Aquinnah Building Triggers Controversy

Tribal Officials and Town Leadership Collide Over Construction on Indian Property Without Normal Permits

By COLE LOUISON

A shack beside the shellfish hatchery on the Wampanoag Tribe's property has raised the question of building rights in Aquinnah and sharp objections from some town officials.

Islanders Lambaste New Bedford Plan

Seabulk Proposal for Private Freight Service to Vineyard and Nantucket Meets with Forceful Opposition

By JULIA WELLS

Vineyard residents spoke out last night against a proposal by a private hauler to run year-round ferry service between New Bedford and the Islands, calling the plan ill-conceived and one more burden on the port of Vineyard Haven.

The governor's ferry task force that recently staged a four-month crash course on the Steamship Authority has now opened the door for a major overhaul of the public boat line that has served the two Islands for 41 years.

Pile drivers and backhoes have been rumbling just a hundred yards away, but the wild ducks on Sunset Lake in Oak Bluffs aren't budging. The fact is, while the streets in this town have been turned inside out with pipes, pumps and grinders to make way for a new sewer system, it's the ducks that appear to rule the road.

Put away the nicotine patch. Smokers who thought they were about to be pushed out of every bar on the Island may soon find friendly tobacco turf in Oak Bluffs.

A new traffic study of the notorious blinker light intersection in Oak Bluffs could push selectmen one step closer to putting up the Island's first traffic light.