Last Vineyard Town Meeting Convenes Tuesday in Aquinnah

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

A slew of proposed Proposition 2 1/2 overrides and a couple of requests to partly restructure town government are among the decisions awaiting Aquinnah voters at their annual town meeting and town election next week.

Voters in Aquinnah Face Budget Deficit

Shortfall of Over $200,000 Expected; Town Meeting Warrant to Include 12 Separate Override Questions

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Aquinnah voters will confront a series of choices at their May 9 annual town meeting - some may consider them Hobson's choices - including whether to fund the town shellfish and harbor master operation and community programs for children and senior citizens.

Edgartown Sees Light Turnout; Override Spending Approved

By JAMES KINSELLA

In an election gripped by calm, Edgartown voters yesterday approved 12 borrowing and spending proposals and ousted an incumbent from the board of health.

Hospital Statistics Point to Baby Boomlet

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Delight courses through Althea D'Antonio's voice as she talks about giving birth last week to twin boys at the Martha's Vineyard Community Hospital.

"It went really, really, really well," Ms. D'Antonio said Wednesday, in between to cooing to her newborns. "I'm up and having fun."

Edgartown Convenes on Tuesday

By JAMES KINSELLA

Proposals including emergency repairs to the Edgartown public library, the construction of a public well, a change in quorum requirements and a 4.1 per cent increase in the operating budget will come before Edgartown voters Tuesday at the annual town meeting.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Whaling Church on Main street. Philip J. Norton Jr. will moderate the meeting.

The meeting warrant contains 69 articles, most of which concern spending requests.

Edgartown Weighs Merits of Water Contract Request

By JAMES KINSELLA

Edgartown water superintendent Fred Domont earlier this year sought a salary of $100,000, but saw his request rejected by the board of selectmen.

The Edgartown board of water commissioners, the elected board to which Mr. Domont reports, backed the salary request, which would have represented an increase of almost 40 per cent from his current pay.