The National Marine Fisheries Service and the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) have come under harsh attack from a number of different environmental organizations for not having done enough to protect fish stocks.

Politicians and citizens, librarians and state officials - all were in Chilmark Wednesday afternoon to attend the groundbreaking for the $2.1 million public library renovation project. But it was the children in attendance who stole the show.

As New Bedford's city solicitor for the last four years, George Leontire led his city's fight for a Steamship Authority port and fast ferry service.

Steamship Authority Board Offers Top Job to Veteran of Marine Transport Company

By JULIA WELLS

In the end they decided to offer the job to the guy with the battered briefcase.

\"There\'s that case again,\" mused Falmouth Steamship Authority governor Galen Robbins as Fred C. Raskin set the scarred, antique leather case on the table in front of him, just before his final interview with the boat line board.

Steamship Authority Board Offers Top Job to Veteran of Marine Transport Company

By JULIA WELLS

In the end they decided to offer the job to the guy with the battered briefcase.

\\\"There\\\'s that case again,\\\" mused Falmouth Steamship Authority governor Galen Robbins as Fred C. Raskin set the scarred, antique leather case on the table in front of him, just before his final interview with the boat line board.

More Island businesses are feeling the impact of financial trouble at one of the Island's biggest and most ambitious private enterprises, the Black Dog Tavern Inc., which is still trying to recover from a $2 million drop in revenues last year.