[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FUDS: UXO at Chappaquiddick (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Bombs on the Beach: Trustees Warn Public to Avoid Ordnance

By JIM HICKEY
Martha's Vineyard Gazette (MA)
May 23, 2008

A bomb squad from the Massachusetts State Police detonated several 
pieces of unexploded ordnance left over from World War II on 
Chappaquiddick last Wednesday, sending a thundering boom across the 
island and rattling foundations from Cape Pogue to Sampson's Hill.

The explosion prompted concerned calls to the Island communications 
center and Edgartown police department, and was the subject of 
speculation all across the tight-knit Chappy community for several days.

This week it was revealed that the explosion - which occurred around 11 
a.m. on May 14 - was part of an operation conducted by the state police 
bomb squad in conjunction with the U.S. Navy and Army Corps of 
Engineers. The bombs were detonated on a remote site at Cape Pogue that 
is owned by The Trustees of Reservations.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?16488

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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