Katharine Graham, 84, who led The Washington Post Co. to
prominence in the world of journalism and business and became
one of the most influential and admired women of her generation,
died Tuesday at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise,
Idaho.
Her death resulted from head injuries suffered when she fell
on a concrete sidewalk last Saturday in Sun Valley, where she
was attending an annual conference of top-level media
executives.
During three decades at the helm of The Post, Mrs.
Seabulk Proposal for Private Freight Service to Vineyard and
Nantucket Meets with Forceful Opposition
By JULIA WELLS
Vineyard residents spoke out last night against a proposal by a
private hauler to run year-round ferry service between New Bedford and
the Islands, calling the plan ill-conceived and one more burden on the
port of Vineyard Haven.
Charles W. Clifford Will Leave Commission Post After 15 Years of
Service
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
Martha's Vineyard Commission executive director Charles W.
Clifford announced late last night that he will resign at the end of the
year from the unique regional planning agency where he has held the top
post for a total of 15 years, including the last 11 straight years.
Steamship Authority leaders clashed openly yesterday over
whether to develop multi-million-dollar high-speed ferry service
from the port of New Bedford to the Vineyard and how the
public boat line is going to pay for it.
"This high-speed opportunity from New Bedford has the
potential to be the most profitable run in the whole Steamship
Authority.
The governor's ferry task force had a three-and-a-half hour
lesson in local politics, economics, transit systems, self-governance
and the cost of butter last night when some 300 Vineyard residents
turned out for the final public hearing of the now-celebrated
fact-finding committee.
"Most of our year-round constituents are middle-class working
families, and the Steamship Authority is their lifeline to the
mainland," declared West Tisbury selectman Cynthia Mitchell.
Golf Club Hearing Draws Large Crowd For an Evening of Passionate
Discussion
By JULIA WELLS
Quoting Thomas Jefferson and Joni Mitchell, conservationists squared
off against golf enthusiasts last night as a public hearing wore on over
a proposal to build a luxury private golf club in the last unbroken
stretch of woodlands in the town of Oak Bluffs.
Boat Line Forum Pushes Plan to Boost Passenger Traffic with Fast
Ferries
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
A plan to pump up passenger traffic to the Vineyard and pay millions
of dollars to develop the port of New Bedford in the years ahead was
pitched to the people of the Island this week as a way to increase
operating revenues for the public boat line, reduce car traffic in the
port towns of Falmouth and Hyannis and open up more space on ferries for
Island residents.
Signaling an abrupt shift in direction on the
ambitious new service model, Steamship Authority general manager Armand
Tiberio said yesterday that the boat line will ax two key elements of
the model, including the controversial scheme to replace all three
ferries on the Nantucket run with one multipurpose high-speed ferry.
The leading spokesman for the Herring Creek Farm Trust told the Edgartown planning board this week that the sale of the farm to a private buyer now hinges on the board's approval of a luxury home subdivision plan for the farm.
After months of uneven discussion about whether to open up
high-speed ferry service between New Bedford and the Vineyard, the
Steamship Authority is now set for a crucial vote on a pilot project
that will cost the boat line millions of dollars over the next three
years, if it is approved.
