Treading water Aug 28, 2008
Cadet candidates at Massachusetts Maritime Academy take part in water survival training ... Cadet candidates at Massachusetts Maritime Academy take part in water survival training. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Around Town -- Help bring back a playground Aug 28, 2008
MASS MARITIME GRADS The following Marshfield residents graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on June 21: Peter Duggan, MS, facilities management; Brandon Kent, summa cum laude, BS, marine engineering; Michael Landry, BS, marine transportation; Michael MacKinnon, BS, facilities and environmental engineering; James Mellon, BS, facilities and environmental engineering; and Elizabeth Stevenson, MS, facilities management. They are all ranked cadet first class. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Explore it today for sake of tomorrow Aug 26, 2008
I have been in the offshore drilling business, as a Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduate, for almost 30 years, and have been involved in fast-track production programs that have realized production of gas or oil from the first successful exploration well in less than five years. When the baby boomers, of which I am one, are concerned in 2028 about spending up to 30 percent of their retirement savings on energy, they will wish that they challenged the not-in-my-backyard,... (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Other deaths Aug 22, 2008
He graduated from Dominic Savio Preparatory High School in East Boston and attended Massachusetts Maritime Academy and Salem State College, where he received a business degree. He worked as a Revere firefighter and a crew chief at American Airlines, both for 22 years. (Boston Globe)
Bourne may consider membership in energy co-op Aug 21, 2008
They said solar panels atop Massachusetts Maritime Academy dorms work well and are not bothered by gulls. Guerino was briefed on the co-op at a meeting of town administrators across the Cape. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Largest gift to help build MMA research center Aug 19, 2008
The American Bureau of Shipping will donate $3 million to Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Thursday afternoon, marking the largest financial contribution to MMA in its history. The new $23 million MMA library or high-tech information commons now in design will be named in honor of the Houston-based ABS, which inspects the quality of material, design and dimensions of ships being built around the world. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Around Town Aug. 13 -- More plaza stores come out of the Kloset Aug 15, 2008
Stephen will attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy and major in international business in the fall. While a student at Sacred Heart, Stephen participated on theFighting Saints varsity soccer and track and field teams. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
For the record Aug 13, 2008
Correction:Because of a reporting error, a story in Monday's City & Region section about Massachusetts Maritime Academy naming a boat after US Senator Edward M. Kennedy mischaracterized the World War II experience of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. He served as commander of a motor torpedo boat. (Boston Globe)
The Pan Mass Challenge 2008 Aug 12, 2008
The day stretches on to finally roll weakly up the last dozen hills into the Massachusetts Maritime Academy campus. I had made the best time of the season. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Lyons named new Parker Middle School principal Aug 9, 2008
Education: Massachusetts Maritime Academy and Simmons College. Education motto: Creating a great experience for the nearly 590 Parker students and helping them develop the school s core values of kindness, community and personal best. (Reading Advocate, MA)
Local Achievers Aug 4, 2008
Cadet 1st Class James Crotty of Bolton graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Saturday, June 21, with a master of science degree in facilities management. Loading commenting interface. (Bolton Common, MA)
Blue Hills Regional competes in robotics contest Jul 30, 2008
The Blue Hills group earned the opportunity to go to the prestigious California event by winning a first-place gold medal in the Northeastern MATE Regional ROV contest in April 2008 at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay. The Blue Hills robotic vehicle received the only perfect score of the day there, noted Dr. Michael Meyers of Blue Hills Regional, one of the team s advisors. (Canton Journal, MA)
Bolton residents ride to fight cancer Jul 28, 2008
His wife, Cheryl Temple, and their children, Zachary and Tricia, help set up and staff the Wareham High School water station, the last rest stop before the day one destination at Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne. The goal of the water stops is to take care of and entertain the riders. (Bolton Common, MA)
Around Town July 24 -- Friends to the end Jul 25, 2008
