High School Faces Unexpected Bills

By CHRIS BURRELL

The regional high school has already racked up nearly $40,000 in legal bills, negotiating a potential lease of school-owned land for an aquatics center project that is still in the planning and feasibility stages.

News of hefty legal costs connected to the proposed swimming pool plan came amidst other troubling budget figures, showing roughly $90,000 in cost overruns so far this year.

Under pressure, John Alley this week resigned his position as a member of the Dukes County Contributory Retirement System.

Mansion House Project Is Revised; Commission Drops Plans for Review

By MANDY LOCKE

The Martha's Vineyard Commission agreed last night, after a brief discussion, to meet Tisbury Inn owners halfway - voting unanimously to not require a fresh review of a reconstruction project that stirred controversy in recent weeks because of design changes following MVC approval of the project.

Wastewater System in Tisbury Places Limits on Town Growth

By JONATHAN BURKE

The day Tisbury's new wastewater system goes online next year, it will be running at its full capacity. That's right: No headroom or provision for growth has been designed into the municipal system now under construction in the Island's main port town.

This means that a homeowner will not be allowed to add a bedroom and a restaurant owner will not be allowed more tables unless such expansion would have been feasible under Title V septic regulations.

Town and Tribe Collide in Court

Case Set for Wednesday Hearing Has Far-Reaching Implications; Outcome Hinges on Issue of Tribal Sovereignty

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Deficit Staggers Nursing Home

Operating Loss of $500,000 Is Mainly Attributable to Loss of Medicaid Payments from the State

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Leaders at the Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center announced this week that the Island's only nursing home ended its fiscal year with a staggering $500,000 operating loss, more than $300,000 over the projected loss for the year. About half the loss can be traced to retroactive cuts in Medicaid reimbursements.