Julia Wells
Top state environmental officials stepped squarely into the fray around the Down Island Golf Club this week, ordering developers Brian Lafferty and Corey Kupersmith to immediately halt all tree cutting in the southern woodlands section of Oak Bluffs.
Windemere Chief Is Being Replaced
By JULIA WELLS
Leaders at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital confirmed yesterday that the administrator for the Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center will resign his post.
Philip Hickey, currently away on vacation, will remain in place as administrator at the Island's only nursing home until early next week.
Mr. Hickey took the helm at Windemere 18 months ago. He has a long background in nursing home administration.
New Bedford Plan Retires Schamonchi
If Approved, Private Company Will Run Two Smaller Boats Instead, Joining Fast Ferry
By JULIA WELLS
After a bumpy three-year journey that spawned some of the most hostile politics in the history of the Steamship Authority, the New Bedford passenger ferry Schamonchi will now become a surplus vessel, boat line governors said yesterday.
Nantucket SSA Governor Approaches Beacon Hill on Boat Line Break-Up
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
A gulf of tension between the two Islands over Steamship Authority issues grew noticeably wider this week, when news surfaced that Nantucket Steamship Authority governor Grace Grossman has privately approached state officials about the possibility of splitting the boat line into two separate entities.
Sixteen Feet Is the Magic Length for Determining Extra Ferry Fee
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
New Year's note to travelers who drive their cars on Steamship Authority ferries: Do you know how long your automobile is?
If not, and the car is longer than 16 feet - welcome to 2004, and please get out your wallet.
New rules went into effect at the boat line on Jan. 1, among them a rule that imposes an extra fee on cars and trucks that are over 16 feet in length.
NANTUCKET - She's earned a lot of nicknames over the years, among them Mother Trucker and the Queen of Nantucket, but beyond all the monikers she is also the epitome of a tireless soldier - unconditionally loved at home, often spurned and misunderstood abroad.