass them a pump and to stand by if the situation got worse," said Chief Petty Officer Charles Morgan, the operations officer at Station Chatham. "We were glad the crew was able to restore power and everybody is safe."

Courtesy of the USCG.

How Delahunt and Kerry voted this past week

Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.
Closest vote in the history of the Federal Reserve Chairman's position

HOUSE VOTES:

House Vote 1:
WATER DIVERSION IN IDAHO FORESTS: The House approved the Idaho Wilderness Water Facilities Act (H.R. 4474), sponsored by Rep. Walter Minnick, D-Idaho, to authorize the continuance of private water diversions in national forests in Idaho by giving the Agriculture Secretary the authority to issue a special use authorization to owners of water storage, transport, or diversion facilities located on National Forest System lands in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness or the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, for continued operation, maintenance, and reconstruction of applicable facilities. Proponents said the legislation would be good for Idaho as well as for the wilderness. The vote, on Jan. 27, was unanimous with 415 yeas.
YEAS: Rep. Michael E. Capuano D-MA (8th), Rep. William D. Delahunt D-MA (10th), Rep. Stephen F. Lynch D-MA (9th), Rep. Edward J. Markey D-MA (7th), Rep. James P. McGovern D-MA (3rd), Rep. Richard E. Neal D-MA (2nd), Rep. John W. Olver D-MA (1st), Rep. John F. Tierney D-MA (6th), Rep. Niki Tsongas D-MA (5th)
NOT VOTING: Rep. Barney Frank D-MA (4th)

House Vote 2:
EXTENDING SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS: The House approved a measure (H.R. 4508), sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., to add a temporary extension to programs authorized by the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Proponents said the extension of capital access programs would help small businesses survive the credit crunch and would help "programs at the SBA that help new businesses form and existing firms grow." The vote, on Jan. 27, was 410 yeas to 4 nays.
YEAS: Rep. Michael E. Capuano D-MA (8th), Rep. William D. Delahunt D-MA (10th), Rep. Stephen F. Lynch D-MA (9th), Rep. Edward J. Markey D-MA (7th), Rep. James P. McGovern D-MA (3rd), Rep. Richard E. Neal D-MA (2nd), Rep. John W. Olver D-MA (1st), Rep. John F. Tierney D-MA (6th), Rep. Niki Tsongas D-MA (5th)
NOT VOTING: Rep. Barney Frank D-MA (4th)

House Vote 3:
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK ACT: The House approved a resolution (H. Res. 1020), sponsored by Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo., to honor the 95th anniversary of the signing of the Rocky Mountain National Park Act. Proponents said the park "offers invaluable opportunities for visitors to learn and enjoy the great outdoors" and that it embodies the spirit of the conservation and preservation movement at the turn of the century. The vote, on Jan. 27, was unanimous with 408 yeas.
YEAS: Rep. Michael E. Capuano D-MA (8th), Rep. William D. Delahunt D-MA (10th), Rep. Stephen F. Lynch D-MA (9th), Rep. Edward J. Markey D-MA (7th), Rep. James P. McGovern D-MA (3rd), Rep. Richard E. Neal D-MA (2nd), Rep. John W. Olver D-MA (1st), Rep. John F. Tierney D-MA (6th), Rep. Niki Tsongas D-MA (5th)
NOT VOTING: Rep. Barney Frank D-MA (4th)

SENATE VOTES:

Senate Vote 1:
PRESERVING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS: The Senate agreed to an amendment, sponsored by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., to a resolution (H.J. Res. 45) increasing the statutory limit on the public debt that would require a 60-vote majority to approve recommendations by a fiscal task force to change the current level of Social Security benefits. Proponents said the amendment was necessary to make it clear that Social Security would not be cut and that it would "show to American seniors we hear their needs, we are taking action to protect them." The vote, on Jan. 26, was unanimous with 97 yeas.
YEAS: Sen. John F. Kerry D-MA
NOT VOTING: Sen. Paul G. Kirk D-MA

