Ferry Fee Proposal Advances in Boston

It Could Only Have Happened This Year: Added Fee of $1 Per Ferry Ticket Is Proposed for Municipal Relief

By JULIA WELLS

A bill chugged along in the state legislature this week that would allow all port communities in the region to charge a fee of $1 per ticket for visitors traveling on ferries.

Refusing to let the fundraiser be a stage for escalating labor tensions, Martha's Vineyard Community Services officials this week denied the request of Possible Dreams poster child Carly Simon to earmark a portion of her gift's proceeds to staff wage increases.

Everything about this Fourth of July was huge. The parade was colorful and long, the fireworks overhead were grand and the crowds in downtown Edgartown were phenomenally large.

Drawbridge Is Up for Repair

Highway Agency Unveils Its Plans for Temporary Bridge Structure Allowing Time to Replace Lagoon Pond Bridge

By CHRIS BURRELL

State officials yesterday unveiled a plan to build a temporary drawbridge alongside the aging and troublesome Lagoon Pond drawbridge.

The cost of the temporary bridge is a shocker - $3.8 million.

Oak Bluffs Police Seize Man, Shotgun

By JULIA WELLS

A 17-year-old New Bedford man spent the holiday weekend in the Edgartown house of correction after he was found by the Oak Bluffs police with a stolen, loaded sawed-off shotgun in his backpack and an open bottle of cognac in his hand.

Justin Barry was arrested and charged with a long list of weapons and alcohol violations. Arraignment was set for yesterday morning in Edgartown district court.

The incident took place behind Jim's Package Store in Oak Bluffs just after 9:30 p.m. on July 4.

Costs for Edgartown School Prompt August Town Meeting

By MANDY LOCKE

Edgartown voters are invited to a midsummer special town meeting to tie up some loose financial ends for the Edgartown School construction project.