Julia Wells
The Environmental Protection Agency announced this week that it has reached an agreement with R.M. Packer Co. for fines and compliance after the company violated the Clean Air Act by releasing literally tons of harmful pollutants into the air, both in Vineyard Haven and in New Bedford.
The Packer company will now spend $300,000 to install emissions control equipment at its Vineyard Haven terminal, and the company will pay a penalty of $200,000 to the EPA over the next three years.
Hospital CEO Departs; Financial Officer Takes Interim Leadership Post
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
Despite announcing last month that he would stay on until his contract runs out in October, the chief executive officer at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital made an abrupt exit this week after hammering out a severance agreement with the hospital executive committee.
Hospital CEO Kevin Burchill cleaned out his office and was gone by the end of the day on Tuesday.
MVC Approves Plan to Rebuild Old Inn After Main Street Fire
By JULIA WELLS
Acting with record speed and expressing open compassion regarding the tragic fire that destroyed a historic hotel at the head of Main street in Vineyard Haven four months ago, the Martha's Vineyard Commission voted last week to approve a plan to rebuild the Tisbury Inn.
Fred C. Raskin: Meet New Head of the Boatline
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
Two days on the job - actually not even two days - and already the message slips have begun to litter the desk like fallen leaves.
The eminent biographer and historian who is a year-round resident of the Vineyard, won the Pulitzer Prize this week for his biography of John Adams.
West Tisbury Annual Town Meeting Decides to Remain in School District
By JULIA WELLS
The people of West Tisbury refused to pull out of the Up-Island Regional School District, axed a plan for a gate at the entrance to town beach and cheered their resident historian and Pulitzer Prize winner this week at an annual town meeting that was in many ways an example of democracy straight up.
"I have stood here for years wearing many hats, and tonight I wear my favorite hat of all - it just says citizen," declared Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter.