The developers of the Down Island Golf Club turned up the heat on the Martha's Vineyard Commission last night, hammering home the threat of a large low-income housing project if the golf club plan is not approved.

If you're not feeling quite ready for the holidays, if the festive mood hasn't grabbed you, don't worry. You're not alone.

Meet Kathryn Roessel: New SSA Governor Brings Law to Post

By JULIA WELLS

Her name is Kathryn but she goes by Cassie. She is 47 but looks 29. She wears traditional Vineyard attire: jeans, windbreaker and a silver scallop-shell necklace. She grew up in Pittsford, N.Y., and her speech has the flattened O's that are uniquely associated with upstate New York in general and Rochester in particular. She has a Cairn terrier named Tugboat.

At least six deer carcasses were illegally dumped in the Oak Bluffs harbor last week, sending bacteria levels sky-high and prompting closure of the harbor to shellfishing two days later. Police have no suspects but said they are confident they will find those responsible for what one environmental official has called a hazardous waste site.

Housing Crisis Spurs Initiatives

Grim Housing Needs Assessment Underscores Important Search to Ease Lack of Affordable Shelter on the Vineyard

By MANDY LOCKE

Twenty-eight million dollars.

It's less than five per cent of the $6 billion Vineyard housing market. It's only $6 million more than the recent $22 million sale of the former Sharpe house in Edgartown. It's but a $233 contribution from each seasonal and year-round resident.

Vineyard Officials Clash in Fight Over Boat Line Appointment; Political Dialogue Grows Ugly

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Political chaos broke out across the Vineyard this week in the aftermath of the surprise vote by the Dukes County Commission last week to replace J.B. Riggs Parker, the Island Steamship Authority governor who has presided over the most divisive period at the public boat line in recent memory.