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Alleging Contract Lapses, Schools' Bus Company Says It Won't Run in Fall

By CHRIS BURRELL

Just one month before a new school year is supposed to get in gear, the owner of the bus company contracted to transport students is locked in a dispute with school leadership and says he won't roll out the buses.

In a highly-charged letter written Friday, James C. (Jack) Dario Jr., president of Island Transport, Inc., told Vineyard school committee members he has decided to end the service provided by his company.

Under the Lights: Hoops by Night Is No Longer a Boys' Game

By CHRIS BURRELL

They call themselves the Bad Boys, but it's truly a misnomer for this undefeated basketball squad that plays two nights a week under the darkening sky of Oak Bluffs.

Building Inspector to Face Questions by the Selectmen

By CHRIS BURRELL

Less than a week after the Oak Bluffs zoning board of appeals denounced the process that permitted a controversial three-story garage to be built on the North Bluff, Oak Bluffs selectmen now intend to ask their building inspector to explain publicly how it all happened.

State transportation officials are committed to abolishing rotaries across the commonwealth, but that's not stopping them from spending more than $300,000 to construct a smaller-scaled version at one of the historically worst intersections on the Vineyard.

Just six weeks before the start of a new school year, principals at both the West Tisbury School and Chilmark School have announced they are quitting their jobs.

Letters of resignation from Elaine Pace and Carlos Colley forced the Up Island Regional school committee into an unscheduled meeting Friday to deal with the doubleheader of departures.

"It's fair to say this was unexpected," said Kathy Logue, chairman of the regional school board.