A 19-year-old Vineyard man was sentenced to five years in state prison yesterday after he was convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl in a late-night incident in Oak Bluffs two years ago.

Promising to show moped dealers no mercy this summer, Oak Bluffs selectmen have begun to toughen up moped bylaws, adding new language that will increase licensing fees, set higher penalties for violations and establish a minimum height limit for child passengers.

Counseling Center Employees Take Grievances to Island Public

By MANDY LOCKE

Island Counseling Center employees, locked in a labor dispute at Martha's Vineyard Community Services, will take their grievances to the public Monday night in a forum at the Oak Bluffs School library.

Chilmarkers at their annual town meeting this week backed a $1.5 million plan to expand their town hall, but shot down a proposal that would have banned piers on their ponds.

Off to Wisconsin

Wortzels Leave After Years of Caring Service

By ALEXIS TONTI

The boxes are packed, the walls are nearly bare and still the phone is ringing. One, two, three, four calls in an hour. So many calls that they take turns answering. They are spending each day - attending meetings, leading discussions, fulfilling responsibilities - as though they will be on the Island for the next year. They are, in fact, leaving next Friday.

Season of Annual Town Meetings Continues in Two Island Forums

In Chilmark

By MARCUS TONTI

Chilmark residents who in recent years have approved construction of both a new school and library will next consider improvements to another public building, deciding this week whether to borrow $1.5 million to expand and renovate their town hall.