Aquinnah Selectmen Will Seek Bylaw to Regulate Energy Use
By IAN FEIN
With the energy demands of large homes a growing concern across the
Island, Aquinnah selectmen this week unanimously endorsed a regulation
that would require new homes over a certain size to include renewable
energy sources such as solar panels or wind turbines.
"This is an important measure," selectman James Newman
said at the regular board meeting on Tuesday, after proposing the energy
requirement. "And I think that this community should be a leader
on the issue."
Questioning the details of what took place in the May executive
session that resulted in town administrator Casey Sharpe's
departure from her post, the Oak Bluffs finance and advisory committee
yesterday agreed to ask selectmen for more information - including
written minutes of the closed-door session in which she was terminated
without cause and an audio tape of that same meeting.
Walking Beat with John Cashin: Police Chief Settles into Role
By MAX HART
As far as police chiefs go, John G. Cashin is not your average Joe.
The Bronx-born Mr. Cashin is a mild-mannered thinker with a wry
sense of humor who holds two masters degrees, will fly around the world
for a chance to look at an original DaVinci, and can quote T.S. Eliot as
quickly as he can recite criminal law statutes. You are just as likely
to find a book of Shakespeare on his desk as you might a pair of
handcuffs.
Tidal Project Draws Widespread Critics
Fisheries Groups and Competitors Alike Weigh in with Public Comments
on Experimental Venture
By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer
The National Marine Fisheries Service has raised a cautionary flag
about a tidal hydroelectric power project proposed for Vineyard Sound.
It's usually not a good thing when an interview ends in
bloodshed, but an exception will be made for Ward Just, who was still
nursing his wounds from a battle with a wicker basket when this reporter
left his West Tisbury home one morning this week.
Donning their favorite clothes and backpacks full of new pens and
notebooks with corners still perfectly crisp, some 2,350 students will
begin a new school year this week at the Island's seven public
schools. Before the first bell, they will shut off their iPods, put
their cell phones on silent and turn their full attention to their new
teachers - and old friends, perhaps unseen since summer began.
Donning their favorite clothes and backpacks full of new pens and
notebooks with corners still perfectly crisp, some 2,350 students will
begin a new school year this week at the Island\'s seven public
schools. Before the first bell, they will shut off their iPods, put
their cell phones on silent and turn their full attention to their new
teachers - and old friends, perhaps unseen since summer began.
Most Vineyarders think of Labor Day weekend as the final push before
the cathartic cleansing that comes with the departure of summer
visitors. And now that it is over, business owners have a chance to
catch their breath and evaluate how summer business fared. So far
evaluations are mixed.
Like the Summer Weather, Business Had Bumpy Ride, Landing Softly
Labor Day
By JIM HICKEY
Most Vineyarders think of Labor Day weekend as the final push before
the cathartic cleansing that comes with the departure of summer
visitors. And now that it is over, business owners have a chance to
catch their breath and evaluate how summer business fared. So far
evaluations are mixed.
Roughly three decades ago a country lawyer from Maine unearthed a
forgotten 18th-century federal law and sparked a series of large Indian
land claims that led to federal recognition for a number of tribes
throughout the Northeast, including the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah).
