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BOSTON — The Vineyard boys’ basketball team’s successful season came to a close Saturday, as the team came back from an early 16-point deficit but fell just short, losing 70-65 to undefeated Wareham in the division 3 south section championship game at UMass Boston.
The loss also ended a dream year for all four of the high school’s winter teams. The boys’ and girls’ basketball and hockey teams all made their post-season tournaments. Boys’ basketball was the last one left playing until Saturday.
Just in from Boston: The Vineyarders fought hard to the finish, but fell 70-65 to undefeated Wareham in the MIAA baskebtall state section finals this afternoon. A full report will follow shortly.
The Vineyarders boys’ basketball team takes on Wareham at noon in the MIAA state tournament section finals, played at UMass Boston. We wish them lots of luck!
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission has approved the expansion of Vineyard entrepreneur Elio Silva’s new grocery store planned for State Road.
Last year the commission approved Mr. Silva’s plans to consolidate his two businesses, Vineyard Grocer and Tisbury Farm Market, at the location that most recently housed Island Home Furnishings. There are two buildings on the property and Mr. Silva had planned to demolish and rebuild the front building, expanding the footprint of the complex from 5,800 to 7,400 square feet.
As the second week of postseason sports draws to a close, one Vineyard team remains in the hunt for a championship title. The boys’ basketball team traveled to Taunton Wednesday evening, defeating Westwood 89-69 to advance to the final round of the MIAA division 3 south section tournament, where they will play number-one seed Wareham, an undefeated team.
With Cape Wind hoping to break ground in the coming years and a huge new swath of ocean opened for wind farm development south of the Vineyard, the impact of turbine noise on fisheries is still poorly understood.
“The long-term impacts of these wind farms are just totally unknown,” said Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution biologist Scott Gallagher this week.
Drug Abuse Forum
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services and the Youth Task Force will host a community forum on prescription drug abuse at 5 p.m. on March 21 at the regional high school library conference room.
Guest speaker Dr. Charles Reznikoff, a world-renowned expert on addiction medicine at the University of Michigan heads the agenda, along with a panel that will include a pharmacist and representatives from the police, hospitals, the task force and community services and the treatment community.
Welcome Lucas
Lucas Parsons Westover was born on Jan. 10 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton. He weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces, and was 19 and 3/4 inches long. He is the first son of Jeffrey and Brenna (Parsons) Westover of Norwood. Proud grandparents are Gerald and Coleen Westover of Wolfeboro, and David and Donna Parsons of Wolfeboro. Proud great-grandparents are Evelyn George of Dover, N.H., Douglas Parsons of Tuftonboro, N.H., Suzanne Parsons of Dover, N.H., and Ruth Metell of Oak Bluffs.