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Vineyard hotelier Mark Snider is expanding his interests to Nantucket, where he is set to buy The Point Breeze, a historic hotel on the Vineyard’s sister island. Mr. Snider owns the Winnetu Oceanside Resort at Katama in Edgartown. He is also president of Stanmar Inc., a building company in Wayland.

The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror reported on Thursday that Mr. Snider has signed a deal to buy the Point Breeze from TD Bank, which has owned the hotel since it fell into foreclosure two years ago. Purchase price has not been disclosed.

It was great to see the Gazette represented in this year’s Christmas Parade. Thanks for participating and being a part of the Island community.

Jim Wynn
Edgartown

One of my favorite holiday movies is the story of The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry.

The story opens with $1.87. That is all the money that Della Dillingham Young has to buy a present for her beloved husband, Jim, and the next day is Christmas. Faced with such a situation, Della promptly bursts into tears on the couch, which gives the narrator the opportunity to tell us a bit more about the situation of Jim and Della. The short of it is they live in a shabby flat and they are poor in material goods, but very rich in the love that they have for one another.

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National Job Shadow Day

Got a job? Share your skills with the kids!

The Martha’s Vineyard Youth Leadership Initiative is seeking participants for its second annual Job Shadow Day. MVYLI youth will be matched with Vineyard businesses in order to provide them with firsthand experience in their fields of interest. Some of those participating say they aspire to become architects, economists, engineers, doctors, nurses, physical therapists, small farm lobbyists and environmental scientists.

Coast Guard Study

The Coast Guard is asking for public participation in a study of maritime use and vessel traffic. The results of the study may determine whether routing changes are necessary to balance multiple uses of the waterway, such as offshore wind farms. More information on the study and instructions on how to participate are available at uscg.mil/lantarea/acpars. The comment period end Jan. 31.

Last spring, when a local angler wanted to catch Atlantic mackerel in Vineyard waters he had to get in a boat and motor more than a mile off Gay Head. This week there is no need for the boat. For the first time in many years anglers are jigging for mackerel off Memorial Wharf in Edgartown and they are getting quite a few; some have caught enough for a holiday dinner. Plus, they are catching plenty of Atlantic herring.

Chilmark selectman sharply criticized the Massachusetts Estuaries Project this week, questioning both the necessity of the project and the significance of the results, at least for their town.

There is much ado over eelgrass. On the Vineyard the modest sea grass has brought dredging projects to a halt, thwarted would-be pier developers and has down-Island towns considering millions of dollars worth of sewering to restore water quality to a level amenable to the light-sensitive plant. Why all the fuss?

Marking a sudden new turn in the Islandwide negotiations under way for a cable television contract, Edgartown has pulled out of the talks and says it will stay out until a draft contract with Comcast includes service to Chappaquiddick.

The news of Edgartown’s decision surfaced at a cable advisory committee meeting Wednesday that had no quorum. Edgartown selectman and board chairman Arthur Smadbeck later confirmed his town’s decision to walk away from the negotiating table until cable service to Chappy can be guaranteed in the contract.