October 21, 2005

High School SAT Scores Remain Solid

By RACHEL KOVAC

Students at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School continue to do well on the SAT, posting verbal scores above the state, New England and national mean scores. And in math students scored above the mean for New England.

Although the…

by Rachel Kovac

Augustus Ben David Will Retire from Felix Neck After 36 Years

Spending time with Augustus (Gus) Ben David 2nd at the World of Reptiles is a learning experience from start to finish.

But it is in the snake room, in the basement of his home in Edgartown, surrounded by over a hundred feet of slithering reptiles locked in wooden cages, where Mr. Ben David…

by Max Hart

Boat Line Governors Approve Rate Hikes

By JULIA WELLS

Citing an unyielding trend of flat car and passenger traffic on ferries to both Islands topped by the high cost of fuel, the Steamship Authority board of governors voted yesterday to approve across-the-board rate hikes aimed at collecting an additional $4 million…

by Julia Wells

Minerals Board Takes the Lead in Reviewing Wind Farm Plans

By IAN FEIN

The regulatory stage for the proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound has shifted, after a federal environmental agency within the Department of the Interior quietly assumed lead authority over the controversial Cape Wind project.

by Ian Fein