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Teacher Admits Thefts; to Repay School Funds, Do Community Service
By CHRIS BURRELL
Faced with a widening police investigation, longtime regional high school teacher Peter J. Koines admitted yesterday in Edgartown District Court that he stole school-owned kitchen equipment and funneled $20,000 of school funds into his personal bank account and summer pie business.
SSA Governors Approve High Speed Ferry License; Service Begins Next Year
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
NANTUCKET - Amid a complicated tangle of legal maneuvers and financial acrobatics, Steamship Authority governors voted yesterday to ink a deal that will allow a private operator to begin running high-speed passenger service between New Bedford and the Vineyard next summer.
Edgartown Project Concludes in Time for Return to Classes
By MANDY LOCKE
The white classroom trailer that was parked in front of the Edgartown School for the last year is finally gone. A few small piles of debris remain where the hallway connecting the 1929 brick school building and the gymnasium once stood. A handful of construction workers is completing an awning covering the new school's entrance.
Capital Boost Needed at Katama Farm
By MANDY LOCKE
After a superior court judge denied initial efforts by a group of neighbors to evict FARM Institute from Katama Farm, questions remain about the condition of buildings at the town-owned farm.
Katama Farm - nearly 200 acres of sweeping grassland cradled in the middle of the town's densely settled south shore community - has seen better days. Wear and tear brought on by a string of failed operations over the last 24 years have left this facility's barns and silos in a state of disrepair.
All bets were off for those who planned to pace themselves during the opening morning of the 142nd Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair.
Dukes County Board May Skip Job Search
Commissioners Agree to Meet Again With Their Runner-Up Candidate for County Manager Position
By ALEXIS TONTI
At a special meeting held Tuesday night, the Dukes County commissioners voted to invite E. Winn Davis, who with Laurie Perry had been selected as a finalist for county manager, back to the Island to discuss the position.
The commissioners last week voted to rescind Ms. Perry's job offer and to ask the selection committee to reconvene to find three qualified candidates.