A New Coach Takes Varsity Into Playoffs

By JOSHUA SABATINI

Monday evening the boys\\\' varsity basketball team pours out from the locker room onto the hardwood floor and forms two lines for pregame layups.

First year head coach Ken Sanders, in a white oxford shirt, tie and black trousers, stands at center court watching his 12 players with a wide smile.

He walks over to one line and stays there until he\\\'s shaken and slapped hands with each player.

Freight Service Outlook Dims

Steamship Authority Awaits Word from New Bedford on Summer Freight Service to Island; New Deadline Is Set

By JULIA WELLS

The dubious outlook for summer freight service between New Bedford and the Vineyard got even more dubious last week when Steamship Authority treasurer and acting general manager Wayne Lamson told the SSA board of governors that the Whaling City has refused to respond to inquiries from the boat line.

$1.8 Million Gift from Graham Estate Supports Work of Island Hospice Agency

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Hospice of Martha's Vineyard, the singular program that quietly provides free care to terminally ill patients and their families on the Island, is now set to receive a stunning gift of $1.8 million from the estate of the late Katharine Graham.

Named as one of several beneficiaries of a charitable remainder trust, Hospice is the sole Martha's Vineyard charity to receive a gift from Mrs. Graham's estate.

Island Community Raises Concerns Over Hospital; Board Listens in Silence

By MANDY LOCKE

Members of the Martha's Vineyard Hospital board of trustees listened, for the most part in silence, to an outpouring of public concern and demands for change at a forum held Tuesday night.

Nearly 300 Vineyard residents, doctors and hospital officials gathered in the regional high school Performing Arts Center to discuss the current state of the hospital - spurred by the recent resignation of hospital surgeon Dr. Richard Koehler.

The Martha's Vineyard Commission last night affirmed its decision to reject the Down Island Golf Club plan, but not before a minor fracas around an

A New Coach Takes Varsity Into Playoffs

By JOSHUA SABATINI

Monday evening the boys' varsity basketball team pours out from the locker room onto the hardwood floor and forms two lines for pregame layups.

First year head coach Ken Sanders, in a white oxford shirt, tie and black trousers, stands at center court watching his 12 players with a wide smile.

He walks over to one line and stays there until he's shaken and slapped hands with each player.