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Steamship Authority Weathers Changes Through Long Year

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Steamship Authority Weathers Changes Through Long Year

By JAMES KINSELLA

As 2004 got under way at the Steamship Authority, there was some question about whether there would be a Steamship Authority in the future.

In mid-January Nantucket governor Grace Grossman confirmed that she had been exploring since the previous summer whether that island should secede from the boat line, an entity created by the state in 1960 to ensure reliable, affordable ferry travel between Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the mainland.

 

 

 

Operating Losses Persists at Steamship Authority, Possible Fare Hikes Loom

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Operating Losses Persist at Steamship Authority; Possible Fare Hikes Loom

By James Kinsella
Gazette Senior Writer

Continuing operating losses at the Steamship Authority have raised the specter of possible fare increases later this year, boat line governors learned yesterday.

At the monthly boat line meeting, held in the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven, SSA treasurer Robert Davis said the boat line had lost $9.5 million through the month of May, $1.25 million worse than expected.

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Middle Line Project Moves Into Next Phase

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Middle Line Project Moves Into Next Phase

By JAMES KINSELLA

After settling key questions about the Middle Line Road project at a special town meeting Monday, the town of Chilmark now must sort through a number of financial and regulatory questions as it turns the $3.5 million affordable housing development from an ideal into a reality.

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Shellfish Markets Report Slow Sales

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Shellfish Markets Report Slow Sales

By James Kinsella
Gazette Senior Writer

The sale of local shellfish has sometimes slowed but hasn't stopped on Martha's Vineyard, which has become an Island of harvestable shellfish in a sea of toxic red tide.

Louis Larsen, owner of the Net Result in Vineyard Haven, which wholesales much of the Vineyard shellfish to local restaurants, estimates that overall Island demand for shellfish is off 50-60 per cent from normal mid-June levels.

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Boards Forge Peace Accord

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Boards Forge Peace Accord

County and Airport Commissions Find Compromise in the Tussle Over Airport Manager Salary; Lawsuit Remains Pending

By James Kinsella
Gazette Senior Writer

Caught in a costly legal battle over who controls the Martha's Vineyard Airport, the airport commission and the Dukes County commission have agreed on a compromise to help avoid such disputes in the future.

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Hospital ends Year in Solid Black Ink

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Hospital Ends Year in Solid Black Ink

Total Revenues Are Up for Fiscal 2005; Expenses Rise, Including Fund-Raising as New Building Campaign Begins

By James Kinsella
Gazette Senior Writer

Revenue and net income increased at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital during its recently completed fiscal year.

The hospital reported total revenue of $37,932,089 for the 12 months ended March 31, up $3.05 million or 8.7 percent from the prior year. The bulk of the increase came through charges to patients.

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