Brian Watson, son of Elizabeth and Tom Watson, recently graduated form the Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a bachelor s degree in marine transportation. Brian was also presented with the Captain S. Fraser Sammis Award, which is given by the marine transportation faculty to a cadet who has achieved top academic and shipboard performance in ship construction, cargoes and ship stability. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Education notes Jul 24, 2008
Harwich - Eric Burgess of Harwich graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a bachelor of science degree in marine safety and environmental protection. Brian Thomas Heemsoth of East Harwich was named to the president s list for the 2008 spring semester at Bentley College. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
A powerful idea: Tidal energy in canal is tested Jul 17, 2008
The Corps, meanwhile, is reviewing the possibility of partnering with the Bourne Recreation Authority and Massachusetts Maritime Academy to construct a second wind-turbine on MMA s Taylors Point campus. The current turbine is situated next to Commodore Hendy Field on the west side of the campus. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
High achievers Jul 15, 2008
MassMaritime graduate Cadet 1st Class Nicholas Hart of Saugus graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Saturday, June 21, 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in marine engineering. Massachusetts Maritime Academy, located on Cape Cod, is one of nine state colleges in Massachusetts. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
Recognitions Jul 4, 2008
Amber has just finished her third year at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. She is an Honors 4. (Juneau Empire)
Top stories for the week ending June 21 Jun 28, 2008
BUZZARDS BAY The man with the world-famous Rolodex who has been on campus for 39 years in various capacities from cadet to commandant will receive an honorary degree from Massachusetts Maritime Academy on June 21. WEST DENNIS When Robert Frost wrote the words Good fences make good neighbors, he could have been writing about shorebird-nesting season on Dennis beaches. (Yarmouth Register, MA)
Colleges slow on security efforts Jun 26, 2008
UMass-Lowell, UMass-Dartmouth, UMass-Worcester, and Massachusetts Maritime Academy did not participate in the survey. Peter Schworm can be reached at. (Boston Globe)
He's rowed the Charles - next, the Atlantic Jun 24, 2008
Raised in East Boston and Quincy, Rosette said he developed a love of rowing when he raced life boats and whale boats as a Massachusetts Maritime Academy student in the 1960s. He joined the US Marshals Service in 1986, where his job as a deputy marshal was tracking fugitives, protecting judges, and transporting prisoners. (Boston Globe)
Mass. Maritime Class of 2008 sets sail Jun 24, 2008
Seventeen Cape Codders are among the 216-member Class of 2008 that graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy Saturday morning, setting sail for what MMA President Richard Gurnon said are distant and distinctly different harbors. NASA astronaut Sunita L. Williams, referring to a lack of gravity in space, urged the graduates to push in life, use ingenuity when faced with problems and surprise themselves with what they can accomplish. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
For Mass. Maritime grads, borders are 'in your mind' Jun 23, 2008
Seventeen Cape Codders are among the 216-member Class of 2008 that graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy Saturday morning, setting sail for what MMA President Richard Gurnon said are distant and distinctly different harbors. Keynote speaker NASA astronaut Sunita L. Williams, referring to a lack of gravity in space, urged the graduates to push in life, use ingenuity when faced with problems and surprise themselves with what they can accomplish. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Locals ready for Cape Cod bike fundraiser Jun 19, 2008
Riders can choose either a 150- or 175-mile route to Provincetown, and stay overnight at Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, where they will enjoy live music and festivities before heading out to finish the second leg of the race on Sunday. After the completion of the ride, riders hop on board the Provincetown II and cruise back to Marina Bay on Boston Harbor. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Capt. Al Wilson isnt the retiring type Jun 18, 2008
Capt. Al Wilson will receive an honorary doctorate at Massachusetts maritime Academy's commencement June 21 ... The man with the world-famous Rolodex who has been on campus for 39 years in various capacities from cadet to commandant will receive an honorary degree from Massachusetts Maritime Academy on June 21. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Sizzling with excitement, graduates leave BHS Jun 10, 2008
Some will take evening classes, and two will enter the armed forces, one directly and one via the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. All 10 graduating METCO students will go on to college, Holland said, including Anthony Chin, son of Kevin Chin of Roslindale. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
140 volunteers descend to clean up Peddocks Island Jun 8, 2008
