SSA Ventures Into Publishing

Boat Line Management Develops Plans for Advertising Displays on Water and in Terminals; Considers New Magazine

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Slick advertising contracts with retailers like J. Crew and the Black Dog. Display advertising on ferries and inside boat line terminals. A four-color glossy "in-float" magazine on board ferries.

Vineyard Is Viewed as Costly ‘Red Spot’ for Home Insurers

By ALEXIS TONTI

Over the past decade, insurance companies have become increasingly skittish when it comes to writing policies for Island homeowners. For many, the risks - namely a catastrophic hurricane - outweigh the benefits. And for those who will do business here, their gamble comes at an increasing cost to Vineyard residents, who find themselves hit with new deductibles and higher rates.

In these waters there is not a more celebrated fish than the coastal striped bass. Beginning Sunday, anglers in the Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby will begin their pursuit of bass, bluefish, Atlantic bonito and false albacore. They will fish along the Island's shoreline and in a variety of boats offshore.

The thousands of Vineyarders who flocked to the Island's south shore this weekend found a new respect for Mother Nature, whose wrath carved out monstrous swells along the southern coast in the wake of Hurricane Fabian.

Another Flap Over Cape Wind; Coast Guard Remains Neutral

By ALEXIS TONTI

In the latest war of words over a proposed wind farm for Nantucket Sound, a newspaper article has quoted a Coast Guard official calling the Cape Wind project a "manageable" risk - but the Coast Guard says the emphasis in the article is wrong.

Coast Guard officials reiterate that they have taken no official position on the project, and are only beginning to review its potential impacts.

When the Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby begins this Sunday, there will be more prizes than ever before in the event's 58-year history. This year's contest is offering $300,000 in prizes over the course of the tournament, which runs three days longer than last year.