Vineyard Artists Display Best Work at Annual Show in Tabernacle

By SAM TELLER

The towering martini glass is filled with what looks like a strawberry margarita, and two swollen green olives peer out. The pimento stuffing forms the pupils of an unusual pair of eyes. Set on a solid black and marigold background, the olive eye cocktail is the subject of artist Bill Buckley's oil painting, That's The Martini Talking.

Her schedule is never-ending. This summer she has managed to put together a full season of plays at the Vineyard Playhouse, direct two plays at the same time - Rounding Third and Romeo and Juliet - fill the Monday Night Special schedule with new works and famous names and still enjoy the beauty a Vineyard summer offers.

In West Tisbury, the board of assessors decides not to mediate a tax appeal, landing the town in an extended slugfest at the state level that has y

County Weighs Legal Choices

Commission, Advisors Huddle in Aftermath of Court Ruling Ordering Triple Damages; Appeal Still Possible

By JAMES KINSELLA

Still reeling from a heavy blow dealt by a superior court judge last week in a civil dispute with its own airport commission, the Dukes County commission this week began to ponder the next steps.

Two weeks ago the Hon. Robert J. Bohn ruled that the Martha's Vineyard Airport Commission is by law vested with independent authority to hire and set the salaries of its airport managers.

Maasai Visitor: Regina Nakola Speaks History to Save Tribe

By MAX HART

Tucked in along one edge of the Chilmark Flea Market, between a stone wall and a sea of fabrics, fine art and assorted kitsch, Naisiae Regina Nakola's jewelry stand is hard to miss.

And not just because it is the first tent you pass when you drive in, or even because of the tables full of elaborate and colorful necklaces.

Maasai Visitor: Regina Nakola Speaks History to Save Tribe

By MAX HART

Tucked in along one edge of the Chilmark Flea Market, between a stone wall and a sea of fabrics, fine art and assorted kitsch, Naisiae Regina Nakola\'s jewelry stand is hard to miss.

And not just because it is the first tent you pass when you drive in, or even because of the tables full of elaborate and colorful necklaces.