School Committee Meets Tonight; Bus Company Threat Is the Topic
By CHRIS BURRELL
Faced with a school bus company that wants to back out of its
contract to transport Island schoolchildren, school leaders are expected
tonight to issue a stern warning to Island Transport Inc. if they
don't roll the buses come September.
"It's a breach of contract as far as we're
concerned," Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash told
the Gazette yesterday.
Aquinnah Officials Ask for Public Input on How to Raise Revenues,
Hold Taxes
By JULIA WELLS
How to boost revenues without raising property taxes in the second
smallest town in the commonwealth - Aquinnah selectmen will tackle
the topic at a public meeting this week.
The selectmen voted to schedule the special session during their
regular board meeting last week.
A fleet of 11 of the world's most famous sailboats converged
on Edgartown harbor this weekend for the annual 12-Metre regatta.
Interim Manager at Woods Hole Started Out at the Ticket Window
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
His first summer job was in a hardware store where he learned how to
fix screen doors.
Today at age 53, Wayne Lamson has been called on to fix something
bigger than a screen door - way bigger - but those who know
the soft-spoken, highly capable Steamship Authority treasurer think he
is more than up to the job.
For the fifth time in three decades, this week Mr. Lamson stepped in
as interim general manager of the SSA.
New Ferry's Design: Last Call for Comment
By ALEXIS TONTI
It's Not My Job to Monitor Compliance, Oak Bluffs Building
Inspector Tells Board
By CHRIS BURRELL
Oak Bluffs selectmen said they wanted clarity, but Tuesday
night's meeting with building inspector Richard Mavro shed almost
no new light on how the replacement of a small garage on the North Bluff
mushroomed into a three-story building.
Island Transport vice-president Scott Dario said yesterday the only way his company will keep running buses for the Vineyard schools is if they can strike a deal for more money and greater autonomy for deciding snow days and disciplining drivers.
Edgartown Library Expansion Sought
Special Town Meeting Set for August 31; Plan is to Buy Captain
Warren House; There Is Desperate Need for Space
By ALEXIS TONTI
Edgartown residents will convene this month for a special town
meeting to decide whether to purchase a property adjacent to the
Edgartown Free Public Library to make room for expansion of the
century-old library.
Rental units versus privately owned homes: That's the subject
of a survey being mailed to Chilmark residents today about a proposed
affordable housing project at Middle Line Road.
The decision to seek resident input on the subject comes after
discussion at a selectmen's meeting Tuesday, and as a group of
approved homesite applicants have written a letter to the board citing
the urgent need for private home lots.
Changes Underway in SSA Priorities
An Olive Branch Toward Nantucket; Islander Meeting Will Be August
12; Can Rates Be Held Down?
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
Change is the watchword these days at the Steamship Authority,
palpable and overnight change.