Dukes County Manager Quits
Carol Borer Suddenly Leaves Post After Retirement Pay Package Dispute and Commitment to Serve in Transition
By JONATHAN BURKE
Staff arriving at work yesterday at the airport county administration office yesterday got a surprise - the office of Dukes County manager Carol Borer was empty and she was gone.
Mrs. Borer had announced plans to retire at year's end two months ago, but at that time she agreed to stay on as temporary manager and to assist in the transition to a successor.
Greetings from the Tisbury planning board this year will come in the form of a survey that will be used to gather information for the development o
After first voting unanimously to leave the door open for the possibility of a jail on airport land, the airport commissioners this week approved the master plan.
A few of the dozen people in attendance at Wednesday night's meeting had wanted more. They argued that the airport commission owed the public more than three weeks time to review a document three years in the making.
Post Office Studies Move for Expansion in Vineyard Haven
By JONATHAN BURKE
The Vineyard Haven post office is contemplating renovations to its Five Corners location and would like to relocate temporarily to the Tisbury park-and-ride lot.
Architect James Carlson told town selectmen on Dec. 10 that the Island's primary postal facility plans to increase its size by rearranging its own space and that of its tenants. Cumberland Farms and Muriel W. Laverty Real Estate currently rent space from the postal service.
Vineyard Officials Ask Wider Public Role in Deliberations on Airport Master Plan
By JONATHAN BURKE
Island officials, from the town of Aquinnah to the Dukes County Commission to the Martha's Vineyard Commission, have requested a broader public process in connection with the airport commission's consideration of its 20-year master plan.
Tisbury Severs Firm in Wastewater Plan
Selectmen Drop Earth Tech Engineers in Sharp Dispute Over Money Issues; Rhode Island Company Gets Nod
By JONATHAN BURKE
Tisbury selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday night to terminate the town's relationship with its wastewater engineers and to jump to another firm on the eve of the town's largest municipal project in decades.
Confronted with a fee hike request from Earth Tech, the selectmen decided to move forward with the engineering firm of BETA Group Inc., based in Lincoln, R.I.