The sight inspired DeCoste, who is finishing up a master's degree in facilities management at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, to organize a massive cleanup of the island's coast as his management project. Yesterday, the project became a reality when more than 140 volunteers from as far as Iowa helped DeCoste rake the shores of the island and fill a 30-yard dumpster with garbage. (Boston Globe)
From China to Bourne: BHS grad crosses cultural divide Jun 7, 2008
Chenyang Zheng graduated from Bourne High School and will attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy ... When he returns, he enters Massachusetts Maritime Academy in August where so-called Hell Week awaits. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Around Bourne June 4-11 Jun 6, 2008
Paul Kelly, a Massachusetts Maritime Academy trustee, is returning from Beijing where he coordinated terrorism-protection for the upcoming Olympics. He will speak at the Community Center June 13 at 10 a.m. on the topic of terrorism during the Commemorative History program. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Maritime academy will lose five to retirement May 29, 2008
Massachusetts Maritime Academy will lose 150 years of talent, responsibility and devotion to cadets this spring, summer and fall when three officers, the assistant athletic director and a professor retire. Some institutional memory is headed for the door. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Shipping out with offer in tow May 24, 2008
When 200 students graduate from Massachusetts Maritime Academy next month, they will walk away with more than a diploma ... "Over the years we've hired a number of engineers from Massachusetts Maritime Academy who have proven to do a very good job for us. We're pleased to have them.". (Boston Globe)
Community Notes (May 22) May 22, 2008
The Saturday route follows the scenic South Shore coastline, and overnights at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, where riders enjoy live music, great food and fun festivities. Sunday s ride explores the unique beauty of Cape Cod en route to Provincetown, where riders board the Provincetown II and dance their way back across Cape Cod Bay. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Cape Cod stages mock hurricane evacuation May 15, 2008
American Red Cross disaster team members and Massachusetts Maritime Academy cadets played the roles of rescuers and evacuees fleeing Cape Cod during an annual hurricane drill ... The mock command center tracked the storm from the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and Massachusetts Maritime Academy cadets posed as desperate evacuees seeking shelter and medical attention. (Boston Globe)
Committee welcomes new Joyce principal May 15, 2008
A graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Massachusetts Fire Academy and Naval War College, Dunkley comes to Woburn from Marblehead, where he served as director of facilities. It s my goal to provide a safe and clean environment for the students to come to learn and for the teachers to come and teach, said Dunkley. (Woburn Advocate, MA)
Bandini will speak at Ostergren Awards on May 8 May 2, 2008
Bandini is a veteran coach in both the high school and college ranks and is a member of Athletic Hall of Fames at both Bridgton Academy and Massachusetts Maritime Academy for his skills as a player. Known as the May Banquet, the Ostergren Awards Night was first held at the Touchdown Club dinner meeting on the second Thursday in May 1945. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Students have role on Marathon route Apr 20, 2008
Nickerson honored as pitcher of week University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth junior Amie Nickerson of Wrentham was named Little East Conference Pitcher of the Week after winning both games in a double-header sweep of Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The King Philip Regional High graduate recorded a two-hit shutout and struck out 10 in the opening game, and won the nightcap with 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief while the Corsairs came back to take the victory. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Celebrations Apr 17, 2008
U.S. Maritime Affairs Administrator Sean Connaughton will deliver the charge to the Class of 2007 Saturday morning, and Gov. Deval Patrick will deliver the keynote address during the Massachusetts Maritime Academy commencement at Taylors Point. Thu Jun 07, 2007, 10:49 AM EDT. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Donald Leach; gleaned insights from Washington diaries; at 80 Apr 13, 2008
Donald Benjamin Leach graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy and also taught the Kennedy brothers - John, Robert, and Ted - how to sail ... A New Englander, he graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy, taught naval science at Maine Maritime Academy, and served on an aircraft carrier, an icebreaker, a fleet tug, a destroyer, and as executive officer on a cable-laying ship that kept track of Soviet submarines during the Cold War. (Boston Globe)
No. 2 Bulldogs Triumph in the Bay State at Friis/Marchiando Team Race Event Apr 7, 2008
The team also competed at the Admiral Alymers Trophy at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and won the Central Series Four event hosted by Boston College ... The fleet race team competed at the Admiral Alymers Trophy hosted by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Saturday and Sunday, where the team placed 10th, an improvement on their 14th place finish in 2007. (Goyalebulldogs.com)
