The developer of the Down Island Golf Club told the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week that the members of the private luxury golf complex he hopes to build will be "rich people" who will bring no real benefit to the town of Oak Bluffs or the Island.

The Oak Bluffs harbor is a money machine for the town, but the question facing leaders after yet another record-breaking year of revenue is whether they can squeeze more cash from the operation.

The Edgartown planning board criticized wireless phone companies Tuesday night for claiming space on the North street telephone tower.

New Bedford Distorts Fast Ferry Picture

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

The pitch came fast and hard at the last Steamship Authority meeting for new high-speed ferry service between New Bedford and the Vineyard next summer. David J. Oliveira, the freshman member of the boat line board from New Bedford, said a new ferry was under construction and would be ready to go by spring. He urged the SSA to move quickly on the license request from Boston Harbor Cruises.

The leading critics of the 170-turbine offshore wind farm proposed for the shallow waters of Horseshoe Shoal made their way across Nantucket Sound

The women wear dresses and high heels. The men are decked out in dark slacks or double-breasted suits. The parking lot is so full that cars are lining the driveway to the Masonic Hall and pulled up on the grassy shoulders of Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.