Could the Scotia Prince find a new home in Beantown?
Wednesday, June 1, 2005 Maine Sunday Telegram Bay State investors eyeing Scotia Prince By TOM BELL and TUX TURKEL, Staff Writers A Massachusetts investment group hopes so. It wants to lease the Scotia Prince this summer and set up a ferry service between Nova Scotia and Boston, replacing the service that operated between Nova Scotia and Portland for 35 years. The Massachusetts group wants to start the service this summer to take advantage of Portland’s loss, said Gene Hartigan, one of the investors with Shores Atlantic LLC. He said a Boston-based ferry could pick up customers who bought Scotia Prince tickets before its season was canceled in April. He said the ferry would keep the same crew. “Our one goal is to get in the water and begin sailing some time this season,” he said. “What better time to fill the vacuum than when the vacuum is created?” The proposal calls for the ferry to sail from Boston in the early evening on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Rather than sail to Yarmouth,
