Julia Wells
Boat Line Governors Hear Cold Truth About Money Squeeze in Years Ahead
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
NANTUCKET — After seven months of chasing a futuristic service model amid visions of multi-million-dollar high-speed ferries, Steamship Authority governors learned the cold truth yesterday: If replacing the ferry Islander is a top priority, there will be no more money for large capital projects in the next six years.
It began with a suburban-style subdivision plan, polished like a shiny apple: Maximum density, 54 luxury homes, two beach clubs with swimming pools.
It ended last week with a record real estate sale and a subdivision plan of a markedly different color: Six new luxury homes added to five existing homes and a vast sweep of farmland saved forever.
But between the beginning and the end of the Herring Creek Farm story there is another story.
When Steven McCormick was a law student, he asked a professor
to explain the exact meaning of the word perpetuity. The law
professor's reply to the young student was simple and direct. "It
means forever - and a day," the professor said.
Forever and a day is exactly how long the farm fields will now be preserved at the Herring Creek Farm in Edgartown, and on the Vineyard this week Mr.
Ending months of speculation and more than a decade of bitter warring over development plans - both in and out of court - the 215-acre, ecologicall
Katharine Graham, 84, who led The Washington Post Co. to
prominence in the world of journalism and business and became
one of the most influential and admired women of her generation,
died Tuesday at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise,
Idaho.
Her death resulted from head injuries suffered when she fell on a concrete sidewalk last Saturday in Sun Valley, where she was attending an annual conference of top-level media executives.
During three decades at the helm of The Post, Mrs.
One state senator, one state representative, one Steamship Authority governor and a band of Nantucket residents and town officials spoke out yesterday in favor of a voting seat for the town of Barnstable on the boat line board but not for New Bedford.
"My job is to make sure Barnstable gets a vote. But New Bedford has to be proven to be viable before it can get a vote. Now, they should not be on the board at all," said Barnstable Rep.