Edgartown Requests $22.7 Million Budget

By JAMES KINSELLA

Town officials will ask Edgartown voters next month to approve a $22.7 million operating budget for the coming fiscal year.

The proposed budget represents an increase of $885,025, or 4.1 per cent, over the current budget.

Voters also will be asked to allow the town to borrow up to $1,965,000 to help fund a new public water well near Pennywise Path and a new fire truck. The proposed borrowing would include $1.5 million for the well and $465,000 for the truck.

County Names Four to Board

Airport Commission Appointments Are Made After Several Months of Turnover and Uncertainty; Legal Questions Remain

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

In an anticlimactic meeting, the Dukes County commissioners Wednesday appointed four new members to the Martha's Vineyard Airport commission, the entity that the commissioners have battled for years.

Town Challenges Legality of High-Priced Contracts

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Tisbury town officials are challenging the legality of multi-year contracts negotiated with the two people who supervise the Tisbury Water Works and Oak Bluffs Water District systems.

The officials also have expressed concern about the $100,000 salaries and additional employment benefits for water superintendent Deacon Perrotta and water systems administrator Lois Norton.

Town Challenges Legality of High-Priced Contracts

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Tisbury town officials are challenging the legality of multi-year contracts negotiated with the two people who supervise the Tisbury Water Works and Oak Bluffs Water District systems.

The officials also have expressed concern about the $100,000 salaries and additional employment benefits for water superintendent Deacon Perrotta and water systems administrator Lois Norton.

Town Challenges Legality of High-Priced Contracts

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Tisbury town officials are challenging the legality of multi-year contracts negotiated with the two people who supervise the Tisbury Water Works and Oak Bluffs Water District systems.

The officials also have expressed concern about the $100,000 salaries and additional employment benefits for water superintendent Deacon Perrotta and water systems administrator Lois Norton.

An increase in the number of primary care physicians employed at the Martha's Vineyard Community Hospital is improving its financial performance, according to the chief executive officer.