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Chilmark Town Column: July 5
July is Sea Bass quotas and Fluke for Luke, friends and fireworks, after work ocean dips and late night ice cream treats. July is memorable sunsets, Dutcher Dock strolls and boat rides to Dogfish Bar. July is also long days at work, “How was your year?”. Conversations and not...
Financial Snag Prompts Chilmark Special Town Meeting
Chilmark is hosting a special town meeting later this month to clear up a financial process misstep. The town has called a one-article town meeting for Monday, July 15 to transfer more than $400,000 from the town’s general stabilization fund to various projects. Residents will decide on moving $433,831.63...
Celebrating Fourth of July Around the Island
The Edgartown Fourth of July parade may look a lot different than when it started out in 1844, but 180 years later the sentiment remains the same. Islanders and visitors converged in town Thursday afternoon to celebrate Independence Day with gusto, humor and a whole lot of noise. The floats...
Peases Point Improvement Plan Approved by Select Board
The Edgartown Select Board Monday approved a plan to renovate a section of Peases Point Way and Church street in an attempt to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety. The plan, developed by Boston-based Halvorson-Tighe & Bond Studio, will slightly move the intersection between Church and Winter streets to improve the flow of trafffic onto Peases Point Way. It will also include a bike parking area, a pedestrian walkway and a place where pedestrians can sit.
Records of Cases Heard in Edgartown District Court
The following cases were heard in Edgartown district court. Gentil Mendes, 29, of Oak Bluffs, was arraigned on June 24 charges in Tisbury of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, operating under the influence of liquor, marked lanes violation, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and license not in possession. He was released on personal recognizance and has a pretrial hearing on August 9.
Woods Hole resident wants Island’s respect
We are on the mainland except that you Islanders believe you are cooler than most. What we do not accept is the unethical and shabby way you negatively affect our daily lives. The volume and noise of ever-growing truck traffic through our town of Falmouth is not cool. We attempt to be good neighbors. Good neighbors don’t send their sewage through another town, waking up its residents. Good neighbors listen and look for solutions that benefit all.
As Island Grows, So Does Reach of YMCA
The Martha’s Vineyard YMCA’s $30 million field-house expansion, set to add classroom space and an indoor basketball court and track to the Oak Bluffs facility, has cleared its final permitting hurdles and is preparing to break ground next spring. A surge in the number of members and other...
Behind the scenes of the Edgartown fireworks
Stacked high and wide in the back of a midsized Budget truck were boxes labeled explosive. Early Thursday morning, six men carefully worked in an assembly line to transfer the boxes from the vehicle onto a barge in the Vineyard Haven Harbor early Thursday morning. They couldn’t move fast enough.
Vineyard Haven Town Column: July 5
First Friday is this week. Come see the treats on our Main street. Then mosey down to Owen Park, where there will be a great lineup of musicians to entertain you, including Regency Brass, Loose Fit, John O’Toole, Dave Willis and Bobby Keys, Missis Biskis, Lexi Weege and LJJ Slater Band, Maryse Smith and the Off Island Band. I’ll see you there.
West Tisbury Town Column: July 5
Soo Whiting revived her July 4 celebrations with pyrotechnical thunder and lightning at her property on Tisbury Great Pond. Soo’s late husband Flip Harrington used to enjoy creating the noise and spectacle for their friends but the tradition stopped after Flip died six years ago. This year, Soo invited about 100 people to bring their own everything, while the “next generation,” as she calls them — cousins Will and Everett Whiting and Davis Solon — agreed to maneuver the mechanics of the fireworks explosions. Kaboom!
'Blown away.' Cape Verde prime minister to visit Falmouth museum, recognize center
There will be nothing but "Cape Verdean morbeza" for Cape Verde Prime Minister José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva when he arrives on Cape Cod Thursday, said Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum & Cultural Center Co-Founder Barbara Burgo. "Morbeza in our Cape Verdean culture means warmth and generosity — the kind of camaraderie that you can't explain in words," said Burgo. ...
Oak Bluffs Town Column: July 5
Governor Maura Healey recently announced the appointment of Oak Bluffs resident Pamela Everhart to the board of directors of the Massachusetts Port Authority. This independent public authority has control of Logan Airport, the Boston harbor and substantial acres of real estate in the Seaport neighborhood of Boston. Pam is a...
Edgartown Town Column: July 5
I wished for rain and we got it. We needed it but at times it seemed that the sky really did open. We have been lucky that the humidity has spared us so far. Happy Birthday to all who celebrated their day this past week. Big balloons go out to Rafael De Assis, Taylor Golding and Itan Nunes who celebrated July 2; Anthonella Dias July 3; William Hagerty, Ava Parker, July 4; and to Peter Rosbeck and Maverick Sylva, who celebrates their day July 5.
Chappy town Column: July 5
Chappy Ferry service will be interrupted by Fourth of July festivities. Between 4:15 p.m. and approximately 6:30 p.m., no vehicles will be carried on the ferry. That’s because the parade route blocks vehicle access to and from the ferry. After the parade passes, Daggett street will be filled with folks going back to Chappy. Usually there are 10 ferryboat loads cued up. They have to all be gone before vehicles can get through.
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