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State Finance Crisis Places New Strains on Budget of MVC
By JULIA WELLS
State budget cuts are expected to hit the Martha's Vineyard
Commission...
Expanding County Crisis Poses Tough Challenge for Leadership
By JONATHAN BURKE
Dukes County commissioners are determined to overcome the chaos...
Boat Line Governors Dispute Legal Bills
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
Steamship Authority governors and senior managers said yesterday...
Calvin Zaiko's Fitness Gambit Is Hypothermic
By CHRIS BURRELL
Innkeeper, guitar player and come mid-January, Calvin Zaiko would
also have to be...
Island selectmen who traveled to Boston last weekend may have
learned firsthand how bad the state budget crisis has become, but they
still have no...
Trash District Audit Issues Bleak Report
Auditor Cites Regional Refuse District for Sloppy Bookkeeping,
Points to Opportunities for Abuse
By...
Chief of Police Is Nominated in Oak Bluffs
By JONATHAN BURKE
Erik Blake was appointed acting police chief in Oak Bluffs by a
unanimous vote of...
Transportation Forum Grapples with Growth; Vineyard Future Requires
Thoughtful Planning
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
The subject was...
Shifting Hotel Plans Ignite Controversy
By MANDY LOCKE
A flurry of phone calls, letters, accusations and denials shook
Tisbury this week -...
A $1 million project to upgrade and expand the Massachusetts State
Lobster Hatchery in Oak Bluffs is on hold while the state addresses its
fiscal...
For the first time in more than two decades, Larry Mercier is
sleeping past 4:45 a.m. And as snow blanketed the Island Tuesday
morning, Mr. Mercier...
Jail Employees Vote Union Membership After Long Dispute
By MANDY LOCKE
The lowest ranking jail employees offered Massachusetts Correctional...