Senate Vote 2:
FEDERAL SPENDING CUTS: The Senate agreed to an amendment, sponsored by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to a resolution (H.J. Res. 45) that would rescind $120 billion in Federal spending by consolidating certain duplicate government programs, cutting excess spending and returning unspent billions back to taxpayers. Proponents said the amendment would start "to make some of the hard choices about where we have excess, where we have inefficiency, where we have duplication, and eliminate it." The vote, on Jan. 26, was unanimous with 94 yeas.
YEAS: Sen. John F. Kerry D-MA
NOT VOTING: Sen. Paul G. Kirk D-MA

Senate Vote 3:
PAYGO REIMPOSED: The Senate passed an amendment, sponsored by Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., to a resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45) to reimpose statutory pay-as-you-go, also known as PAYGO. Proponents said PAYGO was a critical piece of U.S. fiscal responsibility efforts that would mandate that any new tax cuts or expansions of entitlements be paid for up front, so that they don't add to the public debt and said: "As our country's long-term budgetary challenge comes into clear public view, PAYGO is the cornerstone of a fiscal responsibility agenda that can return America to balanced budgets." Opponents said PAYGO would have no effect on the government's capacity for fiscal self-discipline because there had been no proof of fiscal self-discipline under present PAYGO rules and said: "This proposal does not hold water as a way to discipline ourselves and bring our fiscal house in order." The vote, on Jan. 28, was 60 yeas to 40 nays.
YEAS: Sen. John F. Kerry D-MA
NOT VOTING: Sen. Paul G. Kirk D-MA

Senate Vote 4:
FED CHAIRMAN CONFIRMED: The Senate confirmed the reappointment of Ben Bernanke to the role of Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Proponents of Bernanke said, "Over the last year, the chairmanship of Ben Bernanke has made it possible for this Nation to avoid a catastrophe that would have looked larger than the Great Depression did because of the global decisions that needed to be made. Had it not been for Ben Bernanke, we would be looking at a very different America today." Opponents questioned why Congress should reappoint someone who not only failed at his job as Chairman of the Fed, in terms of protecting U.S. financial institutions, but helped create an economy that was "a disaster for American workers." The vote, on Jan. 28, was 70 yeas to 30 nays, which is the closest vote in the history of the Federal Reserve Chairman's position.
YEAS: Sen. John F. Kerry D-MA
NOT VOTING: Sen. Paul G. Kirk D-MA

Out on the book signing trail with author Libby Hughes

New political novel intrigues and delights readers in the Sunshine State

Award-winning author talks about her new book and the changing world of publishing

    Hughes, far right, addresses the audience at a Siesta Key book reading earlier this month.

By Gerald Rogovin

A Review of White House Secrets

You just know from the title that you're in for a lot of fun when you read Libby Hughes's 18th book, White House Secrets and State Department Antics. It's set in 2025, and it's supposed to be fiction. But the book is based on what was happening 44 years earlier during the Reagan administration.
    John Hughes, Libby's former husband, had just been appointed as spokesman for George Shultz, Reagan's secretary of state. What she has written emerges from a very full journal she kept while the Hugheses were in Washington from 1981 to 1984.
    Ginny Hunter's adventures, real or imagined, take Hughes's readers along on a dizzy gallop through Washington society and politics in the 3-1/2 years that her husband Jack served the "Russell Rowland" administration, from 2025 to 2028.
    Can it be called coincidence that the fictional account hews so closely to the experience that author Libby Hughes shared with her husband John during his political stint.
    You be the judge.
    Parker Lloyd, the fictional author of Secrets, is described in the book as a successful biographer, who moves to Cape Cod with his wife, Lisa, a travel writer, after several years in Paris. They settle in a charming Orleans cottage on three acres and "a long marsh that stretches out to the shoreline."
    On their first day, Lloyd finds a diary tucked away in an attic that had been written by a previous owner, Ginny Hunter. It describes her time in Washington while Jack Hunter served Shultz. It also covers several prior years, when Jack was a distinguished editor of a metropolitan daily newspaper, and the couple's establishment of three weekly newspapers on Cape Cod.
    Fiction based on fact.
    A journal of those years was kept by Libby Hughes. John Hughes won a Pulitzer Prize as an editor of the Christian Science Monitor in Boston. The couple did move to Orleans, which in the fictional Ginny Hunter's words, is "without question, a great place to write a novel."
    In their stay on Cape Cod, the Hugheses built a chain of four weekly newspapers in Orleans and Yarmouth, then left for the Washington assignment. They returned to Orleans for a while, then sold their home and the newspapers, divorced and went their separate ways.
    Such a synopsis is unfair to Libby Hughes, who has written a delightful and amusing novel based on her experience in Washington's social and political whirl. Taking a lighter approach to what she witnessed and was involved in, she provides the reader with some wonderful insights into what is surely still happening in our nation's capital.
    Much of the fun in reading White House Secrets and State Department Antics is figuring out who those fictional characters of the early 1980s really were.
    To buy a copy online, go to Amazon.com, 1Universe.com or write her directly at LibHughes@aol.com.

