Revised Yellow House Plan Attracts Lone Bid
A sole applicant is in the running in Edgartown’s second search for someone to lease and renovate the Yellow House.
Sara Brown
The chairman of the Oak Bluffs selectmen said yesterday that the two members of the town wastewater commission who moved late last week to eliminate plant superintendent Joseph Alosso’s position had no authority to make such a decision.
A yearlong investigation into record-keeping practices at the Edgartown wastewater treatment plant came to an end this week with the release of a sharply critical report from a special town attorney, who found a long list of deficiencies in management practices at the plant and in the way the elected members of the town wastewater commission conducted themselves.
The Edgartown wastewater commission voted Tuesday to place plant manager Joseph Alosso immediately on paid administrative leave, after a special town counsel delivered a lengthy report criticizing lax billing practices and inaccurate record keeping at the town wastewater plant over the last 10 years.
By SARA BROWN
When David and Ann LeBreton reflect on their 10 years as owners of Edgartown Books, the front porch of the Main street bookstore looms large.
On Friday evenings during the winter, Pauline Speed and Loretta May phone each other to check on their dinner plans. “You feel like cooking tonight?” one friend will ask the other. Often, they said, the answer will be no and they’ll walk over to Grace Church to partake in a Vineyard winter tradition: the community supper.
Tax bills are out in Oak Bluffs, the only town on the Island that has set its tax rate yet this year, and the result is a mixed bag. Some property owners report seeing only a slight change in their tax bill from last year, while others are experiencing mild sticker shock as they see their taxes rise.
“I was shocked,” said Oak Bluffs resident John Banks, who opened his tax bill last week and learned that the property assessment for his Sengekontacket home went up about 16 per cent, resulting in a tax bill that is about 22 per cent higher than last year.