MVC Begins Review of Housing Plan

Ecumenical Group Proposes 32 Units on Tisbury Land

By JULIA WELLS

Calling it a new vision for the Vineyard, a novice Island nonprofit last week unveiled a plan to build 32 units of affordable housing in 16 duplex-style buildings on the Norton family land off State Road in Vineyard Haven.

A shed and a pier in the tiny town of Aquinnah were the fulcrum for court arguments this week that will ultimately test the question of whether the

Town and Tribe Collide in Court

Case Set for Wednesday Hearing Has Far-Reaching Implications; Outcome Hinges on Issue of Tribal Sovereignty

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Deficit Staggers Nursing Home

Operating Loss of $500,000 Is Mainly Attributable to Loss of Medicaid Payments from the State

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Leaders at the Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center announced this week that the Island's only nursing home ended its fiscal year with a staggering $500,000 operating loss, more than $300,000 over the projected loss for the year. About half the loss can be traced to retroactive cuts in Medicaid reimbursements.

Land Bank Announces Two Purchases

By JULIA WELLS

Two purchases announced by the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank this week will protect a piece of fallow farmland in the town of Tisbury and a tree-lined ridge with an old brook running through it in the town of Aquinnah.

Dukes County Leaders Face Deepening Crisis, Admit Lack of Oversight

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Admitting that their own house is now in chaos, county leaders scrambled to assay the damage this week amid a flurry of charges and counter-charges following the abrupt departure of county manager Carol Borer last month. Mrs. Borer cleaned out her office on New Year's Eve and left, taking with her a check for some $22,000 in vacation pay and sick time that she had approved for herself.