Visiting Nurse Services Explore Merger Into a Single Agency

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

The Vineyard's two major visiting nurse services are in talks about a potential merger, the Gazette has learned.

Representatives from the Visiting Nurse Service, which is part of Martha's Vineyard Community Services, and the Vineyard Nursing Association Inc. are contemplating whether to combine the entities.

Bids Opened for Town Hall Project; Cost of Renovation Over $5.5 Million

By IAN FEIN

The price tag for the West Tisbury town hall renovation project shot up to $5.5 million yesterday, after selectmen opened construction bids that were, as expected, well over the original estimate.

Voters will now be asked at a Nov. 16 special town meeting to open their wallets and approve another $1.8 million for the beleaguered renovation. A special town election will be held the following day with a corresponding Proposition 2 1/2 override ballot question.

Bids Opened for Town Hall Project; Cost of Renovation Over $5.5 Million

By IAN FEIN

The price tag for the West Tisbury town hall renovation project shot up to $5.5 million yesterday, after selectmen opened construction bids that were, as expected, well over the original estimate.

Voters will now be asked at a Nov. 16 special town meeting to open their wallets and approve another $1.8 million for the beleaguered renovation. A special town election will be held the following day with a corresponding Proposition 2 1/2 override ballot question.

The construction of a road connecting State and Edgartown-Vineyard Haven roads and a garage to temporarily house the town's new ladder truck top an atypically weighty list of requests facing voters at the Tisbury special town meeting Tuesday night.

The night is dark. And it is Halloween.

Town Selectmen See Legal Bills

Assessors in West Tisbury Unveil Bills from Graham Tax Case with $275,000 Price Tag; November Meeting Set

By IAN FEIN

West Tisbury selectmen this week saw their first glimpse of the legal bills related to the tax case against town assessors. The total estimated price tag tops $275,000.