At Firemen's Muster, Duty Calls for Tisbury

By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL

West Tisbury volunteer firemen placed first at the Dukes County Firemen's Muster on Sunday. This was their third consecutive win. More than 200 people gathered at Waban Park in Oak Bluffs to cheer firemen from five Island towns and a visiting team from the town of Carver as they competed for top honors in the annual competition.

Executive Assistant Quits County Post

Marsha Smolev Had Leveled Charges of Hostile Work Environment; Attorney Studies Case

By ALEXIS TONTI

The executive assistant to the county manager, Marsha Smolev, has resigned, leaving the position without clear resolution regarding her previous allegations of a hostile work environment and sexual harassment by a county commissioner.

When leaders of the Island Affordable Housing Fund (IAHF) say they'll be collecting $14 million within five years, it's clear there's no room for n

Questions Over Schools' Action

Superintendent Cash's Failure to Support Principal on Koines Subject at Regional Meeting; Audit Critical of Lapses

By CHRIS BURRELL

Regional high school committee meetings don't typically turn feisty, but with fallout from the Peter J. Koines case still hanging in the air, Tisbury officials showed up to this week's meeting to blast committee members and the schools superintendent for mishandling the affair.

In an unqualified show of confidence for one of its own members who has been under relentless attack by the developers of the Down Island Golf Club

His team of Harvard scientists collected 5,000 dog ticks and trapped 35 skunks and raccoons on the Vineyard this summer.