Chappaquiddick Residents File Appeal to Stop Homesite Plan

By RACHEL KOVAC

A small group of Chappaquiddick residents went to state court last week to try and block a decision by the Edgartown zoning board of appeals to allow three affordable homesites on substandard lots.

The appeal will delay the real estate closings on the three lots for five young Island residents.

Edgartown Set for Tax Review

Local Assessments Bureau Studies Abatements on Chappaquiddick; Officials on Island and Beyond Monitor West Tisbury Case

By IAN FEIN

One week after testimony concluded in the protracted West Tisbury property tax appeal, a Massachusetts Department of Revenue bureau chief confirmed that the state will conduct a rare supplemental review of Edgartown property values after a spate of unusual abatements were granted on Chappaquiddick.

Steamship Authority Projects Rate Hikes on Vineyard Route for the Coming Year

By JAMES KINSELLA

Steamship Authority managers confirmed yesterday that they expect to recommend rate increases for the coming year on the state-chartered boat line that provides the only year-round car and passenger service to the two Islands.

SSA general manager Wayne Lamson said the staff is including proposed increases in the draft boat line operating budget, which will come before the SSA board of governors at their meeting next Thursday in Hyannis.

School Boards Scramble to Cover Transportation in Time for Opening Day

By RACHEL KOVAC

Uncertainty surrounding school transportation ran down to the wire this week, with a flurry of emergency meetings that resulted in a patched together plan to carry Vineyard children to school.

Bussing on the first day of school yesterday went without a hitch, but the untested system - which calls for the school district to manage bussing itself for six weeks - leaves many unanswered questions for bus drivers, school leaders and taxpayers.

The fight to keep Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod open took another hit yesterday, when a federal judge denied a request for a temporary r

An investigation by the Committee on Finance for the United States Senate has thrust The Nature Conservancy and its conservation buyer program unde