New Ferry's Design: Last Call for Comment

By ALEXIS TONTI

It's Not My Job to Monitor Compliance, Oak Bluffs Building Inspector Tells Board

By CHRIS BURRELL

Oak Bluffs selectmen said they wanted clarity, but Tuesday night's meeting with building inspector Richard Mavro shed almost no new light on how the replacement of a small garage on the North Bluff mushroomed into a three-story building.

Island Transport vice-president Scott Dario said yesterday the only way his company will keep running buses for the Vineyard schools is if they can strike a deal for more money and greater autonomy for deciding snow days and disciplining drivers.

Edgartown Library Expansion Sought

Special Town Meeting Set for August 31; Plan is to Buy Captain Warren House; There Is Desperate Need for Space

By ALEXIS TONTI

Edgartown residents will convene this month for a special town meeting to decide whether to purchase a property adjacent to the Edgartown Free Public Library to make room for expansion of the century-old library.

Rental units versus privately owned homes: That's the subject of a survey being mailed to Chilmark residents today about a proposed affordable housing project at Middle Line Road.

The decision to seek resident input on the subject comes after discussion at a selectmen's meeting Tuesday, and as a group of approved homesite applicants have written a letter to the board citing the urgent need for private home lots.

Alleging Contract Lapses, Schools' Bus Company Says It Won't Run in Fall

By CHRIS BURRELL

Just one month before a new school year is supposed to get in gear, the owner of the bus company contracted to transport students is locked in a dispute with school leadership and says he won't roll out the buses.

In a highly-charged letter written Friday, James C. (Jack) Dario Jr., president of Island Transport, Inc., told Vineyard school committee members he has decided to end the service provided by his company.