No. 2 Bulldogs to Team Race Top Competition at Tufts and MIT Apr 5, 2008
The team will also compete at the Admiral Alymers Trophy hosted by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Herring Pond. The team will compete in 420's in the event, which is held at a venue known for its shifty and puffy winds, which makes consistent finishes very tough. (Goyalebulldogs.com)
BPL raffle tickets for $100 baskets are now on sale Apr 3, 2008
Winning tickets will be drawn April 19 at Massachusetts Maritime Academy during a BPL evening production of Who Killed the Murder Mystery Author ... Also: Lowes in Wareham, Mad Cutter, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Monument Beach Video, Morse s Lumber Co. in Wareham, Mr. & Mrs. Haupt, Nick s Pizza, The Ninety Nine, Party Time, Pocasset Deli, and Pocasset Hardware. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Expert hands needed Mar 15, 2008
Volunteer massage therapists are needed on Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne. The PMC supports adult and pediatric cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund and has raised more than $204 million since its 1980 inception. (Danvers Herald, MA)
Around Town Feb. 27 -- Aerial shot provides glimpse from 50 years ago Feb 27, 2008
The following Marshfield residents were named to the dean s list for the fall 2007 semester at their respective colleges: Lauren E. Donahue, art, Saint Michael s College; Victoria Goodman, hospitality, Johnson & Wales University; Eliza M. Langley, integrated mathematics education, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; Michael E. Fahey, Washington & Lee University; Timothy House, Saint Joseph s College; and Brandon Kent, Massachusetts Maritime Academy (president s list). WELCOME SOPHIA ROSE YOUNG. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Are Littleton High School graduates prepared to succeed? Jan 10, 2008
Matt Serio is a junior at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He is studying to become an officer of the deck in the United States Merchant Marine. (Littleton Independent, MA)
Old-look campuses Nov 6, 2007
"We don't make shoes anymore, we don't make clothes," said Rick Gurnon, president of Massachusetts Maritime Academy. "We're an economy built on brainpower. This is about the state's economic survival.". (Boston Globe)
A special day for Special Olympians Oct 19, 2007
Seventeen teams from Cape Cod and the Islands participated in race walking, golf skills, horseshoes and bocce and everyone came away with a medal, presented by the cadets from Massachusetts Maritime Academy. More than 100 volunteers helped to make things go smoothly. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
ROTC students face serious challenges Sep 30, 2007
BU has agreements with Bentley, Bridgewater State and Stonehill colleges, UMass-Boston and the Massachusetts Maritime Academy; this year, 264 students are participating. Northeastern University serves as host battalion for about 120 students from BC, Suffolk University, Wentworth Institute of Technology and a student or two from Berklee College of Music, Emmanuel College, Roxbury Community College, and Regis College. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Turnovers Sink Gulls, 13-3 Sep 16, 2007
BEVERLY, MA - Despite out gaining the Massachusetts Maritime Academy by nearly 90 yards, the Endicott College Football team suffered a, 13-3, loss on Saturday at Endicott Stadium. The Gulls had trouble holding onto the football, leading to five turnovers in the losing effort. (Ecgulls.com)
Forward, one puff at a time Forward, one puff at a time Sep 3, 2007
Today, just four commercial-scale wind projects are running in Massachusetts - the Hancock unit, two in Hull, and turbines at the Local 103 electricians' union hall in Dorchester and Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne - that collectively generate 4. 8 megawatts of electricity, only enough for 3,600 typical homes. (Boston Globe)
Barges to face new rules when using Buzzards Bay Aug 30, 2007
The rules will be detailed by Coast Guard officials at a press conference today at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne. Buzzards Bay has been the scene of several major tank barge groundings and breaches, including an April 2003 spill of 98,000 gallons of No. 6 fuel oil. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Ex-legislator to lead biotech council Aug 14, 2007
Coughlin earned a bachelor's degree in marine engineering at Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay and started his career at , the environmental remediation firm, as a field chemist testing polluted samples. Over eight years, he worked his way up to regional sales and marketing manager for Clean Harbor's New England region. (Boston Globe)
Wind project gaining ground Jul 19, 2007
