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).
Historical Society Moves Ahead with $25 Million Building Plan
By JAMES KINSELLA
The Martha's Vineyard Historical Society is pursuing an
ambitious plan to triple its exhibition and storage space in a project
that could cost about $25 million.
Society executive director Matthew Stackpole yesterday said that, if
all goes according to plan, construction of the society's new
museum could begin on its property in West Tisbury in 2009, with an
opening in June 2010.
Lagoon Drawbridge Replacement Work Begins Early 2007
By MAX HART
The first phase of the Lagoon Pond drawbridge replacement project
- the construction of a temporary bridge on the pond side of the
span - is now slated to begin in the new year rather than this
fall as planned.
Contrary to what was announced publicly at the time, former Oak
Bluffs town administrator Casey Sharpe did not resign three months ago,
but was terminated without cause by the selectmen - at her own
request - triggering a clause in her contract that paid her more
than $76,000 in salary and benefits.
A team of Island police officers arrested a Martha's Vineyard
Hospital doctor at his office Tuesday on an outstanding warrant from the
state of California which charges him with illegally prescribing
powerful diet pills over the Internet.
Dr. Gerald C. Morris, 35, is accused of being part of an
international drug scheme involving the illegal prescription of drugs,
money laundering and identity theft.
While town and school officials up-Island continue their years-long debate over the fairness of their regional school district, the Massachusetts department of education is preparing to enforce statewide changes that could dramatically alter not only up-Island district finances, but also how every Vineyard town pays for the regional high school.
