New Bedford Plan Retires Schamonchi

If Approved, Private Company Will Run Two Smaller Boats Instead, Joining Fast Ferry

By JULIA WELLS

After a bumpy three-year journey that spawned some of the most hostile politics in the history of the Steamship Authority, the New Bedford passenger ferry Schamonchi will now become a surplus vessel, boat line governors said yesterday.

Nantucket SSA Governor Approaches Beacon Hill on Boat Line Break-Up

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

A gulf of tension between the two Islands over Steamship Authority issues grew noticeably wider this week, when news surfaced that Nantucket Steamship Authority governor Grace Grossman has privately approached state officials about the possibility of splitting the boat line into two separate entities.

The West Tisbury town hall is a problem that just won't go away.

Boat Line Hears Worries on SSA Marketing Effort

By ALEXIS TONTI

In a lively discussion about the Steamship Authority's new marketing program, Islanders advocated shelving plans for a glossy magazine and cautioned SSA executives not to ignore Island businesses in favor of courting national retailers with big budgets.

NANTUCKET - She's earned a lot of nicknames over the years, among them Mother Trucker and the Queen of Nantucket, but beyond all the monikers she is also the epitome of a tireless soldier - unconditionally loved at home, often spurned and misunderstood abroad.

An Accepting Culture Is Cited as School Eyes Marijuana Use

By CHRIS BURRELL

For students at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, it's as commonplace as the pencils and notebooks: kids bringing marijuana to school or showing up for class when they're high.

The principal describes it as "epidemic," and students say pot is pervasive, used by a vast number of their peers on campus.