Owners of the Vineyard Golf Club, a private golf course in Edgartown, are now proposing to build a cluster of luxury homes for club members on the

Less than a month after the holiday season took its bite from people's bank accounts and credit cards, many property owners in Oak Bluffs took another financial hit in the form of whopping tax bills.

Island Filmmakers: Debuting Here, a Documentary on Lost Youth

By JESSIE ROYCE HILL

He handles the direction and production. She, a playwright, tends to the script. Together, Len and Georgia Morris of Galen Films have made dozens of award-winning documentary films from their studio in Vineyard Haven.

A Chilmark subdivision plan now being considered by the Martha's Vineyard Commission (MVC) represents a golden opportunity, conservation leaders said this week, to create a walking trail connecting key public properties up-Island.

The property owners, Richard and Melanie Coleman, agreed last night to open up their private property for Islanders hiking along the southern side of Middle Road.

Top state environmental officials stepped squarely into the fray around the Down Island Golf Club this week, ordering developers Brian Lafferty and Corey Kupersmith to immediately halt all tree cutting in the southern woodlands section of Oak Bluffs.

Breaking Up the Boat Line?

Nantucket Rallies Around Idea; CEO Says It Would Be Costly; Representative and Senator Cautious in Remarks

By JULIA WELLS

A quiet move by the Nantucket Steamship Authority governor to explore the breakup of the 42-year-old boat line grew legs this week, as the people of Nantucket rallied around their representative and the people of the Vineyard struggled to absorb the news.