Tissue samples taken last September from a Chilmark skunk and a Katama rat tested positive for tularemia, the rare disease that infected 15 people on the Island last year, killing one man who did not seek medical attention in time.
Vineyard Addresses Task Force
By JULIA WELLS
The governor's ferry task force had a three-and-a-half hour
lesson in local politics, economics, transit systems, self-governance
and the cost of butter last night when some 300 Vineyard residents
turned out for the final public hearing of the now-celebrated
fact-finding committee.
"Most of our year-round constituents are middle-class working
families, and the Steamship Authority is their lifeline to the
mainland," declared West Tisbury selectman Cynthia Mitchell.
A pair of hefty private property sales in Edgartown boosted revenues
at the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank to a new record this week.
Acting on a joint request from attorneys for the Martha's
Vineyard Commission and the Down Island Golf Club, a superior court
judge sent the golf club plan back to the commission this week for fresh
review.
"This matter is remanded to the Martha's Vineyard
Commission for further proceedings, including a public hearing to
consider plaintiff's amended application," declared the Hon.
Richard C. Connan, an associate justice of the superior court who sits
in Barnstable.
Task Force Meets on Cape
By JULIA WELLS
MASHPEE - A chorus of Cape Cod politicians and residents told
a governor's ferry task force last night that they want relief
from the Island-bound traffic they believe is clogging their roads.
And leaders in the town of Barnstable demanded a full voting seat
for their community on the Steamship Authority board of governors.
"We have been the unintended victims of the growth and
prosperity on the Islands," declared Barnstable town council
president Roy Richardson.
Some 81 acres of land that was formerly part of the storied Pohogonot Farm in Edgartown was sold to a private buyer late last week for a total sale price of $15.5 million. The sale marks the largest single residential real estate transaction in dollar value in the history of the Island, topping the $12 million sale of 80 acres on the North Shore in West Tisbury last year.
The property was purchased by three realty trusts; the principal owner behind the trusts wishes to remain private.
A forum at the Oak Bluffs School last night began with the findings
of a recent study on two-wheeled vehicles and ended in a lengthy
dialogue about the history, safety and future of mopeds on the Island.
Dr. Alan Hirshberg's year-long study of accidents involving
mopeds, bicycles and motorcycles found that most moped accident victims
are daytrippers to the Island who have received under seven minutes of
training.
Robert and Ernestine Kinnecom of Oak Bluffs spent some time this
week recalling wonderful memories - memories wrapped around their
Vineyard newspaper route, an early morning journey made almost every day
for the past 27 years.
Like teams staking out turf on the ballfield, nearly 30 students, coaches, parents and school administrators this week debated the merits and weaknesses of a proposed zero-tolerance policy for high school athletes caught using drugs, alcohol or tobacco.
Task Force Meets on Cape
By JULIA WELLS
MASHPEE - A chorus of Cape Cod politicians and residents told
a governor's ferry task force last night that they want relief
from the Island-bound traffic they believe is clogging their roads.
And leaders in the town of Barnstable demanded a full voting seat
for their community on the Steamship Authority board of governors.
"We have been the unintended victims of the growth and
prosperity on the Islands," declared Barnstable town council
president Roy Richardson.
