After nearly three weeks of turmoil and back-and-forth accusations, Vineyard school leaders officially severed ties with their school bus contractor, Island Transport, and have crafted a deal to hire the Vineyard Transit Authority (VTA) and a Florida company to run the school buses in time for the opening of the school year next month.

Camp Ground Considers Leaseholder Vote

By CHRIS BURRELL

They're demanding universal suffrage, the right of cottage owners in the Camp Ground to choose their leaders, but after a weekend of heavy politicking, a newly constituted tenants' group emerged with only a partial victory.

The 21-member board of directors of the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association (MVCMA) agreed Friday to explore a proposed amendment to the bylaws - a move that would alter the governance of this historic community in the center of Oak Bluffs.

Youth Hockey Builds Character; Also Puts Deep Dents in Island Family Pocketbooks

By CHRIS BURRELL

For nine months a year, Susan Mercier's three daughters love to lace up the skates, throw on the gloves and pads and grab a stick for a game of ice hockey.

"It's the most empowering thing you can do for your daughter," said Ms. Mercier of Edgartown.

It's not exactly Bastille Day over in the Camp Ground, but make no mistake, there's a revolution brewing in this historically religious, gingerbrea

Tomorrow, Jennifer Gardner will be hurling heavy old skillets around her backyard. David Scott will unbolt the middle seat from his van to make room for Ruby and Maggie May, and Cathy Weiss will be elbow-deep in pastry flour with her game face on.

The pilot and passenger of a single engine plane apparently escaped serious injury last evening after crashing their four-seater Mooney aircraft in