Julia Wells
Thomas Teller
Clerk Magistrate Retires after 39 Years of Service
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
He is a local boy, an Edgartown native with fishing in his soul and justice in his heart and deft hands that can shuck quahaugs just as easily as they wield the varnished wooden gavel that is the tool of the district court clerk magistrate. For many years he was a lone Democrat laboring in a Republican stronghold, and today, of course, all that has changed, but after 39 years what hasn't?
On Eve of Public Forum, MVC Opponents Seek To Revive Old Threats
By JULIA WELLS
On the eve of a community meeting to discuss the highly-charged question of whether Oak Bluffs should withdraw from the Martha's Vineyard Commission, a citizens' group in favor of leaving is stirring up fresh debate on an old subject: the threat of a massive affordable housing project in the southern woodlands.
Community Services Hit with Complaint
Federal Labor Board Charges Agency with Poor Treatment of Employees During Union Organizing Effort
By JULIA WELLS
A dormant labor dispute at Martha's Vineyard Community Services bubbled to life again yesterday when a newly formed union announced that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a complaint against the umbrella social service agency.
Hospital Leaders Attempt to Blunt Financial Crisis at the Windemere Facility
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
Leaders at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital stepped in this week to try to contain an escalating financial crisis at the Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Hospital senior managers said the crisis at the Island's only nursing home could pose a threat to the Island's only hospital.
Martha's Vineyard Commission Probes Flaws in New Bedford Fast Ferry Link
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
No market study.
No clear market.
The wisdom - or folly - of considering year-round service and the range of possible impacts on the Vineyard.
West Tisbury Ousts Veteran Selectman
Challenger Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter Is Winner by Large Margin Over Incumbent John S. Alley
By JULIA WELLS
Nine-term selectman John S. Alley lost his seat to Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter in a surprise trouncing in the West Tisbury annual town election yesterday.
Mr. Manter beat Mr. Alley 593 to 357.