Wind Farm Review Needs Another Year

Army Corps of Engineers Says Issue Complex; ‘We're Not Trying to Meet Some Artificial Deadline'

By MANDY LOCKE

Determining the fate of a 130-turbine wind farm development proposed for the shallow waters of Nantucket Sound will take the United States Army Corps of Engineers at least another year.

Lagoon Woes Seen Years Ago

1987 Report on Water Quality Found Problems ‘Particularly During the Summer Months'; Recommended Dredging

A comprehensive study documented water quality problems in the Lagoon Pond 16 years ago, but the recommendations from the study - including a dredging program - were never carried out because of a lack of funding.

Culinary Arts Teacher at High School Charged With Stealing Kitchen Supplies

By CHRIS BURRELL

High school culinary arts teacher Peter J. Koines was arraigned yesterday in Edgartown District Court on charges that he stole school-owned kitchen supplies and diverted school funds to buy food for his own commercial kitchen.

Helen Maley, the founder of the Early Childhood Program of Martha's Vineyard Community Services, died peacefully at her West Tisbury home Sunday of Alzheimer's disease, just two months before her 90th birthday.

At the Troubled Shellfish Hatchery, Good Work Depends on Good Water

By JULIA WELLS

This place runs on water.

Filtered salt water fortified with home-grown algae to feed the baby shellfish. Pure pond water pumped straight from the Lagoon to feed the adolescent shellfish. Fresh water pumped straight from a well to keep everything - as Eloise's aunt would say - clean, clean, clean.

New Fundraiser Just for Employee Pay?

It's the Latest Idea from Management in Community Services Dispute; Union Leaders Are Skeptical

By MANDY LOCKE

Management waved an olive branch across the negotiation table at Martha's Vineyard Community Services Friday - offering to add a new fundraiser to the agency's social calendar for the purposes of boosting the earnings of agency staff.

Yesterday, the union informally rejected what they termed as "a bake sale."