Mr. Hearn Finds Political Change Suits Him Fine
By IAN FEIN
Third in a series of profiles leading up to the West Tisbury
election.
You might call Glenn Hearn the presumptive Reform Party nominee of
West Tisbury town politics.
Since 1999 he has ousted incumbents from the land bank commission
and board of selectmen in close elections, and now he has his sights set
on the board of assessors.
Mr. Hearn will challenge longtime board chairman Michael Colaneri in
a three-way election in the annual town election next month.
Fall Study of Cod Affirms Troubled State of Fishery
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
A survey of fish stocks completed last fall and released this month
by the National Marine Fisheries Service continues to identify Atlantic
cod as a depleted resource in need of help.
The cod was once the fish of choice in fish markets across New
England.
But despite severe cuts in fishing efforts and the closing of large
areas of Georges Bank and waters southeast of Martha's Vineyard,
signs of recovery are lacking.
Roman Catholic Church officials are considering building a
centralized church in Oak Bluffs that would serve the entire Island.
At a special town meeting next month, Oak Bluffs voters will be
asked whether the town should enter negotiations to swap a parcel of
land next to the Martha's Vineyard Arena for the Good Shepherd
parish hall property on School street.
State Focuses on Tribe, Assessors in Review of Aquinnah Finances
By IAN FEIN
Adopting a formal payment structure with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay
Head (Aquinnah) and overhauling the town assessing department are among
the recommendations provided to the town of Aquinnah in a state report
released last week.
Town Challenges Legality of High-Priced Contracts
By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer
Tisbury town officials are challenging the legality of multi-year
contracts negotiated with the two people who supervise the Tisbury Water
Works and Oak Bluffs Water District systems.
The officials also have expressed concern about the $100,000
salaries and additional employment benefits for water superintendent
Deacon Perrotta and water systems administrator Lois Norton.
Town Challenges Legality of High-Priced Contracts
By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer
Tisbury town officials are challenging the legality of multi-year
contracts negotiated with the two people who supervise the Tisbury Water
Works and Oak Bluffs Water District systems.
The officials also have expressed concern about the $100,000
salaries and additional employment benefits for water superintendent
Deacon Perrotta and water systems administrator Lois Norton.
Town Challenges Legality of High-Priced Contracts
By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer
Tisbury town officials are challenging the legality of multi-year
contracts negotiated with the two people who supervise the Tisbury Water
Works and Oak Bluffs Water District systems.
The officials also have expressed concern about the $100,000
salaries and additional employment benefits for water superintendent
Deacon Perrotta and water systems administrator Lois Norton.
Skipper Manter Fits Many Roles in West Tisbury
By IAN FEIN
Second in a series of profiles leading up to the West Tisbury town
election.
Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter spent most of his childhood watching his
family serve the town of West Tisbury.
His grandfather was a selectman for 45 years, his father and
grandfather both wore the badge as chief of police, and his mother
served as the town accountant for 35 years.
After years of planning, discussion and often heated debate, the Oak
Bluffs conservation commission Tuesday unanimously endorsed the $10
million Steamship Authority plan to expand and improve the ferry
terminal on Sea View avenue.
Commission members voted 4-0 to approve an order of conditions,
which is the permit required under the Massachusetts wetlands protection
act and the town wetlands bylaw.
Middle Line Worries Center on Funding, Potential Conflicts
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
The Chilmark selectmen this week took up an array of concerns
relating to the Island Housing Trust's bid to build the
town-sponsored Middle Line Road affordable housing project.
Among the legal questions under discussion were those relating to
potential conflicts of interest for a number of people involved, and
also relating to the proper use of Community Preservation Act (CPA)
funds to build the project.
