Edgartown Grants Land Owner Choice on House Size Plan

By MANDY LOCKE

The Edgartown conservation commission Wednesday night drew a line in the sand - forcing an Edgartown Great Pond property owner to reduce his house proposal or take his case to the Martha's Vineyard Commission.

After a period of lying fallow, Katama Farm will be traditionally farmed again. The Edgartown Conservation Commission on Wednesday night agreed to lease the historic property to FARM Institute.

Their decision brings the 180-acre farm back into the Island farming community. It also allows FARM Institute the opportunity to expand its role of helping young people learn the ways of agriculture.

These uncertain days are proof that for the most part the Vineyard real estate market thrives both in good times and bad.

These are the voices of an Island in a nation at war:

It's not heartless developers or steel wrecking balls that scare a group of historic preservationists in Oak Bluffs, but a combination of other fac

SSA Leaders Study New Bedford Service

Fast Ferry Link to Vineyard Terminals in 2004 Requires Majority Backing from Top Boat Line Governors

By CHRIS BURRELL

WOODS HOLE - Year-round fast ferry service between the Vineyard and New Bedford could become a reality by next year if Steamship Authority governors approve a recommendation made by senior managers at yesterday's monthly meeting in Woods Hole.