Office Building Eyed for State Road

By MANDY LOCKE

A 10,000-square-foot office building proposed for a congested stretch of State Road in Tisbury has shaken neighbors still trying to carve out a quiet residential life on this busy thoroughfare.

"We're the orphans from 1972 when the business district crept up the street," said Shirley Kennedy, a lifetime resident of Causeway Road, a residential street just up the hill from Main street.

Officers and Inmate Are to Be Arraigned Today

Two officers employed by the Dukes County House of Correction and an inmate serving a sentence at the Edgartown jail will be arraigned on conspiracy charges today in Dukes County superior court.

The Hon. Richard Chin, an associate justice of the superior court, will preside over the session, which begins at 9 a.m.

Boat Line Terminal Plans in New Delay; Questions Include Scope, Funding

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

The Steamship Authority Oak Bluffs terminal reconstruction project is now in a state of growing disarray, as town leaders struggle to understand the status of the project and boat line managers continue to draw lines in the sand - and withdraw their environmental applications.

The SSA yesterday pulled back its application from the Oak Bluffs conservation commission for the reconstruction project.

Neighbor Says Cease and Desist Ignored at North Bluff Garage

By CHRIS BURRELL

All work on a controversial garage project in the North Bluff section of Oak Bluffs was supposed to grind to a halt last month under a cease and desist order issued by the town building inspector, but at least one neighbor says the saws were running over the weekend inside the three-story building.

State Lists Alleged Violations at Home of Wastewater Chief

By CHRIS BURRELL

An investigation underway by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has found nine alleged violations of state environmental codes on property in Oak Bluffs owned by Joseph N. Alosso, chief operator of two municipal sewage treatment plants on the Island and former board of health chairman in Oak Bluffs.

SSA Pressures Oak Bluffs on Pier Plan; Boat Line's Tone a Sore Point for Town

By ALEXIS TONTI

Amid controversy over a Steamship Authority proposal to renovate the Oak Bluffs pier, boat line managers are now using plans to lease the abandoned town hall for a new terminal as leverage.

In a letter to Oak Bluffs selectman Richard Combra, SSA director of engineering Carl Walker says any permitting delay will undermine the entire project. He puts pressure squarely on the town conservation commission to fast track its review of the SSA proposal.