Letter Shows Land Bank Position Misrepresented in Golf Deal Maneuvers

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

In a confidential letter sent to the Oak Bluffs selectmen last week, the executive director of the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank raised a series of tough questions about the latest deal that was forged behind closed doors between town officials and golf course developer Corey Kupersmith, the Gazette has learned.

Two farmers and three developers are among 13 candidates who will vie for nine elected seats on the Martha's Vineyard Commission in the state election this November.

FALMOUTH - - At a tense meeting that was marked by scattered calls for his resignation, Falmouth Steamship Authority governor Galen Robbins defended himself last night against a stream of accusations that he has defied the selectmen who are his appointing authority, especially on the subject of New Bedford ferry service.

If global warming is a subject that fails to grab you, or feels too distant to be real, the next time you eat pancakes or French toast, consider the source of your maple syrup.

According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, in the 1930s the maple sugar industry was centered in Virginia. In the 1950s the industry was centered in New England. Today it is centered in Canada.

SSA Reorganization Bill Passes Senate; New Bedford, Barnstable Win Seats; Governor Expected to Sign Law Soon

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

The state Senate followed the lead of powerful New Bedford Sen. Mark Montigny and turned a deaf ear on Cape and Islands Sen. Robert O'Leary this week, voting overwhelmingly to approve a hostile bill to restructure the Steamship Authority.

Final Debate Opens in Senate on Bill to Restructure Boatline

By JULIA WELLS

State Senate action on a hostile bill to restructure the Steamship Authority was delayed in eleventh-hour maneuvering by Cape and Islands Sen. Robert O'Leary yesterday, and with just two days left in formal session at the state legislature, the bill will be taken up again by the Senate today.