Vineyard Leaders Meet With Nantucket To Talk Housing, Staffing Shortages

Municipal employee housing, wastewater management and town hall staffing shortages were all discussed at the inter-island meeting last week.

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Housing, Wastewater Occupy Selectmen

Rep. Dylan Fernandes and Sen. Julian Cyr visited Island selectmen last week to talk about two major issues: housing and wastewater.

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Island Leaders Act to Block Decisions on Fast Ferry Service to New Bedford

Island Leaders Act to Block Decisions on Fast Ferry Service to New
Bedford

By JULIA WELLS and JOSHUA SABATINI

In an unexpected move that marks a new turn in the road for the
Steamship Authority, the All-Island Selectmen's Association voted
without dissent this week to tell the Vineyard boat line governor to put
the brakes on plans for high-speed ferry service between New Bedford and
the Vineyard.

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SSA Governor Starts New Job

Kathryn Roessel Begins First Term Amid Aggressive Selectmen's Campaign to Overthrow Her With Political Maneuvers

In a quiet ceremony on the second floor of the Edgartown courthouse yesterday, Kathryn A. Roessel was sworn in as the new Vineyard Steamship Authority governor.

The appointment came amid a fresh wave of back-corridor politics, both on the Vineyard and on Beacon Hill, aimed at some kind of coup to overthrow Ms. Roessel by fast-tracking a piece of stalled legislation that would overhaul the SSA board of governors.

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