Fast Link to Hyannis Wins Public Backing

Steamship Authority Governors Poised to Decide on Hy-Line Proposal; Year-Round Service Planned

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

The public likes the idea of a year-round fast ferry running between Hyannis and Oak Bluffs. Now the question is whether the Steamship Authority will.

Police, Library Costs Jump in Oak Bluffs

By JAMES KINSELLA

For the third year in a row, Oak Bluffs voters will be presented with an annual town operating budget that does not require an override.

And for the first year ever, town voters also will be asked to approve a budget that breaks the $20 million mark.

Avoiding an override took some work on the part of the town finance committee, which sliced $450,000 from town department requests in its budget review.

Three Superintendent Candidates Vie for Helm of Island Schools

By IAN FEIN

After five months of searching and two different interims, the Vineyard may have its new permanent superintendent of schools named next week.

The all-Island school committee began a series of interviews with three finalists on Wednesday, and will meet with the last superintendent candidate on Monday.

A continuing rise in the cost of health insurance premiums and fuel oil is driving up the operating budget in Tisbury.

Sparking a fresh war of words between the Steamship Authority and the town of Tisbury, the Vineyard boat line governor said yesterday he may call for the state attorney general to look into how the town plans to use its ferry fee revenues.

One of the first harbingers of spring on the waterfront is the arrival of herring in the Island's coastal ponds.