5-megawatt facility to be dedicated next month at the Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in the Berkshires; a 100-kilowatt turbine installed in 2005 on the South Boston site of the Local 103 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; and a 660-kilowatt facility installed by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy at its Buzzards Bay site in April, according to Emily Dahl, a spokeswoman for the collaborative. Among municipalities, Hull installed a 660-kilowatt turbine in 2001 and a 1. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Gregg Hartley, at 54; owned Maine marine services firm Jul 14, 2007
He graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1974 and went to work on the world's first dynamically positioned drill ship, a special vessel built for off-shore oil drilling without moorings or anchoring. He was the son of the late Gordon and Mary Quill Hartley. (Boston Globe)
Rescued rower says he won't try again Jul 7, 2007
The helicopter mission probably cost thousands of dollars, said Admiral Richard G. Gurnon, president of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The ambulance ride probably cost about $650, said Deputy Fire Chief Richard Hunter of Chatham. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Seacoast Realtors honor year's best Jul 3, 2007
Christopher Hsieh, Exeter High School, is attending Boston University, and Matthew Cyr, Newmarket High School, will enroll at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Twenty Realtors and affiliates were named to the New Hampshire Association of Realtors Honor Society. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Hamilton's dad rides in charity event Jun 23, 2007
Riders are housed and fed at the halfway point at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and taken back to Boston from P-town on a chartered ferry. Tyler had been representing the MS Society on New England rides, and has since formed the Tyler Hamilton Foundation to raise money for MS. But by 1999, he decided he was getting too busy with his European racing and training, so that Christmas he asked his father to take the charity-ride mantle. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Flushing Financial Corporation Promotes W. Jeffrey Weichsel to Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer Jun 21, 2007
They have three children: Stephanie, a second lieutenant in the Marines; Christopher, a senior at Massachusetts Maritime Academy; and David, a senior in high school. In addition to his career in banking, he is finishing his 9th year on the Rhinebech School Board. (Primezone Releases)
Milton Academy celebrates Mr. M. Jun 17, 2007
"I wish I could go!" Patrick, a 1974 Milton graduate, said after delivering the commencement address yesterday at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne. "I have great memories of him and great fondness for him. He's just been a mentor and a counselor and a good friend.". (Boston Globe)
Agreement requires a US presence aboard tankers Jun 17, 2007
"There's obviously a great deal of public concern about the security of LNG vessels, and one way to deal with that is to have Americans aboard those ships," Connaughton said before commencement exercises at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy yesterday. Rear Admiral Richard G. Gurnon, president of the academy, said American officers on the ships will have to be licensed by the Coast Guard and pass a drug test and a detailed background check. (Boston Globe)
Yesterday's commencement Jun 17, 2007
Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Bourne. Graduates: 220. (Boston Globe)
Newmarket High School top 10 graduates May 30, 2007
Matt Cyr, the son of Kevin and Ellen Cyr of Newmarket, plans to attend the Massachusetts Maritime Academy to study marine transportation and emergency management. He participated in varsity cross country, track, varsity baseball, junior varsity basketball, junior varsity baseball. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Upbeat soldier wins hearts, if not minds May 27, 2007
After spending the first three years out of high school at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, he enlisted in fall 2001, motivated both by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and his appetite for adventure. "I heard we would get to jump out of planes," he said with a laugh. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Josh Herwitt: Still Wearing Their Slippers May 18, 2007
For Shillinglaw, a career that began at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on the shores of Cape Cod has only blossomed into a 29-year stint at Delaware, where the Severna Park, Md. native has collected seven East Coast Conference titles, three North Atlantic crowns and four appearances in the NCAA tournament. (Mac-Sports.com)
A man for the challenge: City names Michael F. Debroisse to usher in a new era in recycling May 10, 2007
He is a 1983 graduate of Cumberland High School, attended the Massachusetts Maritime Academy for two years and took surveying courses at Northeastern University and Roger Williams College. He and his wife, Diana, have lived in North Smithfield for about 15 years and have two children, Cory, 20, and Kayla, 19, both graduates of North Smithfield Junior-Senior High School. (Woonsocket Call, RI)
Fatal Cape shooting reveals a secret Apr 29, 2007
In 2001, Lancaster went to work for the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, but was fired in the middle of the term. Academy officials declined to elaborate. (Boston Globe)
