The Hegarty Family Trust News

Bourne Tug in Need of Rescue

The Boston Globe reported that an old tugboat, New York Central No. 16 will be demolished soon to make way for a CVS pharmacy. A Raynham man started working to save the boat. But with an estimated $250,000 needed to rescue the tug, its future is murkier than the waters of New York Harbor it once plowed. Tugboat No. 16 has been a Cape Cod landmark since local maritime history buffs rescued it from a scrapheap on Staten Island in 1982. Developers said this month they plan to destroy the old tug, one of the last of the steam-powered boats that tugged barges filled with goods up and down the Hudson River. Maritime enthusiasts such as Schneider hope to save the boat from demolition…