Student Protest Against Iraq War Triggers Suspensions in Clash with Administration

A peaceful student protest against war in Iraq bubbled into a spontaneous walkout at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.

War with Iraq was the top subject in class and on the minds of regional high school students and teachers on Wednesday. Close to 600 students gathered in the school Performing Arts Center to express their opposition to the war.

The state wants to spend $3.25 million replacing the Big and Little Bridges on Beach Road along Sengekontacket Pond with concrete structures, but l

Four-Town Refuse District Takes Initiatives to Put Financial Affairs in Better Order

By MANDY LOCKE

Heeding their auditor's stern warnings, the Martha's Vineyard Regional Refuse and Resource Recovery District is doing some financial housekeeping this month.

In the weeks following auditor John J. O'Brien's report of sloppy bookkeeping and incomplete records, the refuse district personnel subcommittee is shuffling administrative staff roles.

The snow-covered pasture is a soft, white-on-white expanse curving under a cold, gray sky.

Oak Bluffs Home Rule Petition Inspires Hot Debate in Hearing Hastily Convened by Legislature

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

BOSTON - Small in number but passionate in expression, a compact assembly of Vineyard residents traveled to Beacon Hill this week to testify at a hastily called legislative hearing on a petition by the town of Oak Bluffs to withdraw from the Martha's Vineyard Commission.

"I'm here because the integrity of the Martha's Vineyard Commission is now being threatened," said West Tisbury resident Barbara Day.