The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School district committee
was on the receiving end of some tough questions on Monday night -
all of them centered on drugs at the high school.
What would happen if a police dog found drugs in a student's
locker? Would it automatically become a police matter? What if one
student put drugs in another student's locker - or in a
teacher's things? And what about student rights?
The new double-ended ferry Island Home pulled into the Steamship Authority wharf in Fairhaven on Monday afternoon, a few minutes before sunset, after a seven-day trip from Pascagoula, Miss. The $32 million, 255-foot vessel's 2,000 mile maiden voyage to her new home was mostly uneventful.
The bright white ferry glittered in the late afternoon sunlight as she came through the New Bedford-Fairhaven Hurricane Barrier. Passing through the gate, the vessel's senior captain, Sean O'Connor, gave the ferry horn a quick loud toot.
Ferry Island Home Arrives at Fairhaven; Sea Trials Planned
Throughout February
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
The new double-ended ferry Island Home pulled into the Steamship
Authority wharf in Fairhaven on Monday afternoon, a few minutes before
sunset, after a seven-day trip from Pascagoula, Miss. The $32 million,
255-foot vessel\'s 2,000 mile maiden voyage to her new home was
mostly uneventful.
Balancing Trade-Offs of Living on Island
By IAN FEIN
Jennifer Christy cannot think of a better place to raise her three
young children than Chilmark, the same small town where she spent most
of her childhood.
She appreciates the quality of life and supportive community, which
offers a combination of safety, the outdoors, and plenty of activities
for children. She said it is a wonderful place to build a family,
despite the high cost of living.
An Island man who fell into the Edgartown harbor was saved from
drowning on Sunday by a pair of unlikely heroes: a patron at the Wharf
Pub who had stepped outside for a smoke, and a determined four-year-old
Bouvier des Flandres named Maui.
Bouvier des Flandres is a breed of Belgian retrievers known for
their intelligence and for protecting their masters, two attributes
displayed aptly by Maui Sunday when he played a pivotal role in saving
the life of his owner, Leonard Fogg of Edgartown.
The developers of a proposed exclusive recreational club at Katama
have resubmitted their application, substantially unchanged, to the
Edgartown zoning board of appeals only two weeks after withdrawing it in
the face of opposition from some board members.
Four Fishermen Are Lost at Sea in Dragger Sinking
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
Four fishermen were lost this past Friday after their boat, the
75-foot steel dragger Lady of Grace from New Bedford, sank in Nantucket
Sound 11 miles east of Cape Pogue. A call for help was never made.
Menemsha Coast Guardsmen in a 47-foot motor lifeboat discovered the
location of the sunken vessel Sunday morning. Divers from the Southeast
Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council assisted the Menemsha crew.
Two outmoded health insurance plans no longer offered by most cities
and towns in Massachusetts are the cause of dramatic increases in
spending on health insurance for employees in Dukes County, including
five of the six Island towns and public schools.
Health Insurance for Vineyard Towns Costs Millions; Plans Seen as
Outdated
By RACHEL NAVA ROHR
Two outmoded health insurance plans no longer offered by most cities
and towns in Massachusetts are the cause of dramatic increases in
spending on health insurance for employees in Dukes County, including
five of the six Island towns and public schools.
Almost four years ago, just after her 12th birthday, Jessica Rose
Seidman ordered a half dozen chicken eggs from a catalogue and built her
own incubator. One hatched. She named him Chickie and raised him as a
pet in her backyard coop.
A docile, tame and beautiful Rhode Island Red rooster, Chickie in
the time since has earned four first-place awards in Martha's
Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair - three
times best in show.
