Wind Farm Is Favored in Bill

Special Interest Language Was Quietly Placed in Energy Act That Exempts Cape Wind From Public Bidding

By JULIA WELLS

The hotly debated Cape Wind project - its backers now basking in the role of wounded underdog over a recent amendment to the U.S. Coast Guard authorization bill - was the direct beneficiary of a special interest provision slipped quietly into the federal Energy Policy Act before it was signed into law last year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Predictably, the conversation begins with a string of jokes and the trademark grin that starts as a tiny twinkle in the corner of the eye and then suddenly and uproariously occupies his whole face.

Visiting Nurse Merger Stalls

Talks Between Two Key Agencies to Form One Nursing Service Approach Time of Decision After Thirteen Months

By JULIA WELLS

Talks about a potential merger between the Island's two visiting nurse agencies have reached a critical juncture, and the next few weeks will determine whether the merger becomes reality or falls apart, leaders from both agencies said this week.

Hospital Drive Gathers Steam

$42 Million Capital Campaign Surpasses $30 Million Mark; Leaders Say Islanders Key to Completing Project

By JULIA WELLS

Less than six months after launching the largest capital campaign in the history of the Vineyard, Martha's Vineyard Hospital trustees announced this week that the drive to raise $42 million to build a new hospital has exceeded the $30 million mark.

Caroline B. Kennedy yesterday filed a family subdivision plan to create six building lots on the stunningly beautiful and secluded 375-acre property in the township of Aquinnah that she inherited from her mother, the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.