Mandy Locke
Pennywise Path Development: Pressure from Many Directions
By MANDY LOCKE
Neighbors are pleading for restraint, Edgartown officials are urging confidence and regional planners are demanding more answers.
Pressures are coming from many directions as Martha's Vineyard Commission members scrutinize the Pennywise Path Project - the most ambitious affordable housing project proposal to hit the Vineyard.
Eight months after town health officials first detected a contaminated plume running beneath Edgartown Meadows subdivision, they are turning their
That's the cost of doing business for landscaper James Hayes now that gas prices have soared beyond $2.50 a gallon. Every five days, he swallows the steep price to keep his GMC 4X4 truck on the road. He charges it and reminds himself that as a small businessman, he can write it off at the end of the year.
Survey Offers Snapshot of Businesses
By MANDY LOCKE
Daytrippers pump little revenue into the coffers of Island businesses. Vineyard establishments are well-rooted; the majority have survived more than 17 years. Despite the national economic downturn of the last few years, Vineyard business owners weathered it quite well; nearly three-quarters earned as much if not more in 2003 than the previous year.
State's Gay Marriage Day Arrives, and Vineyard Couples Celebrate
By MANDY LOCKE
For most couples headed down the wedding aisle, this is one of those nagging details - an errand that claims more time and attention than a couple wants to spare.
But for Sue Dawson and Alison Shaw, it was a task to savor.
Filling out the three-page notice of intention to marry at the Oak Bluffs town clerk's office early Monday morning, this couple knew they were part of history in the making.
Terminal Plan Would Pave Pizza Hill
By MANDY LOCKE
The Steamship Authority's visions for a revamped Oak Bluffs terminal may have hit a snag this week when a town official questioned whether the planned staging area infringes on a town park.
Pizza Hill, a North Bluff bank where townspeople take a slice of pie and watch the moon over Nantucket Sound, could be transformed into an asphalt parking lot - just one feature of a plan presented by Steamship Authority officials Wednesday.