Hospital Leaders Aim for No-Debt Financing

By JULIA WELLS

All fund raising, no debt. This was the message from leaders at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital this week when they hosted a forum to update the public on plans to build a new hospital.

What Will Boat Line Chief Be Called? Chairman Says SSA Board Must Decide

By ALEXIS TONTI

As the dust settles at the Steamship Authority following chief executive officer Fred C. Raskin's resignation, the next step for boat line governors will be one of semantics.

"First we've got to make a decision as to whether we advertise for a CEO or an executive director or a general manager. One of those categories we've got to decide on," Barnstable governor and board chairman Robert O'Brien said yesterday.

Aquinnah Camp Gets a Chance with an Anonymous Contribution

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

It's a camp that has no formal name but in the last two weeks some possibilities surfaced. Camp Yes? Camp No? Camp Maybe?

"Camp Hope-So," declared Aquinnah selectman Jim Newman yesterday.

The Aquinnah town summer camp, a creative program that serves some 40 children, was eliminated by voters last week during a severe budget-cutting exercise on the town meeting floor.

Tips Fail to Lead Police to Baby's Mother

By MANDY LOCKE

One week after a baby was abandoned on the steps of St. Augustine's Church in Vineyard Haven, police have still not found the infant's mother.

"We're not much further along than we were last week, but we're still aggressively working on it," said State Police Sgt. Jeff Stone, a detective assigned to the Cape and Islands district attorney's office.

Summer Camp Cut as Voters Balance Aquinnah Budget

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Faced with the bleak prospect of shutting down the town when the fiscal year runs out six days from now, voters in Aquinnah balanced their annual budget last night by cutting salaries and expense accounts to the bone and eliminating a popular summer camp for children.

Doctors Say Abandoned Baby Will Recover; Police Probe on

By MANDY LOCKE

A newborn baby boy, abandoned on the stoop of St. Augustine's Church early Tuesday morning, turned the corner yesterday, and doctors are now hopeful the infant will fully recover from his traumatic first hours of life.