Massachusetts

Thousands of nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have voted to authorize a strike, and hundreds of others may join their fight Thursday.

At Faulkner Hospital in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, there’s about 500 nurses that say they have reached their tipping point and are scheduled to vote to strike until a list of demands are met.

Some of those demands include a pay raise, improved working conditions and added security measures to protect them from violent patients.

This comes one day after more than 2,500 nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston voted to authorize a one-day strike of their own.

In a written statement Wednesday, Brigham and Women’s Hospital said they have been negotiating with the union since August of last year, participating in 28 sessions but ultimately, the two sides have been unable to strike a deal.

Brigham and Woman’s nurses will go back to the negotiation table on Aug. 8. If the list of demands are not met then, they will set a date to strike.

As for Faulkner Hospital nurses, their vote is expected to happen sometime Thursday.

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The push continues to overhaul the Nantucket, Massachusetts, offshore wind project.

The company, Vineyard Winds, heads to federal court Thursday as officials continue to raise concerns over the impact of the wind turbines in the area.

The hearing was scheduled well before the blade broke off one of the wind turbines off the shores of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard on July 13.

Responsible Offshore Development Alliance has been fighting back against the $4 billion Vineyard Wind project since 2022, arguing that regulators failed to conduct any safety, engineering or structural integrity reviews of the turbines and its negative impact on the fishing industry in that area.

However, the recent turbine accident will be top of mind in the hearing, as it was in the Nantucket Select Board meeting Wednesday night.

Representatives of the blade manufacturer explained it was not a fundamental design flaw and not an installation issue, but a manufacturing deviation and inspection issue.

The select board chair said town representatives will meet with the company next week to establish a process for reimbursing the community for costs and damages sustained because of the accident and recovery efforts, as well as renegotiating the terms of its Good Neighbor Agreement with Vineyard Wind.

“We are deeply concerned about the safety, environmental and economic impacts of this catastrophe on our local residents and visitors to the island. The select board is committed to holding Vineyard Wind and GE, the manufacturer of the turbine blades accountable,” said Brooke Mohr, Nantucket Select Board chair. “We demand 100% transparency from both Vineyard Wind and GE about exactly what occurred during the blade failure, and exactly what chemicals and materials are in the debris that has washed up on our beaches and remains in the water column around Nantucket.”

A GE representative said they are in the process of inspecting all turbines, including the damaged one.

They’ll be back out there are 7 a.m. Thursday, slowly rotating it and watching for any debris as they begin the process to safely remove it.

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They say that what’s lost can always be found, and for one Scituate, Massachusetts, couple, this rediscovery was simply incredible.

Thanks to a metal detector and luck, Garrett Drew was reunited with his wedding band.

“On the way back, walking into shore after giving up, there it is — right at my feet. Walked right over it,” said Drew.

Drew’s wedding band fell off his hand on Tuesday while on vacation on the beach in Eastham.

He and his wife, Kaity, thought it was gone forever. They spent the rest of Tuesday and Wednesday searching for it.

His brother even drove down a metal detector. But after nearly giving up hope, low tide revealed what he had been searching for. He spotted a little glint in the sand.

“Probably relief. I’m out of the doghouse for losing my wedding ring. Yeah, definitely relieved. Ecstatic, I couldn’t believe it, especially after we stopped looking for it,” said Drew.

Drew and Kaity have been married for three years, and they are just thankful that ring is now back on his hand.

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