After spending much of the last two years in political hot water over gun-toting rangers, sheds with no building permits and the stewardship of a beloved general store, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) now finds itself in a state of inner turmoil, its members at odds with each other.

Golf Club Hearing Draws Large Crowd For an Evening of Passionate Discussion

By JULIA WELLS

Quoting Thomas Jefferson and Joni Mitchell, conservationists squared off against golf enthusiasts last night as a public hearing wore on over a proposal to build a luxury private golf club in the last unbroken stretch of woodlands in the town of Oak Bluffs.

Falmouth SSA Member Brings Board Consensus On Fast-Ferry Proposal

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

In a dramatic act of leadership that swept away two months of tension, threats and personal attacks, the freshman member of the Steamship Authority board of governors yesterday led his board into a unanimous vote of approval for a two-year pilot high-speed ferry program between New Bedford and the Vineyard.

After a year of negotiating details to build a regional composting facility on the Island, the Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal and Resource Recov

Tisbury Selectmen Reject Bid to Bring Fox Ferries Into Harbor

BY JOSHUA SABATINI

Fox Navigation, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation in Connecticut, wants to resume high-speed ferry service to Vineyard Haven harbor next season, but Tisbury selectmen denied the company a harbor use permit at a public hearing Tuesday night.

The Chilmark Public Library expansion project is the talk of the town. Proponents of the project are scurrying about the community, holding meetings in homes in an effort to raise the necessary votes in the next special town meeting, scheduled for Nov. 19.

It is a more significant political contest than any selectmen's race in years. For many it is a reminder of the building of the new elementary school, which opened in 1999.