Julia Wells
Charging Bigotry, Applicant Attacks Commissioner Role
By JULIA WELLS
In a tense exchange that left members of the Martha's Vineyard Commission stunned, the developer of the Down Island Golf Club took off the gloves last night, repeatedly calling a senior member of the commission a bigot.
The Martha's Vineyard Commission announced yesterday that it will join the town of Aquinnah and ask a superior court judge to reconsider his recent ruling in favor of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
Two months ago the Hon. Richard F. Connon found that the tribe cannot be sued because of sovereign immunity.
Unspoiled beaches. A quiet, rural island community. Canoes and kayaks for rent. Cool caps and T-shirts for sale. Hundreds of cars.
Chappaquiddick's Space Fund, Land Bank Buy Island Trail Link
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
With the national economy stuck in neutral and nonprofit groups scrambling to compete for a shrinking pool of donor dollars, a quiet movement on the tiny island of Chappaquiddick is gaining momentum among landowners to buy open space in their own backyards.
Golf Club Case Gets a Hearing
A Motion for Court to Reconsider Earlier Ruling Takes Lawyers to Boston; How Powerful Is Island Commission?
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
BOSTON - An attorney who represents the Down Island Golf Club developers tried to convince a Massachusetts Land Court judge this week that the court's chief justice was wrong when he ruled last year that the Martha's Vineyard Commission has full power of review over affordable housing developments - including the power to reject them.
State's Doug Foy: Guiding Four State Agencies in New Regime
By JULIA WELLS
He switched teams, changing from private to public, from advocacy to bureaucracy, from an attorney who led the fierce charge for environmental protection to an Uber-secretary with a lofty title and a post in state government to match.
But on Doug Foy, the drape of the new uniform appears to be just right.