Garage Case Is Heard by Judge

Town Counsel Presses in Court to Have Moujabber Garage Demolished as Ordered, Calling it Hideous

By IAN FEIN

A three-story North Bluff garage built in open violation of town zoning laws three years ago is an illegal eyesore and must come down now, Oak Bluffs town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport told a Dukes County Superior Court judge this week.

The ferry Island Home is set to make the long trip home.

As 2007 gets under way, the Vineyard schools are swimming in challenges.

The West Tisbury School principal left for active Marine duty last weekend, the Edgartown School principal leaves today after resigning in November, the Oak Bluffs School principal will take a leave of absence next year and one of two assistant superintendents will retire at the end of this school year.

Art Buchwald, the familiar, funny and irreverent Pulitzer-Prize winning newspaper columnist whose decision to refuse kidney dialysis and end his life earned him international acclaim early last year, died peacefully at home late Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. He was 81.

Several shellfishermen and fishermen are taking a first step on a long road to raise blue mussels for market in Vineyard waters.

Faced with Denial by Board of Appeals, Developers of Katama Private Club Withdraw Application for Now

In an unexpected turn, the applicants for an upscale members-only recreational club in Katama abruptly withdrew their application at a zoning board of appeals meeting Tuesday, after two members of the board said they intended to vote against the proposal.