Finance Committee Assails Legal Bills
Board Reverses Position Before Meeting, Deciding to Recommend Against Payment to Lawyer in Tax Case
By IAN FEIN
West Tisbury town officials this week brought mounting assessors' legal bills under intense scrutiny during a flurry of last-minute meetings before the Nov. 16 special town meeting where voters will be asked to approve more than a quarter-million dollars in legal expenses.
Biga Bakery Is Leavened with Much Friendship
By IAN FEIN
During the most of their nine years together at Biga Bakery, owners Beth Kramer and Douglas Reid, who are married, rarely saw each other.
Ms. Kramer would work through the night - putting in more than 15 hours to bake as many as 1,000 loaves per night - while Mr. Reid would spend 14 hours behind the Biga counter during the day, cooking countless breakfast sandwiches.
West Tisbury Leaders Question Legal Bills
By IAN FEIN
Facing more than a quarter-million-dollar price tag for what has become the costliest legal case in town history, some West Tisbury town officials are now questioning the validity of the legal bills and the town's obligation to pay them.
Biga Bakery Will Be Sold to Fella and Jane Cecilio
By IAN FEIN
After fulfilling Island residents with its signature bread, fresh coffee and famous breakfast sandwiches for almost a decade, Biga Bakery next week will close its doors for good.
Owners Beth Kramer and Douglas Reid are selling the West Tisbury landmark and business to Jane and Fella Cecilio of Vineyard Haven.
Finance Committee Withholds Endorsement of Project Spending
By IAN FEIN
The West Tisbury finance committee shared some sharp words with members of the town hall building committee last week, before voting not to recommend the extra funds needed to keep the $5.5 million renovation project moving forward.
Hearing Closes on Cozy Hearth with Plea to MVC to Untangle
By IAN FEIN
After listening to another round of stiff critiques from the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week, the applicants for an unusual affordable housing subdivision proposed for Watcha Path in Edgartown relented and, in effect agreed to go along with whatever was asked of them, as long as their plan is approved.