Santa Maria’s logo has featured Christopher Columbus’ ship for 50 years. It can be found throughout the city, including at City Hall. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo) One man’s objections to ...

Santa Maria’s logo has featured Christopher Columbus’s ship for 50 years. It can be found throughout the city, including at City Hall. Janene Scully Noozhawk.com One man’s objections to the ...

After deciding to drop its ship logo, the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District Board of Education has hired a consultant at a cost not to exceed $75,000 to create a replacement.. On ...

It doesn’t really affect me if the ship is there or not but I'd like for it to be there as an icon for our city,” said Joseph Lopez, student in the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District.

At the site, the team found a field of stones 40 feet long and 20 feet wide. That corresponds to the likely dimensions of the Santa Maria, which would've carried ballast stones in her hold.

A replica of the ship which carried Columbus across the Atlantic is to dock in Thanet and visitors are being offered a rare chance to go on board.

The Nao Santa Maria, a replica of the ship that played a key role in the discovery of America, will be docked at Poole Quay from Thursday, June 12 to Sunday, June 22.

The Santa Maria Joint Union High School District board has hired a consultant to design a new logo to replace the existing image of a ship.