$1.8 Million Gift from Graham Estate Supports Work of Island Hospice
Agency
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
Hospice of Martha's Vineyard, the singular program that
quietly provides free care to terminally ill patients and their families
on the Island, is now set to receive a stunning gift of $1.8 million
from the estate of the late Katharine Graham.
Named as one of several beneficiaries of a charitable remainder
trust, Hospice is the sole Martha's Vineyard charity to receive a
gift from Mrs. Graham's estate.
Freight Service Outlook Dims
Steamship Authority Awaits Word from New Bedford on Summer Freight
Service to Island; New Deadline Is Set
By JULIA WELLS
The dubious outlook for summer freight service between New Bedford
and the Vineyard got even more dubious last week when Steamship
Authority treasurer and acting general manager Wayne Lamson told the SSA
board of governors that the Whaling City has refused to respond to
inquiries from the boat line.
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.
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.
