Task Force Meets on Cape

By JULIA WELLS

MASHPEE - A chorus of Cape Cod politicians and residents told a governor's ferry task force last night that they want relief from the Island-bound traffic they believe is clogging their roads.

And leaders in the town of Barnstable demanded a full voting seat for their community on the Steamship Authority board of governors.

"We have been the unintended victims of the growth and prosperity on the Islands," declared Barnstable town council president Roy Richardson.

A forum at the Oak Bluffs School last night began with the findings of a recent study on two-wheeled vehicles and ended in a lengthy dialogue about the history, safety and future of mopeds on the Island.

Dr. Alan Hirshberg's year-long study of accidents involving mopeds, bicycles and motorcycles found that most moped accident victims are daytrippers to the Island who have received under seven minutes of training.

Like teams staking out turf on the ballfield, nearly 30 students, coaches, parents and school administrators this week debated the merits and weaknesses of a proposed zero-tolerance policy for high school athletes caught using drugs, alcohol or tobacco.

Task Force Meets on Cape

By JULIA WELLS

MASHPEE - A chorus of Cape Cod politicians and residents told a governor's ferry task force last night that they want relief from the Island-bound traffic they believe is clogging their roads.

And leaders in the town of Barnstable demanded a full voting seat for their community on the Steamship Authority board of governors.

"We have been the unintended victims of the growth and prosperity on the Islands," declared Barnstable town council president Roy Richardson.

Bank Branch Approved

By COLE LOUISON

The Edgartown National Bank cleared the final hurdle last week for building a new drive-through bank branch in place of the MV Auto Bath on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Tisbury.

The Tisbury zoning board of appeals voted unanimously to approve the project after a three-hour public hearing in the town hall annex last Thursday night.

Robert and Ernestine Kinnecom of Oak Bluffs spent some time this week recalling wonderful memories - memories wrapped around their Vineyard newspaper route, an early morning journey made almost every day for the past 27 years.