Taygeta was one of more than 60 boats participating in last Sunday's 25th annual George Moffett Memorial sailboat race. Named after one of the seven stars in the small star cluster Pleiades, Taygeta is also one of the longtime stars in this annual autumn race.

To four out of five selectmen in Oak Bluffs, the Martha's Vineyard Commission is simply an "impediment," at least according to the document they signed in July.

Super Bowl Champs Poised for Opener

By JOSHUA SABATINI

The Martha's Vineyard high school football team took to the field Saturday for a final scrimmage before regular season opens for the squad at home this Friday evening.

Vineyard fans showed up for the morning scrimmage beneath a cloudless sky to have a final peek at the team before the wins and losses begin to count for the 2002 season.

Police aren't directly blaming bars in Oak Bluffs for the July drowning death of a 38-year-old Watertown man, but toxicology tests released to state police last Wednesday proved the victim's blood alcohol level was well over the legal limit when he fell into the harbor just steps away from five waterside restaurants that serve alcohol.

Manter Well to Secure Tisbury Water Supply Is Major Issue at Special Town Meeting

By JOSHUA SABATINI

Tisbury residents could secure their public water supply for the next decade or more by approving at a special town meeting Sept. 10 a $2 million project to establish the Manter well as the town's third municipal water source.

Last Friday, Edgartown district court clerk magistrate Thomas Teller had to hand pink slips to two of his most loyal employees. The decision to lay off two experienced employees comes as the commonwealth faces a severe budgetary crisis.