Two Seized in Airport Mobil Break-in; After Search, Four Held on
Drug Charges
By MANDY LOCKE
A burglary investigation led Edgartown police to a house of drugs
this week.
"There were more drugs in that house than at Triangle
Pharmacy," said Edgartown police sergeant Ken Johnson, about a
Plainfield Way home searched in connection with the burglary.
For the last two summers, Stanimir Vasilev hauled Vineyard tourists back and forth across Beach Road between Oak Bluffs and Edgartown, practicing his English as visitors stepped aboard the purple and white Vineyard Transit Authority (VTA) bus. Mr. Vasilev came to the Vineyard early and stayed late - as did hundreds of other Bulgarians arriving each summer to help Island businesses through the busy tourist season.
Passengers May Stay in Vehicles on Ferry Crossing, Board Rules
By ALEXIS TONTI
The Steamship Authority board of governors overruled senior
management yesterday and abandoned a controversial new policy that would
have barred people from staying in their cars while on board the
ferries.
The boat line governors instead approved a policy to simply advise
passengers to leave their cars and to improve safety below decks through
an expanded set of fire prevention measures.
On Dutcher Dock: Menemsha's Seismic Shift: A Fish Market Faces
Sale
By JESSIE ROYCE HILL
In a place where generations of fishermen have hawked their seafood,
fathers and sons yearly descend to cast lines off the jetty and summer
crowds have applauded the glow of a setting sun, the news is out: Stand
by for the sale of a landmark Island fish market.
Three Stories, Balconies, a Roof Deck: A Garage Project Stirs the
North Bluff
By CHRIS BURRELL
When he applied for a building permit last fall, Joseph G. Moujabber
told the Oak Bluffs building inspector he was replacing an old one-car
garage in his backyard. It would cost just $22,000 to build and would be
used for storage space only, the application states.
But almost five months later, the building under construction
- three stories tall with balconies and a roof deck - looks
more like a Florida condo than a garage.
Auto Class Revs Up Vocational Program
By CHRIS BURRELL
Her school day is bookended by chemistry and global studies, but for
Lauren Richards, the three hours sandwiched in between are anything but
abstract and theoretical. They are grimy, noisy, hot, smelly hours.
Miss Richards is a car mechanic in training, one of nine students at
the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School who major in the
vocational automotive program.
Moving with a Brazilian Beat, Businesses Lure New Customers
By CHRIS BURRELL
Walk down aisle nine toward the meat department at Reliable
Self-Service Market in Oak Bluffs, and you quickly notice something
different about the stock that now dominates the left lane. The coconut
milk, the sacks of bulgur wheat and the jars of chocolate cream and
eggplant paté are geared toward consumers whom some Island
businesses say they can't afford to ignore - Brazilians.
Debate Continues on Fair Share in Up-Island School Finances
By CHRIS BURRELL
Voters in West Tisbury will need more than a calculator to sort out
the dispute raging up-Island over school costs.
Less than one week after Vineyard schools leaders unveiled financial
scenarios showing that it would cost West Tisbury more than $600,000 in
one year if it withdrew from the school region, the finance committee is
busily crunching numbers and reaching an entirely different conclusion.
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) is launching two large building projects on the 190 acres of tribal land surrounding their headquarters in Aquinnah.
Over the next year and a half, the tribe plans to construct a community health center and a health and human services facility. The new structures are part of the tribe's master plan - a wish list of meeting rooms, health clinics, playing fields and a campsite the Wampanoags hope to complete in the next five years.
Foes of Patriot Act Convince Aquinnah
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
Aquinnah voters unanimously approved a resolution challenging the
Patriot Act at their special town meeting on Wednesday. The voice vote
brought unified applause. For those campaigning to bring the resolution
to other towns, the support was firm.
Specifically, the resolution aims to exempt the town from articles
in the USA Patriot Act, passed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11,
2001, which limit the protections guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