We came upon Libby Hughes on Siesta Key in Sarasota, Florida, on a January afternoon. She was reading from her newest  book, White House Secrets and State Department Antics, and answering questions about the book from a group of neighbors in a beachfront condominium community.

"The book just came out, and I carry a carton of them whenever I go someplace outside of Massachusetts.  At every event of this type, I sign and, sometimes, sell copies," she said.

Out on the book signing trail

Her first reading of Secrets took place at the Optimist Cafe in Yarmouth Port on Route 6A in December.  She will sign copies and talk about the book later this month at a bookstore on St. Armands Circle in Sarasota.

Two more such events were scheduled in December of 2009 in California when Hughes was there to meet with her agent. Cape Cod Channel 17 has scheduled an interview on February 26.

The "author's lament"

"It's called 'the author's lament' --no help from the publisher to promote your book," she sighed. "So, when I take a trip somewhere, I take along a carton of books to show, sign and sell."

The Internet has changed the way that books are  marketed, according to Hughes.

Everybody's a reviewer

Now that a majority of books are appearing on blogs and in Facebook notes, everyone, she suggests, has become a reviewer.

Publishers were never very supportive of authors, "except for the blockbusters. They get the budgets by virtue of the author's renown or considerable publicity about a topic.  And they are expected to have big sales," Hughes said.

Typical  standard book tours often hit 25 to 30 cities around the country, and consume weeks on the road. But they are hard on authors, Hughes observed. "You make no money in bookstore appearances." Authors buy copies to sell at the wholesale price, and the split is 60-40.

When there is an admission charge, as was the case at the Optimist Cafe for High Tea,
it was $18 for the goodies, tax and gratuity. To buy the book, which Hughes signed,
it cost another $15.

There was no admission charge at Siesta Key.  Hughes provided cookies and Arizona Iced
Tea.

Drumming up interest

Readings often take place in the homes of friends, which reflect their world. According to some authors, the people who turn up at such events have usually never heard of them. They come because it is a party at a friend's house. The Siesta Key event was publicized with flyers posted in the area, so attracted some who were just curious.

Hughes has found that her appearances, particularly when she has been scheduled to
read as well as sign her book, attracts aspiring authors, readers of her previous books
and friends of friends.

Read the first chapter.

Eighteen books plus plays

She has published 18 books and award-winning song lyrics and plays performed on both coasts.  She won the Maxwell Anderson Playwrights' Series Award three different years. Her lyrics won song-writing competitions in 2001, 2003 and 2005.

Among 13 biographies assigned by different publishers and written for young adults were those of Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Grisham, Barack Obama and Colin Powell.  The most popular was of Grisham.

But, as Libby explains, "the research I put into each was the same as if it had been done for an adult reader." In a comment by the Harvard Coop Bookstore, "her bios for younger people are perfectly suited for those of us interested in the major figures of the age, but not so interested that we want or have the time to go through a 900-page behemoth about each of them."

She also edited Ginger Rogers's autobiography, living in the Rogers' home for four months to complete the task.

Hughes wears two more hats at CapeCodToday.com where she writes Boston Bureau and the site's Theatre reviews.

