The Lagoon Pond drawbridge will be closed for repairs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. all next week while MassHighway workers replace some of the bridge's structural steel. Traffic along Beach Road will be diverted to the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road during those hours.

"This is part of the ongoing effort to make interim repairs as we work toward installing the temporary bridge and eventually the replacement," MassHighway spokesman Jon Carlisle said yesterday.

Halloween Celebration Spans the Generations

By C.K. WOLFSON

Despite whatever contentious spirits might occasionally lurk about, this weekend once again proves the Vineyard is the kind of place where things that go bump in the night are usually giggling, and children who dart around in the dark and cluster at their neighbors' doors are there to receive smiles and sweets.

Two months after a district court judge ordered a culinary arts teacher at the regional high school to pay back $20,000 he allegedly stole from the

In Agency's Struggles, Historic Echoes

By MANDY LOCKE

This is not the first time Martha's Vineyard Community Services has faced the predicament it struggles with now.

Twenty-year-old recollections paint a familiar picture of the current battles at the Island's largest health and human services agency.

Island Commercial Flights Dip; Airport Business Still Thrives

By ALEXIS TONTI

Although airline passenger traffic on the Island is down more than 10 per cent from last year, the Martha's Vineyard Airport continues to do strong business headlined by continued growth in general aviation.

Airport manager Bill Weibrecht said the travel slump has not negatively impacted the airport, where income continues to exceed expenses. He added that the timing of the downturn comes as no surprise.

The notice is as clear as it gets: "The Boston Seaman's Friend Society is leaving Martha's Vineyard." On Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, a representative from the Seafarer's Friend will outline a plan to leave after 114 years of serving the Island.