Come-from-Behind Win Sends Boys to Round Two

By MAX HART

NEW BEDFORD - Not even the weather, it seems, can stop the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School boys' basketball team.

Summer Rental Market Booms Unexpectedly; Brokers Scramble

By MAX HART

Blame it on the economy, blame it on the Republicans, or blame it on that tried and true scapegoat - the weather. Whatever the reason - and no one knows for sure - Island real estate brokers report that the demand for summer rentals has suddenly exploded.

Town Wins Round in Moujabber Case

Superior Court Judge in Dukes County Upholds Decision to Revoke Permit for Illegal North Bluff Garage

By IAN FEIN

Marking a significant step in the saga surrounding the three-story garage owned by Joseph G. Moujabber in Oak Bluffs, a Dukes County Superior Court judge this week ruled that the town zoning board of appeals and building inspector were correct when they revoked the building permit for the structure.

Secretary of Commerce Proposes Even Stricter Groundfish Rules

By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL

Concerned about severe overfishing of key stocks in the waters off New England, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on Tuesday stepped in to propose strict emergency measures to curtail overfishing this spring. The proposal supersedes measures enacted by the New England Fishery Management Council, the regional regulatory body that has struggled over the last year to meet a federal deadline for developing a sound plan to save the troubled fishery.

Embattled County Commission Appoints Five to Airport Board

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

The Dukes County Commission Wednesday named five people to the Martha's Vineyard airport commission, even as a replaced airport commissioner has asked the Cape and Islands district attorney's office to investigate the matter.

A harborfront estate in Edgartown sold last week for $25.17 million, setting a new record for the sale of a single-family residence on the Vineyard