Vineyard residents this week mourned the loss of James Rogers of Oak Bluffs, who died when his self-built aircraft crashed shortly after noon Sunda

Electric Bills Skyrocket As Cape Light Compact Signs Deal to Buy Power

By JAMES KINSELLA

Thousands of Martha's Vineyard residents and businesses will see their electric bills jump by 30 per cent or more by next month.

The residents and businesses are members of the Cape Light Compact, an organization formed to represent consumer interests in the deregulated power industry. The higher bills will be derived from the December meter readings.

Director Marks His Tenth Year Leading Chorus

By JAMES KINSELLA

In the mid-1950s in a small New Jersey town, a four-year-old boy named Peter Boak asked his parents if he could learn to play the piano.

A musical journey was starting - one that five decades later would help blend the voice of 125 Vineyarders into glorious choral sound.

On Monday and Tuesday at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown, the Island Community Chorus, directed by Mr. Boak, will perform its annual holiday concert. The performances start at 7:30 p.m.

MVC Quizzes Hospital Again

Commission Questions Decision to Locate $42 Million Building at Current Eastville Location; Study Committee Appointed

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Martha's Vineyard Hospital officials said last week that no Island site other than the current one makes sense for the construction of a new hospital.

Last week's arrival of a Saudi prince as an inmate at the Edgartown House of Correction is part of a continuing practice in which the Vineyard facility has housed prisoners from off-Island.

Construction on Islander Replacement Resumes at Full Tilt After Hurricane

By James Kinsella
Gazette Senior Writer

While work has resumed on the Steamship Authority's new Island Home car and passenger ferry, the vessel will not be delivered until a year from now.

The vessel, which is slated to replace the Islander on the Vineyard-Woods Hole run, originally had been scheduled for delivery next June.