A consultant’s report into construction work on Tisbury’s new emergency services building has found a long list of deficiencies inside and outside, from the foundation to the roof shingles.
Parts of the building off Spring street will have to be rebuilt, according to the report done by Building Enclosure Consultants (BEA), the Cambridge firm engaged by the town to assess the trouble-plagued project, which originally was due for completion this week.
Jai Berger
Jai Berger of Vineyard Haven received his bachelor’s degree in communications studies from Bridgewater State University. He was honored as magna cum laude at the ceremony. Jai is the son of Dr. Nancy Berger of Vineyard Haven.
Brenden M. Cooney
Brenden M. Cooney of Vineyard Haven has earned a paramedic certificate with honors from Cape Cod Community College.
BANISH BIGOTRY
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I was dismayed to read about the anti-immigrant blog that is spreading poison about our Brazilian Islanders. I hope our Brazilian immigrants know that you are most welcome on Martha’s Vineyard. All of you whom I have met are hardworking, honest people, who are also warm and easy to talk to. It has been a pleasure to get to know you, and I believe the vast majority of Islanders feel the same.
HOLLY NADLER
508-274-2329
(hollynadler@gmail.com)
Marty Nadler used to say to me, whether or not he was talking to me at the time, “Summer’s here. Time to lock up your bike.”
Well, I don’t like to think of summer folk being, like, a Brinks Robbery Gang meets Bonnie and Clyde. It’s just that the more numbers of people you absorb on these shores, the more you get of everything: nuclear physicists, abstract expressionist painters, operatic contraltos and . . . bicycle thieves.
Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
May 27 69 59 Trace
May 28 75 60 Trace
May 29 75 59 .00
May 30 77 61 ,00
May 31 81 62 .00
June 1 75 50 .00
June 2 75 59 .04
Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 69º F.
Please Adopt Us
The Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard has one kitten left available for adoption; he is a darling orange and white tiger and may be gone by the time you read this column.
JUNE D. MANNING
508-645-2574
(lthslnks@gis.net)
Spring has officially arrived, actually the same time that summer has arrived, in Aquinnah. The temperature has been in the 60s and 70s, a few scattered showers on occasion to keep the water level even, and a few brisk winds. The blossoms of iris, wisteria, lilacs, rhododendrons and azaleas are all dotting the landscape. It has been a long weekend of many more families opening their summer homes for the season with many family gatherings.
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
slaterjn@comcast.net
The holiday weekend swept through Chilmark as it always does, with lots of chores still to do and the first wave of visitors here hoping for fun in the sun. The weather tried to please everyone but there was a lot of fog on occasion. Everyone seemed happy to be here and that is what makes it a holiday weekend. The parades and speeches helped to focus on the meaning of the weekend and that was good.
