Max Hart
Perhaps the best indication of the kind of summer Andrew Woodruff has endured these past months can be found inside his covered vegetable stand at
How have the wind and choppy seas affected the fishing during the first week of the 61st Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby? That depends on whom you ask.
Walking Beat with John Cashin: Police Chief Settles into Role
By MAX HART
As far as police chiefs go, John G. Cashin is not your average Joe.
The Bronx-born Mr. Cashin is a mild-mannered thinker with a wry sense of humor who holds two masters degrees, will fly around the world for a chance to look at an original DaVinci, and can quote T.S. Eliot as quickly as he can recite criminal law statutes. You are just as likely to find a book of Shakespeare on his desk as you might a pair of handcuffs.
Want some plot lines from a typical Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby fish tale?
How about the salty old fisherman who landed the winning fish on a dark beach in Edgartown in the waning hours of the tournament?
Like the Summer Weather, Business Had Bumpy Ride, Landing Softly Labor Day
By JIM HICKEY
Most Vineyarders think of Labor Day weekend as the final push before the cathartic cleansing that comes with the departure of summer visitors. And now that it is over, business owners have a chance to catch their breath and evaluate how summer business fared. So far evaluations are mixed.
Lagoon Drawbridge Replacement Work Begins Early 2007
By MAX HART
The first phase of the Lagoon Pond drawbridge replacement project - the construction of a temporary bridge on the pond side of the span - is now slated to begin in the new year rather than this fall as planned.