Gerald Rogovin began as a journalist in 1948 in dailies, weeklies, radio and magazines; and in the past 9 years back to weeklies and magazines. In between, for 36 years, he headed his own public relations firm in Boston. He lives in Yarmouth Port with a skepticism confirmed by 60 years in the inky trade.

Friday morning ferry trips canceled due to weather

M/V Eagle and M/V Gayhead trips canceled this morning

The Steamship Authority has announced that the following morning trips have been canceled due to weather:

• M/V Eagle 9:15 a.m. Hyannis to Nantucket and 12 p.m. Nantucket to Hyannis
• M/V Gayhead 6 a.m. Hyannis to Nantucket and 8:45 a.m. Nantucket to Hyannis

The remainder of today's (Friday) Hyannis/Nantucket trips are on a trip by trip basis.

A wind advisory is currently in effect until later this afternoon.

Travelers should call 508-228-0262 or 508-771-4000 for information on today's trips.

We will update this page as information becomes available.  Information is also available on the SSA site here.

Salazar on Cape on Ground Hog Day for Sunrise Greeting Ceremony

Secretary of the Interior to visit Mashpee's South Beach at 6am on Tuesday
Aquinnah visit to follow. Local environmental groups to honor tribe's privacy

By Walter Brooks

There is seldom if ever a clear view of the horizon from any beach in Mashpee which does not have an obstruction. The obstructions start with Monomoy Island to the east, Nantucket to the southeast including the proposed Tuckernuck site for a wind farm, and Martha's Vineyard to the south. The view is also continuously cluttered with ferries, sailboats and fishing vessels as the rising sun moves across these areas from solstice to solstice and back again each year.

As we reported on Tuesday, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has scheduled a trip to Boston for this coming Tuesday "to resolve a dispute over the country's first offshore wind project."

Mr. Salazar added that the Cape Wind project was "important for this country", but won't determine the direction of offshore wind development in total.

Although the secretary's office has not finalized his schedule, informed sources in Mashpee tell us that Mr. Salazar will be there as early as 6am.

That's the hour of sunrise at this time of year.

Tuesday is also Ground Hog Day

Dawn is allegedly the time when our local tribe gathers on a beach to have their "Sunrise Greeting Ceremony."

When asked, Cape Wind sources said they had not been invited to attend the meetings here. A second Indian-Salazar meeting is also scheduled in Aquinnah on Martha's Vineyard.

Remarking that next Tuesday is Ground Hog Day a local chamber of commerce official commented, "I suppose if Salazar sees his shadow that means we'll have eight more years of phony delays for Cape Wind."

Local environmental activists have informed cc2day that they will honor the tribe's desire for privacy during the secretary's visit. Several added that they have a deep respect and regard for Mr. Salazar and know he will "cross every T and dot every I before making a wise decision."

"I suppose if Salazar sees his shadow that means we'll have eight more years of phony delays for Cape Wind."

Tug of warriors?

It has also been reported that there is dissension among Mashpee tribal leaders about who should be the master of ceremony for the Interior Secretary's visit.

Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell feels it is his right and responsibility, while the Tribal Historic Preservation Authority and Medicine Man in training George "Chucky" Green believes it to be his show because he initiated the letter to the Massachusetts Historical Commission which started the whole sideshow rolling several months ago.

Behind all this looms the heavy and well-endowed hand of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound on whose stationery Mr. Green's letter was written. The Alliance is reputed to have spent over $20 million to date to stop the wind farm. The group's top financial supporter is Osterville billionaire Bill Koch. The group's co-chairman is Yarmouth's Christy Mihos who is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor this election.

Praying to what?

The two separate studies for the Cape Wind project, first by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and later by the Interior Department, of the area for the proposed wind farm, Horseshoe Shoal, included studies for Indian artifacts.

The Massachusetts Underwater Archeological Board reported that none were found there.

The Mashpee tribe are what were called "Praying Indians" because they converted from their native beliefs to Christianity for which they were given the area known as Mashpee by the early Cape Cod colonists. The tribe also served with the colonists against the Wampanoags and other Indian tribes during the infamous "King Philip's War", said to be the bloodiest in U.S. history.

