Boats Here Plucked from Water as Isabel Moves to Mainland

By CHRIS BURRELL

Spillover from Hurricane Isabel was forecast to hit the Island today with 10-foot seas and wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour.

And while landfall came yesterday on the North Carolina coast, many Vineyarders who own boats took no chances: They hauled out.

Boatyards worked overtime this week, but if you were expecting the exodus to dry land to spell the end of the boating season, think again.

When the striped bass she caught was weighed in at Derby Headquarters in Edgartown on Wednesday night, the gathered crowd of 30 onlookers applauded, as they only do for serious Derby contenders. The computer driven scale read in blue letters: 40.52 pounds.

Snapshot of a Changing Neighborhood: Now, Lights Go Out in Winter Months

By MANDY LOCKE

Boat Line Sees Price Increases

Steamship Authority Leadership Proposes $68 Million Budget; Vineyard Passenger Fares Would Rise by 50 Cents

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Fare hikes for the Vineyard and Nantucket are now on deck at the Steamship Authority, as boat line managers confront the realities of keeping a $68 million operation afloat against a backdrop of anemic revenues and rising operating costs.

Vineyarders Win Their Opener, 14-7

By ALEXIS TONTI

After a frustrating first half for the Vineyard football offense, defensive end Zach Mahoney blocked a Carver punt just minutes into the third quarter, shifting the momentum in the season's home opener Friday night. A quick score tied the game, and the varsity went on to defeat the Crusaders 14-7.

Mahoney, who played a standout game, also had six tackles, a fumble recovery and a sack on fourth-and-16 that led to a Vineyard possession.

FARM Institute, the novice non-profit dedicated to bolstering the Vineyard's agricultural heritage, is putting its first Island home up for sale, planning to surrender a foothold in the storied Herring Creek Farm.

The transaction will help bankroll the institute's vision for neighboring Katama Farm - a 190-acre spread that the town of Edgartown turned over to FARM Institute this spring.