Varsity Lacrosse Team Loses by a Goal in Vineyard's First State Championship

Varsity Lacrosse Team Loses by a Goal in Vineyard's First
State Championship

By BRETT FERRY

In the first high school state championship game ever played
on-Island, the boys' varsity lacrosse team of the Martha's
Vineyard Regional High School finished its season yesterday two goals
shy of a Division III state title.

Connecticut Developer Refiles Massive Housing Proposal for Woodlands

Connecticut Developer Refiles Massive Housing Proposal for Woodlands

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

The developers of the Down Island Golf Club slipped back onto the
scene this week, quietly reviving a dormant plan for a massive
affordable housing project in the southern woodlands section of Oak
Bluffs.

An attorney who represents Connecticut developer Corey Kupersmith
wrote a letter to the Martha's Vineyard Commission late last week,
asking to have the housing plan put back on an active track.

Homeland Security Yields Big Grants

Homeland Security Yields Big Grants

Close to a Million in Federal Dollars Is Designated for Steamship
Authority and for Town of Oak Bluffs

By JULIA WELLS

Homeland security came home this week when federal officials
announced the award of two hefty grants totaling some $900,000 to
improve port security on the Vineyard and in Woods Hole.

The money will go to the Steamship Authority ($624,000) and the Oak
Bluffs emergency management department ($285,000).

Boat Line Proposes to Run Van from Wharf to Park-and-Ride

Boat Line Proposes to Run Van from Wharf to Park-and-Ride

By JONATHAN BURKE

Tisbury selectmen next week will consider the Steamship
Authority's proposal to run a shuttle service between the town
park-and-ride lot and the Vineyard Haven ferry terminal.

Under terms of the proposal, from June 25 through the end of the
year, from 5:30 am to 9:00 pm, the SSA would "dedicate a van to
run continuously between the terminal and the lot."

Refuse District Waits Beacon Hill Vote

Refuse District Waits Beacon Hill Vote

By MANDY LOCKE

Less than three weeks before the close of the fiscal year, the
Island's waste handler is anxiously awaiting legislative
authorization to correct its financial missteps.

For Island Graduates, The time of Their Lives

For Island Graduates, The Time of Their Lives

Not an Empty Seat at the Tabernacle; Sun Breaks Out

By KATE STAMELL

Proud families and friends filled the Tabernacle Sunday afternoon to
honor and support the accomplishments of the Class of 2003 at the
Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.

At Charter School, an Affirmation of Doing Right

At Charter School, an Affirmation of Doing Right

By C.K. WOLFSON

It was as if the buoyant mood and fellowship at the Martha's
Vineyard Public Charter School's graduation created a force field
that staved off Saturday morning's threatened rain. More than 150
smiling, mingling people gradually made their way across the grass
behind the volleyball court, and handshake by handshake, hug by hug,
ambled into the large white tent.

Schools Failing Needs of Brazilian Students, U.S. Investigation Finds

A federal civil rights investigation of the Oak Bluffs and Tisbury
schools has cited both for failing to meet the instructional needs of
their growing population of Brazilian students.

The investigation was triggered by a parent complaint in November
which alleged that the schools' lack of trained teachers,
interpreters and appropriate materials was shortchanging Brazilian
students.

WMVY at 20: Broadcasting a Soundtrack for Island Life

Barbara Dacey knows what keeps a song on the radio. For the past 18
years, she's worked at WMVY, sifting through popular music and
engineering a special blend of tunes for the eclectic Island radio
station.

The station is throwing itself a 20th birthday party at the Hot Tin
Roof on Thursday, June 12, with singer/songwriters Dar Williams and
Patty Larkin. The event is aimed at dedicated listeners, as tickets are
not for sale, but are being given away over the air.

A Class That Weathered Politics, War and MCAS, Shaped by Our Times, Heads for the Exists

They stepped outside the classroom walls. They coached youth basketball and soccer teams. The wrote poetry and read it aloud at a downtown coffeehouse. They watched what was going on in the world around them, and they spoke out.

For the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School Class of 2003, there was little time for gripes about having nothing to do on the Island.

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