U.S. considers Georges Bank seismic testing

The U.S. government is opening the door to seismic testing on the continental shelf off the Atlantic Coast, a step that could lead to offshore drilling on the U.S. side of Georges Bank for the first time in 30 years... Nova Scotia is watching the developments in Washington closely.
    A moratorium on testing and drilling on the Canadian side of Georges Bank - a rich fishing ground southwest of the province - expires on Dec. 31, 2012. Several scientific studies are underway to help federal and provincial politicians decide whether to lift the ban... CBC.

Oil rigs and 2 islands block the view too

Salazar said in our earlier story that the Interior Department would on today initiate a 45-day public comment period on the environmental impacts of allowing seismic operations in the Atlantic. Six companies have applied to conduct seismic operations in the coastal waters and another three have indicated interest in doing so.

"We do not know a lot about the Atlantic," Salazar told the Platts Energy Podium. "That's because for 30 years there has been no geophysical information that's been developed in connection with the resources out in the Atlantic."

600-1,000 new jobs at stake

As an interesting sidebar, Governor Deval Patrick spoke at the Cape Wind Contractors Meeting Thursday in Boston on the importance of the jobs that will be created by Cape Wind and in making Massachusetts a global leader in offshore clean energy.

Companies from all over the world gathered to hear details on a timeline and on critical project components. An influx of international contractors, subcontractors and suppliers will bring new jobs to Massachusetts. The Governor's office said that his continued commitment to job creation and clean energy expansion has helped attract major companies to the project, and that Green technology is the job market of the future, and Massachusetts is a great place to do business.

Economic analysis of Cape Wind anticipates that the project will create 600-1,000 direct and indirect jobs.

Construction to begin at Cape Cod Hospital

Demolition work will start on Feb. 1st, projects expected to be completed by Jun. 4th

Cape Cod Healthcare announced today that demolition work will begin on Monday, Feb. 1, on several construction projects at Cape Cod Hospital. The work will include renovation of the patient registration area, main corridor and front façade of the hospital.

For the patient registration area renovation, the gift shop will be temporarily relocated to the Lorusso Conference Room in the Mugar Wing of the hospital. The Casual Gourmet snack bar will close on Friday, Jan. 29.  Discussions about future locations for the gift shop and snack bar are ongoing.

For the façade work, demolition will begin Monday, Feb. 1, and the construction phase is scheduled to begin in mid- to late-February.

Temporary walls will go up next week to keep patients and visitors safe as they walk through the main corridor area. Actual construction in this area will begin on Feb. 18.

All three projects are expected to be finished by June 4.

There will be signs and other guides to help those entering the hospital to navigate the entire construction area. The front entrance and lobby, as well as the information desk, will remain open during construction.

We appreciate the public’s patience and understanding, while we work to make Cape Cod Hospital more patient and visitor-friendly, as well as improve its appearance.

Courtesy of Cape Cod Healthcare.

Cape Cod Healthcare is the leading provider of healthcare services for residents and visitors of Cape Cod. With more than 450 physicians and 4,500 employees, Cape Cod Healthcare has two-acute care hospitals, the largest home health services agency on the Cape (VNA), a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, an assisted living facility and numerous health programs. For more information, visit Cape Cod Healthcare’s web site at www.capecodhealth.org.

Mass. Maritine to send ten cadets to China

  MMA cadets leave for Shanghai on March 3

Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) is a multi-disciplinary university that encompasses such areas as engineering, management, economics, law, liberal arts, and science, with special emphasis on shipping technology, economics and management. SMU has more than 800 full-time teachers and over 16,000 full-time students.

The local college hosted ten Chinese cadets last year

For the second year, Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) cadets and Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) cadets will travel to the reciprocal institution to enhance their educational experience through cultural immersion.

In the spring of 2008 the Vice President of Shanghai Maritime University, Prof. JIN Yongxing, paid a visit to all the U. S. maritime academies, while touring each school he invited their presidents to attend the grand opening of the new SMU campus in Shanghai.

