Sports
Is there any way to bid game in a major suit or NoTrump without the 25 points we constantly hear are necessary?
The schooner Phra Luang and captain Jeff Robinson won the 37th running of the George M. Moffett Race last Saturday.
The high school sports season began in earnest last week with three home contests. The golf squad posted the first Vineyard victory of the year, going 259-267 against Somerset on Tuesday.
Competing in tournaments across New England, the Vineyard Youth Tennis corps turned in several winning performances in August.
New regulations aimed at curbing mortality rates among striped bass are focusing on the larger, spawning females whose numbers have fallen in recent years. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is collecting comment.
Ann Brown arrived on the Vineyard this summer following an off-season of bridge lessons from Claire J. Tornay of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.