Boat Line Sees Fuel Cost Spike

Steamship Authority Governors Consider Slowing Down Ferries
On Vineyard-Woods Hole Run In Effort to Save Money

By JAMES KINSELLA

Facing the possibility of up to $1 million in
unplanned fuel costs, Steamship Authority management is taking a hard
look at slowing down its ferries to and from Martha\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Vineyard as a
way to cut costs.

Boat Line Sees Fuel Cost Spike

Steamship Authority Governors Consider Slowing Down Ferries
On Vineyard-Woods Hole Run In Effort to Save Money

By JAMES KINSELLA

Facing the possibility of up to $1 million in
unplanned fuel costs, Steamship Authority management is taking a hard
look at slowing down its ferries to and from Martha\\\\\\\'s Vineyard as a
way to cut costs.

Boat Line Sees Fuel Cost Spike

Steamship Authority Governors Consider Slowing Down Ferries
On Vineyard-Woods Hole Run In Effort to Save Money

By JAMES KINSELLA

Facing the possibility of up to $1 million in
unplanned fuel costs, Steamship Authority management is taking a hard
look at slowing down its ferries to and from Martha\\\'s Vineyard as a
way to cut costs.

SSA General manager Wayne Lamson said yesterday that reducing
speeds would be \\\"at the top of our list\\\" for reining in operating
costs at the boat line.

Boat Line Sees Fuel Cost Spike

Steamship Authority Governors Consider Slowing Down Ferries
On Vineyard-Woods Hole Run In Effort to Save Money

By JAMES KINSELLA

Facing the possibility of up to $1 million in
unplanned fuel costs, Steamship Authority management is taking a hard
look at slowing down its ferries to and from Martha\'s Vineyard as a
way to cut costs.

SSA General manager Wayne Lamson said yesterday that reducing
speeds would be \"at the top of our list\" for reining in operating
costs at the boat line.

Facing the possibility of up to $1 million in unplanned fuel costs, Steamship Authority management is taking a hard look at slowing down its ferries to and from Martha's Vineyard as a way to cut costs.

SSA General manager Wayne Lamson said yesterday that reducing speeds would be "at the top of our list" for reining in operating costs at the boat line.

The Steamship Authority has forecasted operating expenses this year of $63.5 million.

Affordable Housing Initiative Clears Key Hurdles at Ballot Box

By JAMES KINSELLA

Voters in three Vineyard towns yesterday brought the Island a step closer to the creation of a housing bank by backing the initiative and enacting the Community Preservation Act.

Approval of the CPA in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury provided a crucial step on the road to establishment of a housing bank, which would be modeled on the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank.

Neighbors and Residents Lambaste Draft Plan for Old House Pond

By IAN FEIN

Martha\'s Vineyard Land Bank officials came under fire
this week for their draft plan for Ice House Pond Preserve and the
methods by which they obtained the property.

Neighbors and Residents Lambaste Draft Plan for Old House Pond

By IAN FEIN

Martha's Vineyard Land Bank officials came under fire
this week for their draft plan for Ice House Pond Preserve and the
methods by which they obtained the property.

Finance, School Boards Face Off Over Budget; District Fate Uncertain

By IAN FEIN

Emotions ran high and arrows flew this week at a
joint meeting between the Up-Island Regional School Committee and the
West Tisbury finance committee, ostensibly called to find a meeting
of the minds on budgetary matters as the annual town meeting season
gets under way.

But hanging in the air was the unspoken issue of the fate of
the small regional school district.