Boat Line and Private Developer Have Plans for Oak Bluffs Center
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
The Tivoli, a lost landmark of Oak Bluffs, may come back. This week
two young Island businessmen proposed to build a pavilion resembling the
old dance hall on the same site where the former town hall stands today.
Their plan competes with a second proposal from the Steamship Authority,
which would turn the old town hall into a ticket office.
The Island Health Plan, which seeks to provide affordable health
insurance for many of the estimated 3,000 Islanders now living without
it, is poised to win legislative approval that will enable the nonprofit
group to begin work this spring.
Chilmark Merry-Go-Round Will Bring Police to School
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
As their town grows, Chilmark municipal employees are playing a game
of musical chairs at the old Menemsha School.
In November of 2001, when the town library staff needed a place to
work while their building underwent $2.4 million in renovations and
expansion, the Menemsha School became their temporary home.
Owners of the Vineyard Golf Club, a private golf course in Edgartown, are now proposing to build a cluster of luxury homes for club members on the property's southeastern corner.
It's a request that some Island officials think they shot down five years ago.
"I thought if they wanted to build a golf course, fine, but no housing except for staff," said Lenny Jason, Edgartown building inspector who led the move to strike member housing from the project in 1999 during the Martha's Vineyard Commission development of regional impact review.
Less than a month after the holiday season took its bite from people's bank accounts and credit cards, many property owners in Oak Bluffs took another financial hit in the form of whopping tax bills.
Island Filmmakers: Debuting Here, a Documentary on Lost Youth
By JESSIE ROYCE HILL
He handles the direction and production. She, a playwright, tends to
the script. Together, Len and Georgia Morris of Galen Films have made
dozens of award-winning documentary films from their studio in Vineyard
Haven.
A Chilmark subdivision plan now being considered by the
Martha's Vineyard Commission (MVC) represents a golden
opportunity, conservation leaders said this week, to create a walking
trail connecting key public properties up-Island.
The property owners, Richard and Melanie Coleman, agreed last night
to open up their private property for Islanders hiking along the
southern side of Middle Road.
Top state environmental officials stepped squarely into the fray
around the Down Island Golf Club this week, ordering developers Brian
Lafferty and Corey Kupersmith to immediately halt all tree cutting in
the southern woodlands section of Oak Bluffs.
Breaking Up the Boat Line?
Nantucket Rallies Around Idea; CEO Says It Would Be Costly; Representative and Senator Cautious in Remarks
By JULIA WELLS
A quiet move by the Nantucket Steamship Authority governor to
explore the breakup of the 42-year-old boat line grew legs this week, as
the people of Nantucket rallied around their representative and the
people of the Vineyard struggled to absorb the news.
Windemere Chief Is Being Replaced
By JULIA WELLS
Leaders at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital confirmed yesterday
that the administrator for the Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation
Center will resign his post.
Philip Hickey, currently away on vacation, will remain in place as
administrator at the Island's only nursing home until early next
week.
Mr. Hickey took the helm at Windemere 18 months ago. He has a long
background in nursing home administration.
