A proposal by the Steamship Authority to close down the Oak Bluffs terminal at the end of September instead of mid-October has stirred up protest from business leaders in town.

Traffic was down, but parking tickets were up. The weather was changeable; ditto for the restaurant and retail business.

Traffic is down, revenues are down, there's an economic downturn going on and the weather has been awful.

The coldest weather in years has the Vineyard in a deep freeze. Night temperatures have dropped into single digits and afternoon highs have stayed below freezing every day this week but one. Edgartown and Oak Bluffs harbors are locked up in ice.

FALMOUTH - - Adding fresh fuel to the fire that has burned around the Steamship Authority for months, the Falmouth selectmen voted 4-1 last night t

State Official Hit on New Bedford Stand

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

A prominent Boston attorney who represents the Steamship Authority fired back yesterday at the state attorney general for climbing into bed with the city of New Bedford in the latest political gambit around the public boat line that is the lifeline to the two Islands.