Before Commission, New Dose of Threats

Developer for Southern Woodlands Claims More Lawsuits Are Coming, Lashes Out at Alleged Conflicts

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

An incomplete plan to build 320 homes in the southern woodlands section of Oak Bluffs was submitted to the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week amid a fresh stream of invective from the former developer of the Down Island Golf Club - who is now threatening to sue the commission on a variety of new fronts.

As Culinary Probe Proceeds, School Leaders Are Divided

By CHRIS BURRELL

More than a month after regional high school teacher Peter J. Koines was arrested by Oak Bluffs police and charged with stealing $11,000 worth of school-owned equipment and funds, Island school officials are now seriously divided over how they should be responding.

It is not easy raising funds for a summer signature event. Tonight's fireworks will be the biggest display Ocean Park spectators have ever seen. That is the way it is every year.

Bigger and better than ever is the game plan, according to David Kelsen of CR Pyro, the Middleton company that is responsible for the show. He makes a living doing aerial explosions.

Maybe it's the sound: giggling, try-and-catch-me children, laughing adults, backyard party chatter.

County Drops Top Job Offer

In Divided Vote, Commissioners Withdraw Offer of Manager's Position to Laurie Perry; Search Begins Anew

By ALEXIS TONTI

Almost four months after the Dukes County commissioners selected Laurie Perry, former administrator for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), as county manager, they voted 4-3 Wednesday night to rescind the offer.

Deck Collapse Injures Ten in Chilmark; Island Rescue Units in Quick Response

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

A festive summer cocktail party in Chilmark ended abruptly in chaos, fright and injuries last night when a second story deck collapsed on a home overlooking Clam Cove in Nashaquitsa Pond.