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The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School football team dominated Carver High School by a score of 44 to 25 in Friday's home opener that featured a spectacular interception return, two dramatic goal line stands and a steady dose of scoring by the home team, both on the ground and through the air.
The Vineyarders improve to 2-0 on the season.
Their next game is home against Cathedral High School-Boston at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
The Oak Bluffs selectmen have released the minutes of a May 9 executive session during which the board voted to terminate town administrator Casey
Perhaps the best indication of the kind of summer Andrew Woodruff has endured these past months can be found inside his covered vegetable stand at
Commission Declines to Review House as Development of Regional Impact
By By IAN FEIN
After three and a half hours of debate, the Martha's Vineyard Commission late last night decided that a proposed 15,575-square-foot north shore home in West Tisbury does not warrant a full commission review.
As a general contractor based on Chappaquiddick, Richard S. Knight Jr. recognizes that the Vineyard will inevitably reach a point where all the land is accounted for and there is no more room to build.
"We're an Island, and there's only a finite amount of land left, so eventually we'll hit buildout," Mr. Knight said. "Sooner or later, it's going to come. And I think we're coming down to the end of it."
Steamship Authority Considers Increasing Rates on All Fares
By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer
Steamship Authority managers plan to recommend across-the-board rate increases of about five per cent for the coming year.