Tidal Project Draws Widespread Critics
Fisheries Groups and Competitors Alike Weigh in with Public Comments
on Experimental Venture
By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer
The National Marine Fisheries Service has raised a cautionary flag
about a tidal hydroelectric power project proposed for Vineyard Sound.
It's usually not a good thing when an interview ends in
bloodshed, but an exception will be made for Ward Just, who was still
nursing his wounds from a battle with a wicker basket when this reporter
left his West Tisbury home one morning this week.
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.
