Finance Committee Opposes Payment of Town Legal Bills

By IAN FEIN

In a joint meeting with selectmen this week, the West Tisbury finance committee once again withheld their support for the payment of legal bills related to the costly tax case against town assessors.

Town-Tribe Pact Moves Quietly

Memorandum of Understanding Circulating, But Still Unsigned Outlines Inter-Government Land Use Review Process

By IAN FEIN

A draft agreement that proposes an untested joint intergovernmental venture between the town of Aquinnah and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) is now quietly circulating among town and tribal officials.

Oak Bluffs Couple Gives Gift of Education

By MAX HART

Three years ago, Oak Bluffs harbor master Todd Alexander and his wife, Kara Gelinas, were vacationing in Southeast Asia when the couple befriended Roma, a 14-year-old girl selling water and souvenirs with her family outside Angkor Wat, a Buddhist temple in Cambodia.

The simmering heat of a July weekend served as the backdrop on a cold December night this week when the Oak Bluffs selectmen debated the future of the Monster Shark tournament, one of the town's biggest events of the summer.

For John Costa, time is of the essence.

So it is understandable if a grimace washes over his face as he examines the boxes stacked to the ceiling of the tractor trailer that has backed into the loading dock at the United Parcel Service (UPS) distribution center in Vineyard Haven.

The chairman of the West Tisbury board of selectmen reversed position last week and called off settlement talks with town resident William W. Graham about his costly property tax case with assessors.