Informational open houses on 2025 preliminary budget

FALMOUTH (October 8, 2024) – The Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority (SSA) has scheduled a series of informational open houses about the preliminary 2025 Operating Budget and Rate Adjustments.

At each workshop, Treasurer Mark Rozum and Assistant Treasurer Courtney Oliveira will be available to review and answer questions about the preliminary budget and rate adjustments and about the Authority’s finances.

The workshops are scheduled as follows:

• Nantucket: 3:45-5:45 p.m. Monday, October 21, 2024, Nantucket Public Safety Facility, second-floor conference room, 4 Fairgrounds Road, Nantucket.
• Martha’s Vineyard: 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, October 22, 2024, Tisbury Senior Center, 34 Pine Tree Road, Vineyard Haven.
• Falmouth: 5-7 p.m. Thursday, October 24, 2024: Steamship Authority Administrative Offices, 228 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth.

Background material and other information on the preliminary 2025 operating budget can be viewed on the Authority’s website at steamshipauthority.com/2025budget.

Since 1960, the Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority has served as the transportation lifeline to the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard year round. The Steamship Authority is the largest ferry service to the Islands and offers the most frequent daily departures for passengers, automobiles, groups, and trucks. In 2023, more than 2.9 million passengers and more than 690,000 vehicles of all sizes were transported to and from the Islands. Our U.S. Coast Guard-certified crews are committed to the highest level of safety at sea while our vessels offer comfort and convenience with spacious seating, free Wi-Fi and TV on board.

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