Farmers’ Market Moves

The Oak Bluffs Open Market is on the move. The farmers’ market will relocate to Washington Park, between Our Market and the Ocean View Restaurant. The market will be held Sundays, beginning May 13 and continuing through Oct. 28. Market hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. during July and August.

Leadership Award

Owners and managers from South Mountain Co. of West Tisbury recently joined some 3,000 architects, builders and energy practitioners from around the Northeast for the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s annual conference in Boston.

Company president John Abrams was a keynote speaker and led a workshop at the conference, and director of engineering Marc Rosenbaum received the association’s professional leadership award, becoming only the third winner of the prestigious award.

At Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Wednesday, chocolate, yoga, and Tae Kwon Do were on the syllabus.

It was the school’s annual Wellness Day, where students had the chance to choose from nearly 40 different workshops dealing with health and well-being, food, exercise, emotional health and career guidance. Around the school, teachers and volunteers from the community led classes in specialized fields.

Tisbury town administrator John Bugbee traveled to the state house this week to testify in favor of a bill that would reduce the amount of time taken by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) to act on cases.

The commission against discrimination is the state’s chief civil rights agency and hears complaints about, and sometimes awards damages for, discrimination based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry.

Sidewalk replacement work continued this week in Vineyard Haven on State Road, from Pine Tree Road to Camp street, part of an effort to make the area safer for pedestrians, bikers and drivers.

But the work has made life difficult for some, like Lorraine Parrish, owner of Lorraine Parrish Home, a fashion design store on State Road. On Tuesday night Ms. Parrish redecorated her mannequins in an unflattering tribute to the ongoing work.

Edgartown selectmen took disciplinary action this week against a resident whose dog attacked another dog.

At a public hearing Monday, selectmen learned that on March 14 an English bulldog mix named Rocket, belonging to Barry Nevin, attacked a dog that belongs to Helene Owens. The hearing was attended by town animal control officer Barbara Prada and the two dog owners.

West Tisbury selectmen decided this week they will continue to purchase fuel for town vehicles from the Vineyard Transit Authority, despite complaints from the owners of Up-Island Automotive who told the selectmen last week the switch to discounted gasoline has hurt their business.

The signs appeared all over the Island last weekend and caught residents by surprise. One sits on the hill west of the Tashmoo overlook, with gnarled and bent trees in the background and to the right a green sward rolling to a glimpse of the lake. It is a crisp white sign with the words, “Look how much I adore you.” From a distance, it appears as a sharp rectangular shape imposed on the undulating natural forms all around. What to make of it? Who put it up — and why?

Please Adopt Us

It finally happened. The repercussions of an extremely mild winter are showing themselves. I just finished a two week run with antibiotics. I actually pulled seven (count ‘em) ticks off myself in one day. I find them everyday in troublesome numbers. I seem to pick up most of them in my vegetable garden. I’ve whined about my vole problem endlessly and now I believe the little critters are the source of the huge tick population. Honestly, there are times when nature can be so annoying. I’ve resorted to rolls of scotch tape everywhere to trap the ticks after removing them from myself and the animals. I’m half tempted to Frontline myself.