Portuguese-American Festival Celebrates Vibrant Community
By Elizabeth Bomze
When Jesse Oliver attended his first Portuguese-American festival as
a kid in 1963, he must have figured that his lineage would some day
dictate his involvement in its future; after all, his grandfather, also
Jesse Oliver, was a founding member of the P-A Club. Now, 40 years
later, he is a four-year veteran at Anne-Marie Cywinski's grill
booth, and he expects his tenure has only just begun.
Sovereignty is in the news these days.
It's in Rhode Island, where tempers are running hot in an
ongoing skirmish between the Narragansett Indian Tribe and state
attorney general over whether the tribe can sell tax-free tobacco.
It's in the Hamptons, where the Shinnecock Indian Nation has
begun to clear land for a casino, contravening local zoning and state
gaming laws.
Island Agencies Win U.S. Health Grant
Half a Million Dollars Will Address Doctor Shortage, Add Rural
Clinic, Provide Brazilian Translators
By MANDY LOCKE
Three agencies on the Vineyard have won nearly half a million
federal dollars to ease the Island's shortage of primary care
physicians and break down language barriers for Brazilian residents
seeking health care.
Wind Farm Review Needs Another Year
Army Corps of Engineers Says Issue Complex; ‘We're Not
Trying to Meet Some Artificial Deadline'
By MANDY LOCKE
Determining the fate of a 130-turbine wind farm development proposed
for the shallow waters of Nantucket Sound will take the United States
Army Corps of Engineers at least another year.
Following the die off of juvenile shellfish at the Martha's
Vineyard Shellfish Group in recent weeks, there will be a summit of the
minds next Wednesday at the Tisbury Town Hall. Shellfish constables,
biologists, members of the Lagoon Pond Association and the Tisbury
Waterways Inc. will meet at noon to talk about the next step in
protecting the water quality in the pond.
The Club That Does What Needs Doing
By CHRIS BURRELL
Not a drop of Portuguese blood flows in Barbara Humber's
veins. Her ancestry is Scottish and Irish, but hand her a pile of
linguica, garlic and potatoes, and she can cook up a genuine batch of
sopa.
Ms. Humber is just one of a growing number of Islanders who have not
only joined the Portuguese-American Club in Oak Bluffs but now play
pivotal roles in it despite a glaring deficit: They aren't
Portuguese-Americans.
The reasons aren't really that complicated.
New County Manager Still on Hold; She Says Nothing Wrong with Resume
By MANDY LOCKE
One week after Dukes County commissioners hoped to restore their
government image with a new leader at the helm, recently-hired county
manager Laurie Perry has not yet reported to work.
Commissioners ducked behind closed doors again Wednesday night to
discuss \"non-union personnel contracts.\"
They took no action, and said they would hold another meeting next
week.
New County Manager Still on Hold; She Says Nothing Wrong with Resume
By MANDY LOCKE
One week after Dukes County commissioners hoped to restore their
government image with a new leader at the helm, recently-hired county
manager Laurie Perry has not yet reported to work.
Commissioners ducked behind closed doors again Wednesday night to
discuss "non-union personnel contracts."
They took no action, and said they would hold another meeting next
week.
Airport Commission Asks FAA to Move on Jail, Land Transfer
By ELIZABETH BOMZE
Conversations around the airport commission table on Wednesday night
left both the dormitory housing and new jail propositions for further
discussion. Two proposals, however, will be sent to the FAA: to place a
jail behind the Hot Tin Roof in the southwest corner of the airport
property, and to make a land swap between the airport and the state
forest.
Airport manager Bill Weibrecht attributes the continued delay to the
question of how best to use airport land.
Lagoon Woes Seen Years Ago
1987 Report on Water Quality Found Problems ‘Particularly
During the Summer Months'; Recommended Dredging
A comprehensive study documented water quality problems in the
Lagoon Pond 16 years ago, but the recommendations from the study -
including a dredging program - were never carried out because of a
lack of funding.
