Under pressure from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to repeal a ban on anchorage in Edgartown harbor, town officials stood their ground this week and said no.

The anchorage ban was approved last summer to protect the rich shellfish beds in Katama Bay.

Affordable Housing - Three Leaders: No Crowd Here, Only Advocates

By MAX HART

One raises money. Another spends it. The third is the manager.

Say hello to Emily Graham, Philippe Jordi and David Vigneault
- the newest threesome to tackle the Island's affordable
housing problem."The attitude is not whether we should do
affordable housing, but how," Mr. Vigneault says. "How do we
finance projects? How do we secure land? There is a renewed attitude
among the housing community that is very proactive and energized and
ready to move forward."

County Dispute Comes to Trial

Judge Robert Bohn Jr. Hears Case of Airport Commission Against Dukes
County Commission; Salaries, Control at Issue

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

The demolition and reconstruction of the old Army Barracks building
on Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs was never referred to the Martha's
Vineyard Commission as a development of regional impact (DRI), even
though it met the standard for referral and review by the commission.

In a letter dated Feb. 22, commission DRI coordinator Paul H. Foley
said the structure should have been referred to the MVC under two
sections of its DRI checklist that pertain to historic buildings.

Comment Ends on Wind Farm

United States Army Corps Closes Period for Public Comment on Draft
Impact Report; State Review Is Next

By IAN FEIN

The comment period for the hotly debated Cape Wind project came to a
close yesterday afternoon, effectively ending the public's
opportunity to weigh in on the wind farm until the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers completes its final environmental review.

Five Candidates Compete for Top School Post

By IAN FEIN

Longtime Island educator Margaret (Marge) Harris, one of nine
semi-finalists who interviewed for the permanent superintendent of
Vineyard schools last week, learned Monday that she was no longer in the
running.

"I'm very, very saddened by it," said Mrs. Harris,
the Vineyard schools assistant superintendent for curriculum and
instruction. She also taught social studies at the regional high school
for more than 25 years. "I really feel that I was the best
candidate for the job."

Marie Allen is at home in the comfortable study that she built at her Munroe avenue house in Oak Bluffs: a place to read books and listen to the blues, where a carved wooden giraffe peers from behind the couch, African figurines line a tall bookcase and her granddaughter's stuffed toy dog rests on a cushion.

Mrs. Allen also is at home on Martha's Vineyard: an Island where she was married, where her children took their first steps, where her own daughter was married and where she retired about six years ago.

A property tax revolt is quietly brewing on Chappaquiddick, where a large group of landowners have banded together and hired an attorney to challenge their latest property assessments.

Ambitious Town Library Plan Unveiled

Historic Commission Takes First Look at Expansion

By IAN FEIN

Trustees of the Edgartown Free Public Library unveiled designs for
the proposed $11.5 million expansion project on North Water street this
week.

The plan, which would connect the Carnegie library and recently
purchased Captain Warren house by way of a 17,000-square-foot addition,
raised eyebrows at the historic district commission public hearing on
Wednesday.

A tight-knit community of family farmhouses in the wooded hills off
Tabor House Road. Homes that optimize their surrounding landscape and
maximize exposure to the sun. A rambling stone wall surrounded by
daffodils.

These are the images the Chilmark housing committee will introduce
to town residents next week as part of a new conceptual design and
feasibility report on the Middle Line Road project, the town-proposed
affordable housing development.