Treatment Required

Who’s minding the store at the Edgartown wastewater treatment plant? The question has now been taken up by the Cape and Islands district attorney, who is investigating allegations of fraud in connection with shoddy accounting practices flagged by town auditors. Under investigation is the way the sewer plant has documented septic pump-outs hauled by independent contractors; discrepancies were found between receipts at the plant and self-reporting done by the haulers on a handwritten ledger.

April Days

Rain, rain go away — the familiar children’s rhyme runs through the mind this month. April showers? More like deluge with nearly five inches of rain dumped on the Island by Wednesday this week in a record storm that washed out roads and sent highway and emergency workers scrambling. Suddenly winter coats have been replaced by slickers and tall rubber boots, the better for fording puddles the size of small lakes on downtown streets and in driveways.

For thousands of homebound and chronically ill older Massachusetts citizens, getting the home care they need just became more challenging in ways that will have cost implications for the entire delivery system and care implications for patients.

TOWN MEETING TIME

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I am of the firm belief that by virtue of the fact that you know about the existence of a situation you become responsible for its continuation.