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.
Cape Air Promotes Fare Package Deals
Commuter Airline Attempts to Bolster Declining Passenger Traffic in
September 11 Aftermath
By JOSHUA SABATINI
While many airlines across the nation continue to suffer following
the Sept. 11 tragedy, Hyannis-based Cape Air has remained strong during
tough times.
It is every organizer's hope that as an event recurs from year
to year, it gets better and bigger. Last Monday and Tuesday, Vineyard
Haven once again became a festive center for the arrival of a new year
on-Island - and while Last Night, First Day activities may not
have drawn quite as many people as past celebrations, sponsors believe
the new program represented a change for the better.
A few minutes after the first bell yesterday morning at the regional
high school, seniors Kurstin Meehan and Elise Chapdelaine stepped into a
four-sided piece of cardboard painted to look like a car and went racing
down the halls.
Golf Club Developer Issues New Promises, Old Threats as MVC Closes
Hearings
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
The developers who want to build a private luxury golf club on some
270 acres in the last unbroken woodland in Oak Bluffs issued their final
promises - and their final threats - to the Martha's
Vineyard Commission last night.
After almost two years trying to resolve the ongoing dispute over transit buses crowding into the village center of West Tisbury, officials have reached a compromise that may put the issue to rest.
The owners of the Tisbury Inn plan to demolish the old building
early in February, with an eye toward building a new hotel and health
center. Susan Goldstein, who with her husband Sherman owns the inn, said
yesterday they are talking with local contractors about taking down what
remains of the complex, at the head of Main street in Tisbury, which was
ruined in a fire that began in the evening of Saturday, Dec. 15.
The eighth annual New Year's Eve celebration in Tisbury has a
new look, mixing highlights of years past - the hat parade,
fireworks, Marcus the Magician - with brand-new events over a
two-day period.
