The Dukes County advisory board this week approved a $4.4 million county budget for fiscal year 2006 with one caveat - the $25,000 earmarked for legal expenses cannot be used to fund future rounds in the ongoing legal battle between the county commission and the airport commission.
Edgartown Fishermen Sound Off Over Changes to Dinghy Docks
By RACHEL KOVAC
A proposal by the new owners of the Navigator Restaurant in Edgartown to relocate the dinghy docks outside the restaurant has commercial and charter fishermen up in arms.
Slated to go into effect in May of 2006, the plan saw quick approval with little or no public discussion this week. It surfaced for the first time at the weekly selectmen's meeting Monday and was approved by the park and recreation department yesterday morning.
Her schedule is never-ending.
Maasai Visitor: Regina Nakola Speaks History to Save Tribe
By MAX HART
Tucked in along one edge of the Chilmark Flea Market, between a stone wall and a sea of fabrics, fine art and assorted kitsch, Naisiae Regina Nakola\'s jewelry stand is hard to miss.
And not just because it is the first tent you pass when you drive in, or even because of the tables full of elaborate and colorful necklaces.
Debate over the Supreme Court justice nominee John G. Roberts raged in Chilmark. Dinner guests sat in awe as Patricia Neal recited her Hollywood Walk of Fame address on Edgartown harbor. And couples danced the night away to the cabaret music of Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano in Lambert's Cove.
Camp Jabberwocky Director Steps Down
Gillian Lamb Butchman Has Resigned to Pursue Ever-Widening Mission of Building Similar Camps
By RACHEL KOVAC
After 35 years, Gillian Lamb Butchman quietly stepped down from her role as director at Camp Jabberwocky on Saturday. The daughter of Jabberwocky founder Helen (Hellcat) Lamb, Mrs. Butchman's resignation leaves the venerable cerebral palsy camp with no Lamb in an active director role for the first time in its 52-year history.
