Tisbury Grants Administrator a Raise, but the Search for Successor
Has Begun
By ALEXIS TONTI
After months of delay, denials and appeals, the Tisbury personnel
board this week granted the town administrator a four per cent salary
increase. But the news was bittersweet for town administrator Dennis
Luttrell: Just the week before, the selectmen agreed to form a search
committee to seek his successor.
High nitrate levels found in the private wells of a few Edgartown homes off West Tisbury Road sent health officials scrambling this week - trying to pin down the exact source of what could be a sizable plume running through Edgartown Meadows subdivision.
More than a week into extensive testing, a few fingers point to the homes' neighbor, the Vineyard Golf Club, an 18-hole private luxury golf course that opened in May of 2002.
MVC Reopens Review of Housing Plan
By MANDY LOCKE
Neighbors sharpened their questions last night as the Martha's
Vineyard Commission began its second look at an affordable housing
project slated for the center of a densely-settled Edgartown
neighborhood.
The Jenney Lane project, proposed by Island Affordable Housing Fund
and South Mountain Company, calls for a cluster of 10 single-family
homes just behind Pine street and Curtis Lane. The project aims to boost
Island families of modest income into the ever-rising housing market.
As Vineyard nonprofits large and small confront the realities of
competing for a shrinking pool of donor dollars, The Foundation for
Island Health (FIH) announced this week that it will eliminate the bulk
of its paid staff and convert to an organization that is run almost
entirely by volunteers.
More than two and a half years after the crash of a defective Jeep
claimed the life of a high school senior, the young man's family
finally saw some justice this week.
Amy Lawry of West Tisbury and Joan Fresher of Edgartown don't
know each other, but they shared a connection on Wednesday when Mrs.
Lawry's prize striped bass became Mrs. Fresher's dinner.
The parking in Tisbury is terrible, but traffic is worse. The police, fire and emergency services are first rate. The town should invest in lots for affordable housing and could begin by developing the southwest wedge off Holmes Hole Road. And although Tisbury harbor generates needed revenue, it is above all a vital resource that must be kept environmentally healthy.
Waiting List for English Classes Is Long; Indicator of Intent to
Stay
By CHRIS BURRELL
They are, said Jeanne Burke, the people who sustain the Island, the
ones who ring up the groceries, paint the houses and tend the gardens.
They are also the ones knocking on Ms. Burke's door in
staggering numbers, looking for a place in one of the six English
classes taught through the Martha's Vineyard Adult Learning
Partnership, where Ms. Burke is the director.
Waiting List for English Classes Is Long; Indicator of Intent to
Stay
By CHRIS BURRELL
They are, said Jeanne Burke, the people who sustain the Island, the
ones who ring up the groceries, paint the houses and tend the gardens.
They are also the ones knocking on Ms. Burke's door in
staggering numbers, looking for a place in one of the six English
classes taught through the Martha's Vineyard Adult Learning
Partnership, where Ms. Burke is the director.
Waiting List for English Classes Is Long; Indicator of Intent to
Stay
By CHRIS BURRELL
They are, said Jeanne Burke, the people who sustain the Island, the
ones who ring up the groceries, paint the houses and tend the gardens.
They are also the ones knocking on Ms. Burke's door in
staggering numbers, looking for a place in one of the six English
classes taught through the Martha's Vineyard Adult Learning
Partnership, where Ms. Burke is the director.
