New Hospital's Final Number: $41.8 Million

By JULIA WELLS

The new number is $41.8 million. The final number. Leaders at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital now say this is what they must raise or borrow in order to replace the decrepit building that houses the Island's only hospital.

120 at MVRHS to Go on to Post-Secondary Study

By BRIEN HEFLER

On Sunday, the class of 2004 at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School will graduate. Said to be bright, hardworking and proactive, the class of 189 will shed backpacks and combination locks for gowns and mortarboards and enter the outside world, one that was hard to ignore during their school years.

Some Transitions, New Faces as Farms Stand Ready for the Growing Season

By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL

Vineyard farmers are primed for the growing season. The soil is properly watered and now it is time for some serious sunshine.

Graduating Class at Charter School, Four Strong, Is Confident, Motivated

By C.K. WOLFSON

It took them six months to come to a consensus about the music to choose, but on Saturday morning, dressed in white and blue, garlands in their hair, they will stroll in to the sound of Dreams, by the Cranberries, and when the ceremony concludes, walk out to the Beatles singing, In My Life.

Bad news if you bought or built a new house on the Vineyard and figured you could cover some of your mortgage by renting it out for a chunk of summ

Sgt. William L. Searle, state environmental police officer for the Vineyard, will retire from his post at the end of this month. Sergeant Searle, who is 54, is retiring for personal reasons, on June 30. He and his wife, Linda, are selling their Island home and moving to Florida.