The impact of bringing more summer visitors to the Vineyard using high-speed ferry service from New Bedford, the tricky practice of carrying fuel on the boats, and the role that the public boat line plays in the lives of Islanders - these were all subjects for discussion at the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week.

TORONTO, ONTARIO - It all began in the summer of 1993 when Sean Costello, a short man with red hair and Down syndrome, wandered onto a playing fiel

County Fee to Hospital Is Eliminated, Ending Weeks of Controversy

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

The subcommittee charged with managing an unusual contract between the county and the Martha's Vineyard Hospital voted last night to eliminate a controversial fee from the contract - and the county manager issued a brief apology for setting up the fee in the first place.

Island students looking forward to school trips overseas or even as close as New York and Washington, D.C., might not have to pack their bags after all.

A diverse collection of Vineyard residents, including ministers, mothers and small business owners, came together at a rally on Tuesday in Vineyard

With all the worries plaguing aviators these days, the thing that's got Trade Winds airport manager Joe Costa all worked up is dog droppings - on the runway and taxi lane.