Boatline Bill Moves to House for Vote

Fierce Debate Is Expected in Collision Between New Bedford and the Islands for Steamship Authority Control

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

A fiercely contested legislative bill to reorganize the Steamship Authority board of governors is now on the move and set for debate and vote on the House floor on Beacon Hill next week.

Boatline Issues Divide Board

Future of Once Proposed Parking Lot Property Triggers Sharp Debate; New Bedford Suit Runs Up Big Legal Bills

By JULIA WELLS

Gazette Senior Writer

NANTUCKET - An old skeleton tumbled out of the closet yesterday when Steamship Authority governors took up the thorny question of selling the Blacksmith Shop Road property in Falmouth, in a passionate discussion that revealed fresh fault lines on the boat line board - especially between the Falmouth and Vineyard members.

Tisbury Police Ask Expansion

Acting Chief Presents Selectmen With Detailed Proposal to Boost Number of Uniformed Officers By Three Full-Time Slots

By JOSHUA SABATINI

School board members in Charlottesville, Va., want Dr. Kriner Cash to be their next school superintendent, and are negotiating right now to see if they can convince the leader of the Vineyard school system to head south.

MVC Votes to Rescind District Designation for Chappaquiddick

By MANDY LOCKE

The Martha's Vineyard Commission officially closed a year-long chapter for the residents of Chappaquiddick last night, voting to rescind the island's designation as a district of critical planning concern (DCPC).

The vote ended the one-year building moratorium three weeks early. Without the vote, the moratorium would automatically expire June 7.

From thousands of feet above the blue-green waters of Nantucket Sound, reality seems to wait below.