With two days to go before the close of the 59th Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby, tournament officials are already calling this year's event one of the most successful in the history of the competition.

One week after an Oak Bluffs selectman withdrew his support for the planned roundabout at the blinker intersection, new doubts are surfacing over the future of the project.

Selectman Richard Combra unexpectedly reversed his stance at the regular board meeting last week. Mr. Combra said he thinks the roundabout could create more bottlenecks at the Triangle intersection on the Edgartown end and the State Road intersection on the Vineyard Haven end.

Sitting on Squid Row behind the Texaco station in Menemsha is a pretty good place to be if you want to learn something about fishing.

It has been billed as a native forest restoration project unlike any ever seen, aimed at promoting biological diversity and preventing catastrophic wildfires while improving the health and appearance of the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest.

But for Island conservationist Robert Woodruff, several key issues need to be addressed before the first tree is felled in the new plan to clear away more than 500 acres of dead and dying pine trees from the heart of the Vineyard.

Beverly Wright was walking through the National Mall in Washington, D.C., last week during the opening ceremony for the National Museum of the Amer

Regina Weichert has come to dread the part of the day that brings her to the Edgartown post office, and as she emerged from the facility yesterday afternoon with a pile of mail, she could only sigh.

"Do you want to know how bad the line is?" she asked as she made her way to her car. "It's terrible. It's always terrible."