Appalling Decision

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Despite widespread grass roots opposition, on Oct. 6, at two minutes to eleven p.m., after three hours of often appalling discussion, a bare majority of one vote on the Martha’s Vineyard Commission approved the flawed and unneeded roundabout project for the intersection of the Vineyard Haven/Edgartown Road with Barnes and Airport Roads. The 13 commissioners present (out of 17) voted in a tie, which was broken by commission chairman Chris Murphy voting in favor.

RETHINKING THE BOATHOUSE

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

The following letter was sent to the Chilmark selectmen:

I keep reading over the articles in the Gazette and the Times and wondering if everyone involved with the Coast Guard boathouse is missing the point altogether. We the citizens, the selectmen, the Coast Guard, and the people in Washington who control the flow of our tax dollars, should be asking what is best for the harbor.

In a small room on the second floor of West Tisbury town hall this week, a crowd of maybe one actual spectator gathered to hear the

Leading Lights

From Gazette editions of October, 1961:

Ernest E. Duarte of Makonikey has taken the contract to repair the lighthouse tower at Tarpaulin Cove and to make a general clean-up of the government reservation there. The work will begin as soon as settled weather allows the necessary crossing of the Sound with equipment and material. A building mover among other accomplishments, he anticipates unusual activity in this department during the coming months.

DOING HIS JOB

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I read in today’s morning news a brief announcement of the summons against Jamie Zambrama.