Windemere Chief Is Being Replaced

By JULIA WELLS

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.

Avoid This List! A Good Reason for Balancing the Checkbook

By JESSIE ROYCE HILL

The daughter of a well known Island family had already bounced two checks to Shirley's Hardware when its owner, Jesse Steere, spotted her shopping among the nuts and bolts with her father one day.

Mr. Steere decided to confront her about the $96.89 she owed.

"She told me she'd been living in New York and hadn't gotten a chance to pay it," Mr. Steere recalled. "But even people who live in New York have to pay their bills."

When the Chilmark Store opens in April, it will be familiar through and through but with new faces behind the counter.

Everyone is talking about it. The big freeze is here and its impact is significant.

Marijuana at School Stirs Debate: How Big a Deal?

By CHRIS BURRELL

No big deal? That may be a widely held view about marijuana on this Island, but a discussion this week about marijuana use by students of the Martha's Vineyard High School turned into a big deal indeed.

Just three days after an article appeared in the Gazette about the presence and use of pot on the high school campus, school leaders reacted sharply, not just to the message but also to the messenger, high school principal Peg Regan.

Tisbury's John G. Rogers Is Dead at 76; Was Best Friend to Vineyard's Animals

By PHYLLIS MERAS

John G. Rogers of Vineyard Haven, audio engineer, former Tisbury animal control officer and longtime Steamship Authority employee, died unexpectedly on Sunday at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital. He was 76.