Sengie’s Summer Closure

Sengekontacket Pond was closed to shellfishing on Wednesday this week and will remain closed until Oct. 1, Oak Bluffs shellfish constable David Grunden confirmed. The closure affects all shellfish harvesting; the pond is safe for swimming.

By MIKE SECCOMBE

Everything is connected to everything else. Thus the moves in the 1980s to deregulate the trucking industry have wound up, 30 years later, costing the Steamship Authority and its employees millions of dollars.

It’s a convoluted series of events, traced by the SSA in a recent statement explaining why the cost of providing retirement benefits to its employees had just gone up by around $500,000 a year.

Some of the millions of small plastic discs, released accidentally from a New Hampshire sewer plant three months ago, have begun washing up on Vineyard beaches

Over the weekend, people reported finding scores of the discs on south shore beaches. One Island resident picked up more than 60 at Quansoo. Others were found on South Beach, near the Edgartown Great Pond opening and at Wasque.

Corrections

In an obituary on Friday for Arthur R. Railton, the editor and writer for the Dukes County Intelligencer, the Gazette overlooked the editorship of the late George W. Adams, who served for a year between the editorships of E. Gale Huntington and Mr. Railton.

Working with the photographer Alison Shaw and designer Janet Holladay, Mr. Adams — a former reporter for the Vineyard Gazette — modernized the layout of the Intelligencer, establishing the template that the publication still uses today.

Both tennis teams have advanced to state tournament play and will be on the home court over the weekend. Come out to support the boys as they take on Canton at 3 p.m. today, and the girls on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. when they play the winner of the first-round Cohasset/Cape Cod Academy match.

The Vineyard Football Association is celebrating its 20th year hosting Martha’s Vineyard’s premier adult coed summer soccer league, with the eight-week season set to begin on Tuesday, June 28, and games scheduled on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 and 6:45 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park in Vineyard Haven.

Bass and Blues for Boys and Girls is a new fishing contest to benefit Island children. Fishing starts early tomorrow morning and continues until 3 p.m. when there will be an awards ceremony and cookout. The striped bass and bluefish contest benefits the Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club.

What’s the key to success in a Little League all-star game? “Really belting it out, hopefully,” said nine-year-old Jared Regan after the major league all-stars finished their game.

Offshore Wind Discussion

State and federal officials will be on Island next week to discuss the leasing process of areas of federal waters south of Martha’s Vineyard for the development of offshore wind projects. The public information session will be on Thursday, June 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre, 54 Spring street in Vineyard Haven.

Freshwater and saltwater fishing is free this weekend for those who have not yet registered for a Massachusetts fishing license. It is a chance for all adult anglers to get their lines wet without having to buy a fishing license. But on Monday, most adults are required to have a state license.