MVC Quizzes Hospital Again

Commission Questions Decision to Locate $42 Million Building at Current Eastville Location; Study Committee Appointed

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Martha's Vineyard Hospital officials said last week that no Island site other than the current one makes sense for the construction of a new hospital.

Last week's arrival of a Saudi prince as an inmate at the Edgartown House of Correction is part of a continuing practice in which the Vineyard facility has housed prisoners from off-Island.

More than a decade ago Ida (Buzzy) Gardner wrote a story about a woman who brought small toys to young children on Martha's Vineyard. The Santa Claus Lady was her name, and as the story goes she "brought Christmas in tiny packages wrapped in odd pieces of paper tightly tied with bits of ribbon."

Smells Like French Fries, Runs the Car; Earth-Friendly Biodiesel Catches On

By BRIEN HEFLER

You've been following the car in front of you for miles. No matter where you both go, you cannot escape a vague but persistent smell of French fries. But nobody in the car ahead is eating anything. Hunger begins to set in.

Blame Ralph Packer.

After a two-hour debate that weighed the future of Menemsha against the town's other priorities, Chilmark voters this week passed on an opportunity