MMA President, Admiral Rick Gurnon, initially declined the invitation but during V. P. JIN's visit, they had extensive conversations on a possible cadet exchange program. Although formal exchange programs were proposed and investigated many times in the past with different countries (UK, Egypt, Turkey, etc) the complexities of MMA's unusual schedule and a winter sea term, coupled with the rigors of our academic calendar and the additional U. S. Coast Guard license requirements had always prevented any agreements from being executed, Gurnon recalled.

Admiral Gurnon said, "During that day long visit, VP JIN and I were able to resolve every problem we discussed: language, cultural differences, cost differences, visas, timing and living accommodation."

Leaving nothing to chance, Admiral Gurnon, Trustee Paul Kelly and MMA professor Qi Chen (Shanghai native) did travel to SMU to attend the grand opening and check everything out first hand. They were all impressed with what they saw. SMU consists of twelve colleges, 16,000 full-time students and 110 professors. It has graduated over 50,000 students and has been honored as a cradle of international shipping specialists .

So, in the spring of 2009, ten Chinese cadets arrived at the Academy for that academic semester. The ten MMA cadets that hosted the first Chinese contingent will now travel to SMU on March 3, 2010 and will return to the U. S. on June 10, 2010. The program is a true exchange with all cadets paying their normal tuition, room, board and fees to their own college, reported Lt. Rory Deegan, MMA's Foreign Exchange Officer. We look forward to our returning cadets having some fascinating stories to share come June.

Cape Cod aircrew locates 4 survivors of sunken tug near Jamaica

Cape Cod aircrew locates 4 survivors of sunken tug near Jamaica

While assisting with Haiti relief operations, a Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., aircrew located a life raft with four survivors from a tug that sank approximately 53 miles north of Jamaica, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010.

Search and rescue coordinators at the Seventh Coast Guard District command center in Miami dispatched a Cape Cod-based HU-25 Falcon jet crew to search for the U.S.-flagged tug, Betty, after receiving an emergency position indicating radio beacon alert from the boat at 3:39 a.m.

The Falcon crew arrived on scene at 6:50 a.m., and located the life raft with survivors near the vessel's last known position. A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted the four crewmembers aboard the helicopter.

The men were taken to U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Their condition is unknown.

The two aircrews and an HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircrew from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., also conducted a search for a fifth crewmember of the tug, but did not locate him. The Coast Guard ended its search for the last crewman Tuesday, January 26, 2010.

Courtesy of the USCG.

Ferry trips canceled due to mechanical reasons

M/V Island trips canceled this morning

The Steamship Authority has announced that the M/V Island Home's 8:15 a.m. Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven and 9:30 a.m. Vineyard Haven to Woods Hole trips have been canceled due to mechanical reasons.

Travelers should call 508-548-3788 or 508-693-0367 for information on today's trips.

We will update this page as information becomes available.  Information is also available on the SSA site here.

MMA offers High School Dual Enrollment program for high school students

Spring High School Dual Enrollment for student in Cape Cod school

For over 100 years, Massachusetts Maritime Academy has been preparing women and men for exciting and rewarding careers on land and sea.

Massachusetts Maritime Academy in conjunction with the Cape Cod Collaborative is offering a Spring High School Dual Enrollment program for high school students from the Cape Cod region. The program has been designed to compliment the successful Advanced Studies and Leadership Program (ASLP) and includes coursework options in engineering, marine science and navigation.

This approach supports the Department of Higher Educations Dual Enrollment initiative by offering curricula in the Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) fields.

If this sounds like the type of program you have been waiting for, and you want to get ahead with some college credits, check out this pdf.

You will meet and work with your peers in a collaborative nature to solve problems and learn at the collegiate level.

To participate, students must meet qualifying criteria. Classes begin the week of March 8, 2010 at Massachusetts Maritime Academy and conclude the week of June 14, 2010 with a capstone seminar. Act fast as space is limited!

Click this link to down load detailed information and application materials.

For additional information visit www.maritime.edu, or contact Kelly DeMello at kdemello@maritime.edu, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Admissions Office, 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532