A well-known electrician is now the subject of a widening police
investigation into whether he broke the law when he allegedly secretly
videotaped a female tenant while she was in the bathroom.
Richard Lehman admitted to Tisbury police on June 27 that he had
installed a camera in the woman's bathroom so he could watch her
taking a shower, police said. The woman rents a home from Mr. Lehman on
Franklin street in Vineyard Haven.
Signaling its own interest in a case which has attracted attention
around the country, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC)
agreed this week to hear the Aquinnah court appeal over sovereign
immunity.
The Aquinnah planning board will seek criminal charges against two
seasonal residents and a local landscape company who topped a large
swath of trees off Lobsterville Road without permission this summer.
Boat Line Terminal Plans in New Delay; Questions Include Scope,
Funding
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
The Steamship Authority Oak Bluffs terminal reconstruction project
is now in a state of growing disarray, as town leaders struggle to
understand the status of the project and boat line managers continue to
draw lines in the sand - and withdraw their environmental
applications.
The SSA yesterday pulled back its application from the Oak Bluffs
conservation commission for the reconstruction project.
Leaders at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital confirmed yesterday
that the administrator for the Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation
Center will resign his post.
Philip Hickey, currently away on vacation, will remain in place as
administrator at the Island's only nursing home until early next
week.
Mr. Hickey took the helm at Windemere 18 months ago. He has a long
background in nursing home administration.
Aquinnah Leaders Discussing What Next After Override Fails
By JULIA WELLS
Money is tight these days in the town of Aquinnah - extremely
tight - but town officials say they plan to soldier on with a
drastically reduced operating budget for the current fiscal year.
For the second time in four weeks, town voters rejected a
Proposition 2 1/2 override request last week.
The plan has changed and the $50 million price tag is heading south how far south, it's too early to say.
But leaders at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital confirmed this week that they have taken a fresh tack in their quest to replace the decrepit Island hospital with a new building.
"We said it's time to take a deep breath and rethink a few things," said Tim Sweet, who is vice president of the hospital board of trustees.
It was the logical next step in a business matter that began last
February.
This is the viewpoint on Nantucket, where residents and elected
officials are apparently mystified at last week's flap over the
news that draft legislation is now circulating to study breaking up the
public boat line which has been the lifeline to the two Islands since
1960.
It's not so much about the land anymore, it's about the
people - especially the neighbors.
This is the central theme that runs through a new management plan
released this week for two key properties owned by The Trustees of
Reservations on Chappaquiddick.
Little changed from a draft that was released last spring, the new
plan sketches the outlines for a future Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge and
Wasque Reservation that could include:
The diver goes over the side and disappears into the shallow
saltwater pond with a small splash. Several minutes later he breaks the
surface, cradling his prize: a clear plastic cylinder that contains a
large plug of gravelly sand topped with pond water. A wisp of green
algae waves gently in the watery top layer like a slender flag.
