Trees all along the perimeter of the southern woodlands in
Oak Bluffs are plastered with bright yellow No Trespassing signs.
Over at town hall, the town clerk is verifying a petition with more
than 250 signatures demanding a vote on whether to take the 270 acres
by eminent domain.
Trees all along the perimeter of the southern woodlands in
Oak Bluffs are plastered with bright yellow No Trespassing signs.
Over at town hall, the town clerk is verifying a petition with more
than 250 signatures demanding a vote on whether to take the 270 acres
by eminent domain.
Tisbury Selectmen Clash With Their Police Chief;
Will Not Reappoint Him
By JOSHUA SABATINI
As the Tisbury selectmen exchanged a series of terse memos
with their chief of police, John McCarthy, the chief revealed this
week that he's been put on notice: The selectmen, who also serve as
police commissioners, do not intend to reappoint him when his
three-year contract expires in June.
Attorneys for MVC File Court Briefs
By JULIA WELLS
Attorneys for the town of Oak Bluffs and the Martha's
Vineyard Commission returned a serve this week in a high-stakes legal
dispute that will ultimately test the power of the Martha's Vineyard
Commission to review affordable housing projects under state law.
Regional high school principal Peg Regan attended the boys'
varsity hockey game on Wednesday, but spent much of the contest
facing away from the ice.
The Vineyard Gazette was named Weekly Newspaper of
the Year for 2001, the highest honor given to weekly newspapers by
the New England Press Association (NEPA). Also known as the George A.
Speers Award, the coveted honor is given out to just three newspapers
each year: one small daily, one weekly, and one alternative weekly.
The Gazette has won the award six times since 1990.
Document Trail Reveals Patterns of Quiet Collusion
During Year of Controversy Around Island Boat Line
By JULIA WELLS
Collusion: the word has surfaced more than once in recent
months during a storm of politics around Steamship Authority affairs.
When Vineyard boat line governor J.B. Riggs Parker was not
reappointed by the Dukes County Commission in a 4-3 vote late last
year, a group of Vineyard selectmen and city officials in New Bedford
cried foul, among other things accusing four members of the county
commission of collusion.
Community Services Agency Scrambles to Blunt Effects of State Budget
Cutbacks
By MANDY LOCKE
As the reality of state budget cuts trickles down to communities
across the commonwealth, Martha's Vineyard Community Services is
taking its share of hits.
"This is devastating across the board to this Island. It
shakes the foundation of the support network we've created,"
said Ned Robinson-Lynch, executive director of Martha's Vineyard
Community Services, in a conversation with the Gazette this week.
Jim Pringle and David Maddox left the Vineyard last weekend bound for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, but don't expect to see the two buddies from Vineyard Haven lighting the torch, waving Old Glory or snagging medals.
State Agency Shuts Office on Vineyard; Future Is Uncertain
By MANDY LOCKE
It's much quieter these days at 1 Douglas Way in Oak Bluffs.
Barbara's not around. Neither are many of the 112 Islanders who
rely on the Department of Transitional Assistance for emergency shelter,
food stamps, health care and job placement assistance.
