Skipper Manter Fits Many Roles in West Tisbury

By IAN FEIN

Second in a series of profiles leading up to the West Tisbury town election.

Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter spent most of his childhood watching his family serve the town of West Tisbury.

His grandfather was a selectman for 45 years, his father and grandfather both wore the badge as chief of police, and his mother served as the town accountant for 35 years.

Town Challenges Legality of High-Priced Contracts

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Tisbury town officials are challenging the legality of multi-year contracts negotiated with the two people who supervise the Tisbury Water Works and Oak Bluffs Water District systems.

The officials also have expressed concern about the $100,000 salaries and additional employment benefits for water superintendent Deacon Perrotta and water systems administrator Lois Norton.

Town Challenges Legality of High-Priced Contracts

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Tisbury town officials are challenging the legality of multi-year contracts negotiated with the two people who supervise the Tisbury Water Works and Oak Bluffs Water District systems.

The officials also have expressed concern about the $100,000 salaries and additional employment benefits for water superintendent Deacon Perrotta and water systems administrator Lois Norton.

Town Challenges Legality of High-Priced Contracts

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Tisbury town officials are challenging the legality of multi-year contracts negotiated with the two people who supervise the Tisbury Water Works and Oak Bluffs Water District systems.

The officials also have expressed concern about the $100,000 salaries and additional employment benefits for water superintendent Deacon Perrotta and water systems administrator Lois Norton.

Selectmen Will Call Special Election

By IAN FEIN

At a meeting marked by confusion and procedural missteps, West Tisbury selectmen this week heeded the advice of their town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport and agreed to call a special town election in May to fill the vacant seat on the board of assessors.

But they turned a deaf ear on further advice from Mr. Rappaport and decided to appoint Cynthia Mitchell, a former selectman and town treasurer, to replace Raymond Houle on the board for the next two months.

Bill Takes Aim at Wind Farm

Retreating Behind Closed Doors, Lawmakers Debate Amendment Tacked Onto Coast Guard Bill That Would Ban Turbines

By IAN FEIN

The fate of the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm hung in the balance in Washington, D.C. this week, where a small group of congressmen met behind closed doors to consider an amendment to a U.S. Coast Guard bill that would effectively kill the controversial project.