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...James, both teachers, have taken their children to the campus for five years, and this summer they are going back with their 17-year-old. "It's a great vacation for me," says Marsha, "because I never have to decide what or when we're going to eat." The shorefront college has its own garden to supply the cafeteria with fresh vegetables and fruit, and many families pick blueberries and bring them to the kitchen for a special treat. The adult fee is $575 and includes all meals, accommodations and field trips. Children pay from $140 to $250. The telephone...
...foot, they arrive at Long Wharf in downtown Boston by 8:15 a.m., in time for the 20-minute ferry ride to the island. Aboard the boat some sit quietly smoking cigarettes and talking among themselves, others lean out over the railing, staring out at the docks, ships and shorefront of Boston Harbor. Below deck on the 50-foot launch, some of the students drink coffee and chat with their teachers from the island school...
...sale of some highly desirable shorefront property on Martha's Vineyard for what seems like an incredibly low price has upset a lot of people...
Land-Vest, Ic. paid the University $620,000 in March 1973, for the tract of shorefront property in Chilmark. The company has already received $1.6 million from the sale of 33 of 49 house lots and it could gross as much as $2.4 million if prices hold...
...vacant land is acreage that no one wants to live or build on. Large tracts of fairly cheap land -less, say, than $300 per acre - can still be found in such relatively unpopulated places as northeastern Vermont, Alabama, Oklahoma, Missouri and northern Michigan. There is even some good shorefront land available for less than $5,000 an acre in North Carolina and Washington - though along many other shorelines, houses are jammed wall-to-wall and prices are outrageous. Trouble is, people settle not just where land is cheapest but where there are jobs, schools, hospitals, roads and other amenities...