Water Company Defends Pacts

Commission Chairman Speaks About Contracts and Practices in an Interview with Gazette Before Closed-Door Session

By MAX HART

Tisbury selectmen and water commissioners met behind closed doors on Tuesday night to try to resolve a dispute over personnel contracts and operating practices that has created a deep rift between the two town departments.

Deadlines of All Kinds Loom for State Attorney General

By MAX HART

With less than two months to go before the state primary and only minutes before he is due at a political fundraiser, Massachusetts attorney general and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Thomas F. Reilly is more worried about his next 24 hours as a Red Sox fan.

"Any trades yet?" Mr. Reilly asked Sunday afternoon, less than one day until Major League Baseball's trading deadline. "Do we have any new pitchers?"

Take Kale and Add Heaps of Tradition for Portuguese Feast of Holy Ghost

By JIM HICKEY

They sopped up the sopa, boogied to the brinquinho and munched down the malasadas this weekend during the annual Portuguese-American Feast of the Holy Ghost.

Organizers of the two-day event said the turnout was excellent, as people of all nationalities converged under a canopy of clear blue skies to celebrate all things Portuguese.

A Field of Candidates Narrows to Three for Town Police Chief

By MAX HART

A veteran patrolman of the Tisbury police department and two off-Island officers are among the finalists for police chief in Tisbury.

Counsel Probes Water District

Vineyard Haven Town Attorney Finds Independent Practices of Tisbury Water Company Are Outside the Law

By MAX HART

The Tisbury water department, which historically has functioned as an independent entity with separate bank accounts and its own treasurer, has no legal authority to conduct many of these independent practices, a town attorney has found.

Delores Stevens Enlivens Music of Modern Era

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

In 1971, on the occasion of Tisbury\'s tercentenary, the Montagnana Trio of Caroline Worthington (cello), John Gates (clarinet) and Delores Stevens (piano) was invited to Martha\'s Vineyard to participate in the celebration.

The trio, consisting of musicians who had built an international reputation, accepted the offer.