SSA Proposal Shows New Bedford Plan

Boat Line Favors Whaling City Service Based on Long Season and Fast Ferries Capable of Carrying Huge Volume

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Against a backdrop of internal maneuvers and with no concrete policy directive from the board of governors, senior managers at the Steamship Authority are now moving ahead to develop New Bedford as an expanded port.

For months now, Wampanoag tribal chairwoman Beverly Wright has been telling her constituents and at least one federal agency that the tribe's finances are in terrible shape, riddled with debts from failed business ventures.

Fairwinds Housing Development Narrowly Wins MVC Approval

By MANDY LOCKE

Minutes shy of 11 o'clock last night, the Martha's Vineyard Commission narrowly approved the Fairwinds affordable housing development slotted for 4.9 acres of sloping land west of Tisbury's center.

Final approval of the Chapter 40B project - with six members in favor, four against and one abstention - was in question for most of two hours of deliberation.

Soaring health insurance costs combined with deep cuts in state aid could force Island taxpayers to bankroll a regional high school budget that's nearly 12 per cent higher than this year.

A general store, a delicatessen and a shellfish hatchery - they were all supposed to add up to profits for the only federally recognized Indian tribe in the state, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).

We Remember to Honor Those Who Served Us

By JONATHAN BURKE

Monday is not a day off for veterans. It is a day when they recall the cruelty of war.

"It stirs up a lot of the emotions. A lot of people are not aware of some of the feelings that vets have. We fought for our freedom, but also so we could come back home," said a two-tour Army veteran of Vietnam during a Wednesday evening interview. "Sometimes people can be very cruel."

"For me, it's a day of the dead. It's the day the bodies come back," said a two-tour Marine veteran.