More land, less impact on the ponds and a pledge to be better neighbors this time around - those were the promises made to the Martha's Vineyard Commission last night from developers who want to build an 18-hole private, luxury golf club in the last unbroken stretch of woodlands in the town of Oak Bluffs.

First Anthrax Scare Triggers Emergency Response on Island

Editor's Note: State public health officials reported Saturday that testing of the substance found in the envelope delivered to Vineyard Gazette editor and publisher Richard Reston was negative and showed no trace of anthrax. Officials called the test definitive and closed the case.

An anthrax scare turned up on the Vineyard this week when the editor and publisher of the Vineyard Gazette received a suspicious envelope in the mail that contained a gray granular substance.

Crowding Plagues Day Care Centers

By MANDY LOCKE

For far too many Island parents, the joy of bringing a baby into the world becomes clouded by the anxiety of securing and affording a quality day-care provider.

Each parent seems to have a horror story.

One mother returns to the sitter to pick up her infant, who waddles in a sagging diaper six hours old. Another - after a full year of trying to find a care provider for her two-year-old - begs her mother in law to move to the Island.

From the very start it had all the markings of a political campaign - go heavy on the sales pitch, work the numbers to make them fit the pitch and filibuster to silence anyone who questioned the information.

Island beaches may look deserted by this time of year, the streets empty after midnight. But T.J. Hegarty knows better.

Getting gypped out of a screenwriting credit for a movie that has grossed over $300 million and won seven Oscars would put anyone on edge. It's a good thing that Don Ethan Miller is an expert at tai chi, and he knows how to relax.