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These are the voices of an Island in a nation at war:
"I don't think we had much choice." - Charles Felder, manager of the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club...
Outbreak of War Against Iraq Will Curtail Student Travel Plans to
Countries Overseas
By CHRIS BURRELL
If war in Iraq breaks out before April...
SSA Supports New Ferry Plan
Boat Line Managers Recommend Private Firm for High-Speed, Year-Round
Service Between New Bedford and Vineyard
By...
After a Walkout, Consequences
By CHRIS BURRELL
They demonstrated against war and demanded peace, then walked out
the doors of the Martha's...
Texas Pollsters Open Oak Bluffs Campaign on MVC Withdrawal
By JULIA WELLS
Oak Bluffs voters began receiving calls this week from a Texas
polling...
The lobster fishery in the waters around Martha's Vineyard has
collapsed. Today a new minimum size for lobsters goes into effect. The
increase, a...
Report Calls for Changes to Strengthen Future Role of Island
Planning Agency
By JULIA WELLS
Overhaul the review process for developments of...
Iraq Countdown Separates Young Vineyard Family
By MANDY LOCKE
Seventeen hours before Jared Meader joined his comrades in Western
Massachusetts,...
Island Education Leaders Fear Budget Cut Layoffs
By CHRIS BURRELL
Bracing for the possibility of even deeper cuts to state aid for
schools,...
Five years ago, Kim Angell found herself one step away from being a
welfare mom.
"My husband disappeared. I had no job, three children under
the...
Student Protest Against Iraq War Triggers Suspensions in Clash with
Administration
A peaceful student protest against war in Iraq bubbled into a...
War with Iraq was the top subject in class and on the minds of
regional high school students and teachers on Wednesday. Close to 600
students...