Julia Wells
Don't Start Cutting, Developers Warned
Kupersmith's Attorney, Vowing Defiance of Cease and Desist Order, Is Told Criminal Charges Could Come
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
Attorneys for the Down Island Golf Club have clashed head-on with top state environmental officials, declaring bluntly that the developers will not comply with the recent cease and desist order in the southern woodlands.
Land Bank's Chappaquiddick ‘Prize' Will Bring Island Trail to Pond's Edge
By JULIA WELLS
The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank announced this week that it will buy the Wasey property on Chappaquiddick, a grassy, windblown four-acre crest that embraces the unspoiled inner shore of Cape Pogue Pond.
For Steamship Governor, Heated Questions About Direction, Accountability
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
Amid fresh eddies of controversy swirling around the Steamship Authority, Vineyard boat line governor Kathryn A. Roessel came under heavy fire this week from an array of county officials - including members of the Dukes County Commission, her appointing authority - who demanded better communication and more accountability.
Chilmark and Commission Will File Briefs in Sovereignty Case
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
The town of Chilmark and the Martha's Vineyard Commission will add their voices to the Aquinnah court appeal over sovereign immunity, which is now expected to come before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court this year.
Finances Improve at Windemere, Hospital
By JULIA WELLS
The Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center ended the year in the red once again, but senior managers said this week that the $200,000 operating deficit is a big improvement over last year and a step in a better direction for the Island's only nursing home.
Martha's Vineyard Hospital chief executive officer Tim Walsh said yesterday that some hard-won rate relief from Medicaid played a big role in cutting the numbers at Windemere this year.
Top state environmental officials stepped squarely into the fray around the Down Island Golf Club this week, ordering developers Brian Lafferty and Corey Kupersmith to immediately halt all tree cutting in the southern woodlands section of Oak Bluffs.