News log 2012 week 19

Mackinac Conference: It's still all about the D
Detroit Free Press
"You can be on the ferry sitting next to the lieutenant governor or on the ferry with the mayor of Detroit," she said. After landing on the four-square-mile island, "you're either hoofing it yourself or…
 
Harbor help, high-speed catamaran service floated
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
The Pribilof Island community of St. George hopes that harbor improvements and high-speed catamaran ferry service to the bigger island 40 miles away will help provide jobs and reasons for young people to stay, according to Mayor Pat Pletnikoff.
 
An Island Refuge
New York Times (blog)
And to some degree, they're right — Roosevelt Island has always been an area of experimentation, rather than growth. Cut off from public transportation until the tram started running in the '70s and the subway about a decade later, the island wasn't ...