In a record-setting sale for the Vineyard, the waterfront Waggaman property on Tower Hill in Edgartown has sold for a total of $22.5 million.

Name Change in Store for Landmark Nightclub

By IAN FEIN

The Hot Tin Roof nightclub will reopen under another name this spring, after the sale of the 1979 landmark Vineyard nightclub is finalized.

Commission Establishes Airport Manager Salary, Discounts Prior Compact

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Disregarding a prior agreement on airport governance, the Martha's Vineyard Airport commission last night agreed to pay its new airport manager outside the Dukes County employee pay scale.

Fewer passengers rode the Steamship Authority ferries last year, continuing a trend under way since the turn of the millennium.

E. Gale Huntington, the late Vineyard fisherman, farmer, school teacher and historian, is regarded as an icon in many circles, especially among folk musicians and those who are interested in maritime lore.

Hospital Wins Critical Approval from State in Push to Expand at Oak Bluffs Campus

By JAMES KINSELLA

Martha's Vineyard Hospital has won a crucial approval from the state for a planned $42 million expansion and renovation at its Linton Lane campus in Oak Bluffs.

The state Public Health Council unanimously voted last month to approve a determination of need application submitted in July 2004 by the hospital. Construction is slated to begin later this year.