Signs of the times are everywhere.

Tennis Program Offers Lessons with No Strings

By MAX HART

In 2002 when he first walked onto the court at the Vineyard Youth Tennis center, four-year-old Connor Downing was barely big enough to see over the net, let alone hold a racquet.

Patrolman to Chief: Meet Timothy Stobie

By MAX HART

You can call him chief, you can call him acting chief - you can even call him police chief pro tempore if you must.

Just don't call Timothy Stobie, Tisbury's acting police chief, newsworthy.

"I have never considered myself newsworthy, I can tell you that," he said Wednesday. "Must be a slow news week."

Selectmen Appoint Veteran Patrolman to Be Acting Chief

By MAX HART

The Tisbury police department remained in the spotlight this week, as selectmen appointed one of the town's veteran officers to serve as temporary chief of police after outgoing chief Theodore (Ted) Saulnier announced he would step down three weeks earlier than anticipated.

Shrugging Off Conventional Rules, Miss McCarthy Writes Own Script

By MAX HART

Ask high school valedictorians around the country what they like to do in their free time, and you will likely hear a variety of conventionally high-brow answers: write poetry, play a musical instrument, paint watercolors, perform community service.

Now ask Simone McCarthy, valedictorian of this year's graduating class at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, what she likes to do when free from the constraints of studying.

Supreme Judicial Court Soundly Upholds Town Sewage Plant Practices

By IAN FEIN

In a resounding victory for the town of Edgartown, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday that the Edgartown wastewater treatment plant is part of the solution - and not the problem - to water quality pollution in Edgartown Great Pond.