From the start, scientists have viewed the outbreak of tularemia on Martha's Vineyard as an ecological puzzle, never a case of bio-terrorism, despite tularemia's recognized status as a bacteria ideally suited for terrorism.
Steamship Authority Board Interviews Strong Field of Finalists for
CEO Position
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
The key to success for the Steamship Authority, a Coast Guard
admiral said yesterday, is to be clear in its own vision.
"I would set the vision for the organization," said Rear
Adm. George Naccara. "But I also need to know what the board
expects from me - what is your long-term vision?"
When the groundhog awakens from his long winter nap tomorrow at
dawn, he will rise from his hole in the ground and think he overslept.
If he lived on the Vineyard, he'd think it was already spring.
Forsythia are in bloom, and in the past week there have been
sightings of honeybees and, in West Tisbury, a butterfly. Snow drops are
in bloom in various places from Edgartown to West Tisbury.
It's probably not what any jail warden expected an art class
to look like: inmates wrapping sheets of glass and whole plates in a
towel and then smashing them to bits. Depending on how you looked at it,
the razorlike shards were either a huge security risk or an innovative
art material critical for making mosaics.
Three weeks after a leading surgeon at Martha's Vineyard
Hospital submitted his resignation, hospital board trustees devoted an
entire press conference to the matter, also releasing new letters, from
both the surgeon and a group of doctors, that paint a picture of souring
relations between hospital leadership and the medical staff.
State Budget Cuts for Dental Care for Low Income Families Threaten to Shut Down Facility in June
Just a few weeks ago, Vineyard transit officials decided the North Tisbury business district would be the perfect place to relocate their bus transfer hub and put an end to all those complaints about buses ruining the historic character of West Tisbury village. All they needed was a good-sized patch of blacktop in the business district.
Just a few weeks ago, Vineyard transit officials decided the North
Tisbury business district would be the perfect place to relocate their
bus transfer hub and put an end to all those complaints about buses
ruining the historic character of West Tisbury village. All they needed
was a good-sized patch of blacktop in the business district.
Just a few weeks ago, Vineyard transit officials decided the North Tisbury business district would be the perfect place to relocate their bus transfer hub and put an end to all those complaints about buses ruining the historic character of West Tisbury village. All they needed was a good-sized patch of blacktop in the business district.
The remains of the Tisbury Inn will be razed in the weeks ahead. An
Island contractor, Dale McClure of Watercourse Construction, met with
innkeepers Sherman and Susan Goldstein of West Tisbury for three hours
on Wednesday to discuss the process.
