Before Any Appeal, Tribal Case Judge Will Be Asked to Reconsider Ruling

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

The attorney who represents the Gay Head Taxpayers Association said yesterday that he will ask a superior court judge to reconsider a decision made last week in favor of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).

Boat Line Riders, Hotel Visitors Both Down as Wet Days Go on

By JONATHAN BURKE

Starting with the boats, Island businesses are feeling the pinch of the wet and chilly weather of this spring.

This May, according to the Steamship Authority, there were 201,129 passenger trips to the Vineyard from Woods Hole, down 5.4 per cent from last year's 212,646. For the first two weeks of June, passenger trips were off 6.4 per cent, from 109,820 to 102,755.

Ask someone to recite the symptoms of Lyme disease, and you'll probably hear all the classic signs: bull's eye rash, fever and aching joints.

But what about depression, memory loss and other cognitive disorders?

Surprisingly, Lyme disease - in its chronic form - can also be the culprit for a host of psychiatric problems in anywhere from 15 to 40 per cent of cases.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - The Mabel made it.

Daily fast ferry service between Oak Bluffs and Quonset Point, R.I. begins today. Yesterday the founder of the service, Charles A. Donadio Jr., told a crowd at the Oak Bluffs dock anyone using his new ferry service will cut hours off their car trip to and from the Island. And at a cost of $24 per adult, they'll save money.

Fire Safety Ratings Slide to a New Low, Insurance Costs Up

By MANDY LOCKE

As insurance bills make their way into the post office boxes in West Tisbury this month, homeowners are facing some steep premium hikes.

The increases - reported to be as low as eight per cent and as high as 100 per cent - come less than two months after the town's fire safety rating dropped to the lowest possible score.