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SSA Planning to Enforce Its Policy on Late Arrivals
By CHRIS BURRELL
Steamship Authority officials plan to clamp down later this summer on a policy that would force last-minute drivers with reservations to change their habits, or risk getting bumped into standby.
With the advent of new electronic ticket scanners, SSA managers said they hope to enforce the policy written in fine print on the backside of tickets, requiring drivers to arrive 30 minutes before the boat departure.
Crowd of 300 Convenes To Debate Withdrawing Oak Bluffs from MVC
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
Pull out, go it alone, use the assessment money to pay for a planner, stick to the town's own knitting. Stay in, continue to be a member of the six-town team and use the protection and power of a unique regional planning agency created by an act of the state legislature 27 years ago.
Prevailing winds so far have helped the Vineyard escape any real environmental impact from an oil spill Sunday that dumped almost 15,000 gallons in
Bouchard Transportation Co., whose barge Number 120 deposited approximately 15,000 gallons of Number 6 diesel fuel into Buzzards Bay Sunday, is no
Acting on Informant's Tip, Police Arrest Three in Connection with String of Crimes
By CHRIS BURRELL
Oak Bluffs police say they cracked two cases in one day this week when they arrested three Oak Bluffs teenagers Wednesday in connection with the break-in at Tony's Market and then learned these were the same teens who opened up fire hydrants on East Chop almost two weeks ago.
Transit System Prepares for New Season; Authority Plans Adjustment to Routes
By JONATHAN BURKE
Vineyard Transit Authority is on the verge of a new summer season, and still sorting out problems associated with its new fare boxes.