Fishermen, sightseers and friends filled the Menemsha docks
on Wednesday when the fishing boat Quitsa Strider II came in.
The word was out. They had hit the jackpot.

Fishermen, sightseers and friends filled the Menemsha docks
on Wednesday when the fishing boat Quitsa Strider II came in.
The word was out. They had hit the jackpot.

Capt. Jonathan Mayhew, 50, of Chilmark and his crew had 31
harpooned swordfish on ice aboard. It has been years since a
local fishing boat did so well. Hours later, his brother Gregory
Mayhew and his crew on the fishing boat Unicorn landed 16 of the
same.

These were big fish: Their average dressed weight was around
200 pounds.

Fishermen, sightseers and friends filled the Menemsha docks
on Wednesday when the fishing boat Quitsa Strider II came in.
The word was out. They had hit the jackpot.

Capt. Jonathan Mayhew, 50, of Chilmark and his crew had 31
harpooned swordfish on ice aboard. It has been years since a
local fishing boat did so well. Hours later, his brother Gregory
Mayhew and his crew on the fishing boat Unicorn landed 16 of the
same.

These were big fish: Their average dressed weight was around
200 pounds.

Katharine Graham, 84, who led The Washington Post Co. to
prominence in the world of journalism and business and became
one of the most influential and admired women of her generation,
died Tuesday at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise,
Idaho.

Her death resulted from head injuries suffered when she fell
on a concrete sidewalk last Saturday in Sun Valley, where she
was attending an annual conference of top-level media
executives.

During three decades at the helm of The Post, Mrs.

Katharine Graham, 84, who led The Washington Post Co. to
prominence in the world of journalism and business and became
one of the most influential and admired women of her generation,
died Tuesday at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise,
Idaho.

Her death resulted from head injuries suffered when she fell
on a concrete sidewalk last Saturday in Sun Valley, where she
was attending an annual conference of top-level media
executives.

During three decades at the helm of The Post, Mrs.

Just five days after a moped accident in Oak Bluffs killed a
Virginia woman, another accident yesterday in Edgartown has left
a 60-year-old moped rider from Florida in critical condition
with severe head injuries.

Just five days after a moped accident in Oak Bluffs killed a Virginia woman, another accident yesterday in Edgartown has left a 60-year-old moped rider from Florida in critical condition with severe head injuries.

Just five days after a moped accident in Oak Bluffs killed a
Virginia woman, another accident yesterday in Edgartown has left
a 60-year-old moped rider from Florida in critical condition
with severe head injuries.

To keep abreast with the changing times, the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association has altered the way it brings in and hosts the summer programs at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs.

"Things have changed because public taste is changing," said program director Robert Cleasby. "Many of the groups that used to come wouldn't be of interest today. I have been here for many years, long before I became program director in 1991, and I have seen that people's tastes have gone upscale like the Vineyard has gone upscale."

One state senator, one state representative, one Steamship
Authority governor and a band of Nantucket residents and town
officials spoke out yesterday in favor of a voting seat for the
town of Barnstable on the boat line board — but not for New
Bedford.

"My job is to make sure Barnstable gets a vote. But New
Bedford has to be proven to be viable before it can get a vote.
Now, they should not be on the board at all," said Barnstable
Rep.