Chief Says Landlord Probe Just Beginning

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

A well-known electrician is now the subject of a widening police investigation into whether he broke the law when he allegedly secretly videotaped a female tenant while she was in the bathroom.

Richard Lehman admitted to Tisbury police on June 27 that he had installed a camera in the woman's bathroom so he could watch her taking a shower, police said. The woman rents a home from Mr. Lehman on Franklin street in Vineyard Haven.

Nantucket Asks: What's the Big Deal?

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

It was the logical next step in a business matter that began last February.

This is the viewpoint on Nantucket, where residents and elected officials are apparently mystified at last week's flap over the news that draft legislation is now circulating to study breaking up the public boat line which has been the lifeline to the two Islands since 1960.

As Aquinnah Struggles, Pact with Tribe Recalled

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

The agreement grew out of formal mediation and was signed in 1994 during one of the most heated debates in the history of the town, but today it is a forgotten document, the details fuzzy and faded, even in the memories of the people who signed it.

Draft Legislation on Boat Line Break-Up Prompts Furor and Charges of Bad Faith

By JULIA WELLS and ALEXIS TONTI

An underground group that wants Nantucket to break away from the Steamship Authority is now circulating draft legislation on Beacon Hill to establish a commission to study splitting the public boat line in two.

The group is led by Nantucket SSA governor Grace Grossman, a well-entrenched Democrat with powerful connections in the state house.

Hospital Leaders Aim for No-Debt Financing

By JULIA WELLS

All fund raising, no debt. This was the message from leaders at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital this week when they hosted a forum to update the public on plans to build a new hospital.

Aquinnah Camp Gets a Chance with an Anonymous Contribution

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

It's a camp that has no formal name but in the last two weeks some possibilities surfaced. Camp Yes? Camp No? Camp Maybe?

"Camp Hope-So," declared Aquinnah selectman Jim Newman yesterday.

The Aquinnah town summer camp, a creative program that serves some 40 children, was eliminated by voters last week during a severe budget-cutting exercise on the town meeting floor.