Hallgate Is Cleared of Its Junked Cars
Edgartown Officials Tour Subdivision, and Are Pleased After
Year's Effort; Now, the Lot Next Door
By MANDY LOCKE
It was a moment Edgartown officials doubted would ever come.
Town leaders peered down the narrow dirt drive winding through
Hallgate Wednesday morning, and for the first time in more than three
years, saw only shards of glass where mounds of junk cars once rusted.
Walter Cronkite, who has for months publicly opposed the Cape Wind
project being proposed for Nantucket Sound, yesterday announced he has
reconsidered - and his commercials on the subject will be
withdrawn from the airwaves. Mr. Cronkite said he now prefers to be a
more objective observer of both the process and project.
Opposition to this project, he said, "may be premature."
County Makes Offer on Manager's Post
By ALEXIS TONTI
Dukes County commissioners last night offered the job of county
manager to E. Winn Davis, executive secretary of the town of Hanson. In
his return visit to the Island, Mr. Davis described himself as a
consensus builder who believes that Dukes County can set a positive
example for county government across the commonwealth.
Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven and West Tisbury town officials received their marching orders this month - recommendations for steps these Island towns should take to protect and enhance public water supplies in order to keep pace with future development.
New Vision for the Hospital
Architect Suggests Replacement at Current Site; Three Stories Would
Be Built in Phases; Estimate Is $30 Million
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
Picture this: A spanking new three-story building that houses a
state-of-the-art diagnostic center and a modern emergency room, a
"green" building that is efficient and easy on the
environment, a therapeutic place that is at once a holistic healing
center and a hub for health care on the Vineyard.
Teacher Admits Thefts; to Repay School Funds, Do Community Service
By CHRIS BURRELL
Faced with a widening police investigation, longtime regional high
school teacher Peter J. Koines admitted yesterday in Edgartown District
Court that he stole school-owned kitchen equipment and funneled $20,000
of school funds into his personal bank account and summer pie business.
Long-Time Chief of Tribe Is Dead
Donald F. Malonson Led Wampanoags for Half Century
Donald F. Malonson, chief of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah), died peacefully at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston
on Friday, August 22, after a long illness. Mr. Malonson, also known as
Chief Running Deer, was the ceremonial leader of the tribe for more than
half a century.
SSA Governors Approve High Speed Ferry License; Service Begins Next
Year
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
NANTUCKET - Amid a complicated tangle of legal maneuvers and
financial acrobatics, Steamship Authority governors voted yesterday to
ink a deal that will allow a private operator to begin running
high-speed passenger service between New Bedford and the Vineyard next
summer.
Edgartown Project Concludes in Time for Return to Classes
By MANDY LOCKE
The white classroom trailer that was parked in front of the
Edgartown School for the last year is finally gone. A few small piles of
debris remain where the hallway connecting the 1929 brick school
building and the gymnasium once stood. A handful of construction workers
is completing an awning covering the new school's entrance.
Capital Boost Needed at Katama Farm
By MANDY LOCKE
After a superior court judge denied initial efforts by a group of
neighbors to evict FARM Institute from Katama Farm, questions remain
about the condition of buildings at the town-owned farm.
Katama Farm - nearly 200 acres of sweeping grassland cradled
in the middle of the town's densely settled south shore community
- has seen better days. Wear and tear brought on by a string of
failed operations over the last 24 years have left this facility's
barns and silos in a state of disrepair.
