Julia Wells
Commissioners Make It Official
No Southern Woodlands Housing; Developer Says, ‘We'll Be Back'; Courts to Sort Out Issues in Four-Year Dispute
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
The latest chapter in the four-year battle between developer Corey Kupersmith and the Martha's Vineyard Commission ended last night when the commission voted without dissent to reject a 320-unit housing plan for 270 acres in the southern woodlands section of Oak Bluffs.
Boatline Governor Proposes a Return to Summer Standby
By JULIA WELLS
NEW BEDFORD - A $68 million operating budget, a $2.4 million capital budget, a $3.3 million rate increase for the people of the Vineyard and Nantucket and the prospect of a new head tax - the talk was all about money yesterday at the monthly meeting of the Steamship Authority governors.
Vineyard boat line governor Kathryn A. Roessel also called for bringing back summer standby lines for cars.
By Unanimous Vote, Rejection
A Key Subcommittee Turns Down Southern Woodlands Plan, Citing Detriments That Outweigh Benefits
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
Capping months of scrappy combat with the former developers of the Down Island Golf Club, a key subcommittee of the Martha's Vineyard Commission voted without dissent this week to recommend that a massive housing project in the southern woodlands be denied.
As Vineyard nonprofits large and small confront the realities of competing for a shrinking pool of donor dollars, The Foundation for Island Health (FIH) announced this week that it will eliminate the bulk of its paid staff and convert to an organization that is run almost entirely by volunteers.
Waiting List for English Classes Is Long; Indicator of Intent to Stay
By CHRIS BURRELL
They are, said Jeanne Burke, the people who sustain the Island, the ones who ring up the groceries, paint the houses and tend the gardens.
They are also the ones knocking on Ms. Burke's door in staggering numbers, looking for a place in one of the six English classes taught through the Martha's Vineyard Adult Learning Partnership, where Ms. Burke is the director.
Waiting List for English Classes Is Long; Indicator of Intent to Stay
By CHRIS BURRELL
They are, said Jeanne Burke, the people who sustain the Island, the ones who ring up the groceries, paint the houses and tend the gardens.
They are also the ones knocking on Ms. Burke's door in staggering numbers, looking for a place in one of the six English classes taught through the Martha's Vineyard Adult Learning Partnership, where Ms. Burke is the director.