Hospital Leaders Attempt to Blunt Financial Crisis at the Windemere
Facility
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
Leaders at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital stepped in this week
to try to contain an escalating financial crisis at the Windemere
Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Hospital senior managers said
the crisis at the Island's only nursing home could pose a threat
to the Island's only hospital.
Politics in West Tisbury Turn Divisive as Town Struggles with
Rampant Growth
By CHRIS BURRELL
If you wanted proof of how far the political landscape shifted this
week in West Tisbury, all you had to do was pan over the
selectmen's table in town hall.
For the first time in almost three decades, the man frozen in oil
paint in the Stan Murphy portrait hanging on the wall was not sitting
there underneath the picture.
He's a crowd favorite in the polling booths but back on his
own board, Oak Bluffs selectman Roger Wey can't get a break.
Oak Bluffs Undergoes Facelift at Town Center; New Brick Sidewalks
Set for Carousel Area
By CHRIS BURRELL
Bricklayers from Rehoboth and a highway crew from Oak Bluffs this
week started rebuilding what could be one of the Island's most
heavily trafficked sidewalks - the one surrounding the Flying
Horses carousel smack in the center of Oak Bluffs.
End of an Era: Louis Giordano Leaves Eatery on State Road
By C.K. WOLFSON
After receiving this year's Tisbury Businessman of the Year
award - timed like a certificate of graduation - Louis
Giordano has announced his decision to stop operating the State Road
take-out food business that bears his name. He is making plans to enter
the Island job market. He has leased the Louis' building, and
turned over the name and the recipes to former Black Dog chef Douglas
Hewson, effective May 1.
Community Services Hit with Complaint
Federal Labor Board Charges Agency with Poor Treatment of Employees
During Union Organizing Effort
By JULIA WELLS
A dormant labor dispute at Martha's Vineyard Community
Services bubbled to life again yesterday when a newly formed union
announced that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a
complaint against the umbrella social service agency.
Voters in Oak Bluffs, acting decisively yesterday, stared down at a seven-way race for two seats on the board of selectmen and put their pencil marks solidly behind Roger Wey and Greg Coogan.
Way ahead of the pack, Mr. Wey, the incumbent, pulled down 712 votes, winning a sixth term on the board. Mr. Coogan came in with 638 ballots to join Mr. Wey on the board. A total of 1,451 voters cast ballots, 45 per cent of those registered.
Citizens Reject Town Hall Plan at West Tisbury Meeting
By JULIA WELLS
Calling it a potential note of discord in the distinct rural melody
of their up-Island village, voters in West Tisbury this week scrapped a
$3.7 million plan to expand and renovate the historic town hall.
With a final vote of 160-89, the project failed to win the needed
two-thirds majority by a wide margin at the annual town meeting on
Tuesday night.
Theatre Season Invites Islanders for Auditions
By C.K. WOLFSON
"What actors, professionals and amateurs have to realize, is
that the people who are watching the audition are rooting for
them," said M.J. Bruder Munafo, artistic director at the Vineyard
Playhouse. "I'll speak for myself - I'm hoping
that they're going to come up and just be fabulous."
Oak Bluffs Backs Large Budget, Approves First Historic District
By CHRIS BURRELL
They defended their dogs, embraced their history and threw their
support behind a $17.6 million annual budget - all without an
ounce of dissension.
For a town accustomed to lengthy and often rancorous annual town
meetings, Oak Bluffs and its voters this week bucked the trend, agreeing
to shoulder their annual spending without questioning a single line item
and plowing through a combined 31 articles in just over three hours.
