New Owners Take Helm At Edgartown Marine

Edgartown Marine will shortly have new owners.

George and Sheryl Roth Rogers of Lexington and Vineyard Haven will take over the town-owned boat yard in the next few days, pending bank approval from the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank. The boat yard is at the end of Morse street on the Edgartown harbor.

Maurice Dore and Anthony (Tony) Chianase are selling the business, the price of which has not been disclosed. The Edgartown selectmen approved a long-term lease transfer for the new owners at a special selectmen’s meeting Friday afternoon.

School Improvement Plan Aims to Quantify Success

With the school year drawing to a close, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee began a review of the annual school improvement plan and prepared for a year-end financial review.

Principal Steven Nixon presented the committee with a school plan that aims to quantify success through a data-driven point system and restates the school’s core values, beliefs and learning expectations.

Correction

Correction

A story in the June 7 Gazette about the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School graduation incorrectly named a scholarship awarded to senior Hannah Vanderlaske. It is the Lumina Darrell scholarship. The Gazette regrets the error.

Windemere Raises $17,600 for Recreational Programs

Windemere Raises $17,600

For Recreational Programs

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Charges Follow Seawall Crash, After Six Are Sent to Hospital

A 32-year-old Holyoke man was charged with drunk driving and other motor vehicle violations after the Ford F-350 pickup truck he was driving flipped over on Seaview avenue in Oak Bluffs on Saturday night, sending six people to the hospital.

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Vineyard Sharks Take Three in Row

It was practically a feeding frenzy at the regional high school this weekend when the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks defeated the Seacoast Mavericks in their season opener on Friday and again in a rain-soaked game on Saturday. Red Sox Hall of Famer Bob (The Steamer) Stanley threw out the first pitch on Friday night after a small ceremony honoring those who had been instrumental in welcoming the Sharks to the Island, including Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss and high school principal Stephen Nixon,

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Social Circuit for the Soil Set: Real Farmers, Eaters Go to Market

Considering the chilly spring, some might have made dour forecasts for the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market season opener, but they would have underestimated the resilience and enthusiasm of both this Island’s growers, bakers and artisans, and the community that supports them.

Saturday dawned grey, but the rain held off for the morning, allowing vendors and visitors alike to buy, eat and socialize at the first meeting of this annual summerlong institution.

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Scottish Bakehouse Owner Wonders What’s the Flag Fuss

The banner of the king of Scots depicts a lion rampant, red on a gold background. In heraldic terms, that lion represents bravery, valor, strength and royalty.

But as it has fluttered on a pole outside the Scottish Bakehouse on State Road in Vineyard Haven over the past week or so, it has represented something else: frustration with town bureaucracy.

It flies there because bakehouse owner Daniele Dominick, has been told she is not allowed to fly the red, white and blue flag which used to be there, and carried the single-word message: “Open.”

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Boys’ Tennis Best Season Ever Ends

And then there were eight.

Eight tennis teams left playing in the MIAA Team Tournament as the section finals got underway last Friday afternoon. Eight teams, the best in the state, fighting to extend their season at least a few more days — maybe even an extra week if they made it all the way to the state final.

Principal Nixon

Hail to the High School Graduates, Ready, Willing to Take Their Chances

The band played the Pirates of the Caribbean theme as the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School class of 2011 milled about the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs on Sunday, ready to line up for their final procession as high school kids. In the Tabernacle, it was standing room only with hundreds of friends, family, teachers and neighbors gathered to watch the graduation ceremonies. Overhead the skies threatened rain, but the event stayed dry except for the occasional shower of tears.

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