Twenty-five years ago, Susan Klein leapt into the void, counting on
her muse to catch her. She was 30 years old, born and raised in Oak
Bluffs, but she just knew "it was time to go."

"I had just bought the house, the mortgage was due," she
recalled. "I'd quit my job, I had no health insurance, no
retirement, no savings. I had $300 and I drove away. I had nine
days' of work scheduled for the rest of my life."

She grew up in Chilmark, the twelfth generation of an Island farming
family. He was raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., the grandson of Jewish
immigrants. He had never farmed and she was all set to move to Boston.
But life, horses and a flock of sheep intervened. Thirty-two years later
Mitchell Posin and Clarissa Allen talk about their relationship, while
inhabitants of the farm chime in with crows and bleats, contributing to
the tale.

Interviews by Julia Rappaport

Mitchell

The dire forecast for the future of the Vineyard environment, signed onto by the Island's major conservation groups 10 years ago this week, was wrong. Dramatically, happily wrong.

Among other things, the 1997 white paper predicted the Vineyard would be built out within eight years, and that only a little over 25 per cent of Island land would be protected by 2005. History has proven these figures to be way off the mark.

William is a 22-year-old college student who came to the Island this
summer to work two jobs and save money for his senior year of school. He
was basically cruising through life - enjoying the parties and
bars on the Island - before moving on to finish his education and
get a job.

Helicopter Pad Cited as Illegal

Chappaquiddick Landowner Is Issued Cease and Desist Order, Bringing
Extra Peculiar Twist to Affordable Homesite Case

By JACK SHEA

The Chappaquiddick affordable housing saga continues with a bizarre
twist.

The largest construction project in Island history has entered full
swing.

Michael J. Fox, television and movie star, has walked his share of
red carpets over the years. These days, though, he walks a more
nondescript bit of floor covering: a cheap sisal mat in the garage of
his Aquinnah house. Pacing, back and forth, doing laps of the pool table
trying to harness the involuntary energy of his illness. Hours upon
hours of pacing.

Imagine sitting in the VIP suite at the Circuit de Catalunya
racetrack in Barcelona on a sunny May day. As the Formula One race cars
whiz by, you clink champagne flutes with your lucky guest and smile,
thinking of the Michelin starred dinner that awaits you.

In a victory that was as improbable as it was thrilling, Island golf
sensation Tony Grillo overcame a seven-stroke deficit in the early going
and sank a dramatic birdie putt on the final hole of the final day to
capture his second consecutive Massachusetts Junior Golf Championship
title.

With the win at the Crumpin-Fox Golf Club in Bernardston, the
17-year-old rising senior at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High
School retains his title as the best junior golfer in the state.

It's said that her name is Indian by origin and means Daughter
of the Stars, but in truth she is more like the daughter of Capt. Robert
S. Douglas. He planned for her, he provided everything she ever needed,
and in return, she has never gone anywhere without him.