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County Tries to Balance $4.4 Million Budget
By ALEXIS TONTI
Eliminating the water testing laboratory and turning down a $42,500 funding request by the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority - these are some of the measures under consideration by the Dukes County commissioners as they try to balance the $4.4 million total operating budget for next year.
The county commissioners must consider the changes after an initial draft budget came in with a shortfall of nearly $120,000.
That's the cost of doing business for landscaper James Hayes now that gas prices have soared beyond $2.50 a gallon. Every five days, he swallows the steep price to keep his GMC 4X4 truck on the road. He charges it and reminds himself that as a small businessman, he can write it off at the end of the year.
Eight months after town health officials first detected a contaminated plume running beneath Edgartown Meadows subdivision, they are turning their
Prisoner's Story: Long Captivity Framed His War
By MANDY LOCKE
Six months after Lieut. Curtis Jones watched a one-hour Army training film on how to handle imprisonment by the enemy, he fell into German hands.
That March day in 1943 was a blur. Mr. Jones is still not quite sure what went wrong, but he is not one to second-guess the events of his life.
Two Guards Suspended After Indictments in Inmate Beatings
By ALEXIS TONTI
After three days of witness testimony and deliberation, a Dukes County grand jury Wednesday indicted two correctional officers and an inmate on conspiracy charges in connection with an inmate beating at the Dukes County House of Correction.
Michael Trance, 26, of Edgartown and Teejay Roginski, 25, of Tisbury are both charged with conspiracy to commit assault and battery in connection with an inmate-on-inmate attack last June.
Windemere Is Operating in Black This Fiscal Year
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
On the subject of money, at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital this year the watchword is up: Cash is up, patient volume is up and contributions are up.
The hospital released draft combined financial statements this week, and the numbers show that the Vineyard's only hospital ended its fiscal year solidly in the black - even after factoring in a $198,000 operating loss at the Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center.