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Political Snarl Over Police Pay Leaves Tisbury in Traffic Jams
By MAX HART
It is a few minutes before 11:30 on a recent morning in Vineyard Haven, and Five Corners is a dead zone.
Cars cruise past the post office on Beach Road heading toward Oak Bluffs. Trucks coming out of Lagoon Pond Road pull into an empty intersection, along with a lone bicyclist coming out of Beach street extension. A few tourists sit on benches outside the Black Dog Bakery reading newspapers.
Political Snarl Over Police Pay Leaves Tisbury in Traffic Jams
By MAX HART
It is a few minutes before 11:30 on a recent morning in Vineyard Haven, and Five Corners is a dead zone.
Cars cruise past the post office on Beach Road heading toward Oak Bluffs. Trucks coming out of Lagoon Pond Road pull into an empty intersection, along with a lone bicyclist coming out of Beach street extension. A few tourists sit on benches outside the Black Dog Bakery reading newspapers.
Fund-Raising Goals Seek Many Millions
Capital Projects Planned for Vineyard from Hospital to Town Libraries Expected to Cost $71 Million
By James Kinsella
Gazette Senior Writer
Few would dispute their worth: the updating of the Martha\'s Vineyard Hospital, the architectural restoration of a historic Island landmark, the expansion of services for residents seeking to recover from drug addiction.
But they all cost money - often more money than first expected, as construction costs race upward.
Property Inventory Rises; Brokers See Slowdown
By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer
More properties are coming onto the Vineyard real estate market, dampening what had been an explosive increase in sales prices.
"Prices have continued to move up, but not as quickly as sellers would like," said Jim Hogan of Tea Lane Associates in West Tisbury, who has appraised and sold real estate on the Island for the past 12 years.
Her schedule is never-ending.
Draft legislation for the proposed Martha's Vineyard Housing Bank will circulate around the Island this month as organizers seek public comment bef