An evening of Motown on Saturday night was like a time warp, bringing the packed audience at Outerland back to the 1950s and 1960s, when bands and artists like Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and The Jackson Five were topping charts and forever changing the face - and soul - of American music.

Land Court Denies Bid to Halt Affordable Homes

By IAN FEIN

A Massachusetts Land Court judge last week solidly denied a motion for reconsideration from a group of neighbors who are trying to fight three affordable one-acre homesites on Chappaquiddick.

Edgartown town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport yesterday said the ruling - which directly rejected a series of claims made by the neighbors' attorney - speaks volumes about the nature of the case.

Six cases of tularemia this spring and summer on Martha's Vineyard have been confirmed by the state Department of Public Health.

With gasoline prices at an all-time high across the country, the Vineyard stands in the top ranks for prices paid at the pump, as the cost of premium gas climbed above the four dollar mark at most Island stations this week and regular trailed not far behind.

The inventory of unsold Martha's Vineyard real estate is building, and prices are falling on those Island properties that do sell.

Old House Pond Plan Allowed, but with Oversight from State

By IAN FEIN

The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank can open its 11-acre property on Old House Pond in West Tisbury to the public, but not without ongoing state oversight, the Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs said this week.