Shellfish Group Struggles with Shortfall

By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL

The Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group is in the midst of a financial crisis. Director Rick Karney is troubled; it means greater hardship in an already difficult business of raising juvenile shellfish.

What to Do if Repair Can't Happen Before This Fall's Classes Begin? Other Old Questions Surface in a New Town Hall Setting

Faced with the prospect that the Chilmark School will not be repaired by September, selectmen on Tuesday night discussed how the town might get through another year with the building in its current condition.

The Fourth of July parade Sunday was bigger, better, earlier.

The Fourth of July weekend is here. Roses are in full bloom.

The Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group will be offering treats from Island waters at the Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust's Taste of the Vineyar

And now another bit of bad news for the already troubled West Tisbury town hall: Rats have taken up residence there. T.J. Hegarty, county rodent officer, was called in and found plenty of evidence by just taking a walk around the building. He found a network of tunnels. "There is a well-established colony," Mr. Hegarty said yesterday.