Investigations continue as state and local fire officials pursue the exact cause of the fire and explosion that cut Edgartown's Independence Day fireworks display short last week.

Three hours after renting a moped in Oak Bluffs Saturday morning, 30-year-old Katherine D. Miller tried to round a right curve on Beach Road near Harthaven, lost control of the moped and struck an oncoming car.

SSA Traffic Slips
By JULIA WELLS

Early summer passenger traffic on the Steamship Authority's newly acquired New Bedford ferry Schamonchi is down compared with last year, even though the boat line has launched an advertising program to boost ridership on the ferry.

"We're off," said boat line treasurer Wayne Lamson yesterday.

Passenger traffic on the Schamonchi is down 18.6 per cent for the month of June compared with last year, but Mr.

By 4:30 p.m. Sunday, the cars that usually line Main street and Union street in Vineyard Haven were gone. One hundred and twenty-five booths lined the two streets instead, and by 6:30 p.m., with the official start of the Tisbury Street Fair, waves of people filled downtown.

Entering the street fair from any direction revealed a scene of excitement and smiles.

On Night Patrol in Edgartown
By MANDY LOCKE

It's 10 o'clock on Friday night in Edgartown. Kids with ice cream cones and fathers with strollers disappeared from Main street hours ago. A sea of 20-somethings and 40-somethings who dream about being 20-something again has replaced the crowds of families shuffling through the streets of downtown.

Women glide down the brick sidewalks in runway fashion in their newest brightly colored tank tops. Men trail them, staking claims early. One cannot mistake a certain urgency in the crowd's pace.

Despite winning unanimous approval from the Martha's Vineyard Commission this spring, a plan to build a youth tennis center near the blinker light in Oak Bluffs now faces an uphill battle to win approval at the town level.