Wastewater Board Explains Mercury Mishap

By JAMES KINSELLA

The Oak Bluffs wastewater commission declared this week that the mercury exposure incident at the town treatment plant is no cause for public alarm and is being handled responsibly by plant superintendent Joseph Alosso.

"We are on top of this thing," said commission chairman John Leite 3rd. "Our manager has been on top of it. We don't micromanage. We give him latitude to run the plan. He has called us every step of the way. We are going to solve this problem, if it exists."

Road Crews Tackle Epic Storm Cleanup

Highway Departments in All Six Towns Labor Tirelessly Around the Clock to Remove Mountains of Snow

By JAMES KINSELLA

Vineyard road crews worked through the teeth of last weekend's storm, battling white-out conditions and drifting snow to keep the public ways clear.

When the snow slowed, workers in down-Island towns began hauling away tons of the white stuff, building small mountains in designated dumping areas.

Wastewater Treatment Workers Suffer from Mercury Exposure

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Two employees at the Oaks Bluffs wastewater treatment plant are now receiving medical treatment for exposure to mercury after they handled a chemical at the plant that contained the toxic substance.

The exposure was first reported in late December, but town officials confirmed yesterday that it may in fact reach back for as long as two years.

Oak Bluffs voters this week narrowly defeated a proposal to include the North Bluff section of town in the Cottage City Historic District.

As Martha's Vineyard approached and then passed the millennium, the Island could rely on one wintertime certainty: Lola's, the restaurant at the be

Two historic Vineyard inns - Lambert's Cove Inn in West Tisbury and the Tuscany Inn at the Captain Fisher House in Edgartown - were sold during the last week in heavily leveraged deals.