Tisbury Prepares for Key Election in Board of Selectmen Contest

By JOSHUA SABATINI

Facing plans for big changes in Tisbury, town voters will decide
next week whether experience or a fresh look will have a contested seat
on the board of selectmen.

Denys Wortman said a number of people asked him to run and he
decided to do just that. "The town should have a choice,"
said Mr. Wortman, who is running against incumbent Thomas Pachico.

Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash is eyeing another job in Virginia this weekend as one of three finalists for the position of superintendent of schools in Charlottesville.

Employees Explain Position in Dispute

Public Forum Hears Staff Grievances from Community Services
Personnel; Campaign for Union Heats Up

By MANDY LOCKE

Island Counseling Center employees - wading through an
unresolved labor dispute at Martha's Vineyard Community Services
- received unwavering support in the court of public opinion
Monday evening.

Moped dealers like to look at the numbers this way: Of the thousands of people who rent mopeds every season, only a few end up crashing.

The bugs are coming. This is the year of the locusts.

Actually, these cicadas have been around all along, but have yet to
emerge from underground. They come out of hiding, taking to the bushes
and trees once every 17 years.

William Wilcox, water resource planner for the Martha's
Vineyard Commission, is getting ready and he'd like the community
to do the same. Just listen for their sound and watch for their
appearance. He'd like to document all the reports.

A federal judge ruled in lawsuits brought by conservation groups and
last week issued a new set of restrictions for the fishing of groundfish
in waters off the Cape and Islands. But the tight new regulations
regarding cod, yellowtail flounder and haddock have spurred an avalanche
of criticism from fishermen up and down the northeast coast.

A crowd of Vineyard residents registered their concerns with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding a proposed private energy project that aims to plant 170 windmills in 28 square miles of shallow water in Nantucket Sound. For nearly two hours last Thursday night an audience of 60 entered comments into the formal record during a scoping session held in conjunction with a Martha's Vineyard Commission meeting in the basement of the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown.

Vineyard House: Women Find Island Haven For Recovery

By ALEXIS TONTI

On March 19, 2001, the first woman moved into Vineyard House's
third and newest residence - a house dedicated solely to Island
women in need of a safe living environment during the early stages of
recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. More than a year later, 14
women have already moved through the house, most staying for between one
and three months. Four live there now.

In Tisbury: Tisbury Voters Back Main Street Renovation

By JOSHUA SABATINI

Tisbury residents this week green-lighted major structural
improvements in town by approving both the initial phases of the
ambitious Main street project and the construction of a harbor
master's facility at the foot of Owen Park.

A 19-year-old Vineyard man was sentenced to five years in state
prison yesterday after he was convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl in
a late-night incident in Oak Bluffs two years ago.