An all-Island public forum was announced this week amid a perceived growing disconnection between the Vineyard community and its elected leaders over Steamship Authority affairs.
Shirley McCarthy Faces Fight for Special Family
By MANDY LOCKE
At 30 Lagoon avenue, strollers and tiny tot trucks have reserved
parking at the foot of the front steps. Two signs - "Welcome
to the Funny Farm" and "Be nice to your children because
they will pick your nursing home" - hang from the front
door, preparing newcomers for and reminding regulars of the unusual life
led by the woman on the other side of the door.
Disappointed students and some angry parents could not convince the regional high school committee this week to lift its ban on air travel for school trips.
The chief justice of the Massachusetts Land Court heard arguments
this week in a groundbreaking case that will ultimately decide whether
the Martha's Vineyard Commission has the power to review low and
moderate-income housing projects under Chapter 40B, a section of state
law commonly known as the anti-snob zoning statute.
Dr. Richard H. Koehler, a highly skilled laparoscopic surgeon whose arrival on the Vineyard seven years ago was hailed as a new era in medicine on the Vineyard, announced this week that he will sever his contract with the Martha's Vineyard Hospital because of irreconcilable differences with hospital chief executive officer Kevin Burchill and the hospital board of trustees.
SSA Governor Starts New Job
Kathryn Roessel Begins First Term Amid Aggressive Selectmen\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Campaign to Overthrow Her With Political Maneuvers
By JULIA WELLS
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.
SSA Governor Starts New Job
Kathryn Roessel Begins First Term Amid Aggressive Selectmen\\\\\\\'s Campaign to Overthrow Her With Political Maneuvers
By JULIA WELLS
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.
SSA Governor Starts New Job
Kathryn Roessel Begins First Term Amid Aggressive Selectmen\\\'s Campaign to Overthrow Her With Political Maneuvers
By JULIA WELLS
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.
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.
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.