SSA Rankles Tisbury Board

Boatline Pays Police in Falmouth; Town Selectmen Want to Know Why That Is Fair; Traffic Snarls at Vineyard Haven

By ALEXIS TONTI

Tisbury leaders this week charged Steamship Authority managers with employing a double standard by paying for extra police assistance and traffic control in Falmouth while refusing to do the same in Vineyard Haven.

Parking Enforcement in Tisbury Is Major Year-Round Business

By ALEXIS TONTI

After chipping away for years at traffic problems in Vineyard Haven, the Tisbury selectmen are now considering an overhaul of the town's parking regulations in order to relieve congestion in the downtown area.

"Traffic flow and parking go hand in hand. With a better parking system, traffic flow will improve," Tisbury police chief Theodore (Ted) Saulnier said this week.

SSA Leaders Pick up the Telephone, Prepare to Vote on New Ferry Design

By ALEXIS TONTI

Thursday night, as the ferry Islander sounded her arrival outside Vineyard Haven harbor, inside the Steamship Authority terminal a presentation was under way about her replacement, a double-ended vessel estimated to cost between $22 million and $25 million.

Early Crash Reports Suggest Pilot Error

By ALEXIS TONTI

Pennsylvania residents Michael Untermeyer and Phillip McFillin were released from the Martha's Vineyard Hospital Friday after being treated for minor injures sustained when their single-engine airplane crashed at the edge of the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest the previous evening.

Postscript to Possible Dreams: Added Prize Raises Final Total

By ALEXIS TONTI

In an unexpected turn following the annual Possible Dreams Auction, one donor decided to offer two Vineyard residents the chance to buy the dream that just last Monday slipped through their fingers.

New Ferry's Design: Last Call for Comment

By ALEXIS TONTI