No further subdivision will be allowed in the Sweetened Water subdivision in Edgartown for now, the town planning board ruled last week.

At issue before the board was a Form A application from Sweetened Water resident Dwight Arundale to divide his 2.6-acre lot into two parcels. Technically called approval not required, the Form A process allows simple subdivisions on land with adequate road frontage.

The Vineyard Gazette office will be closed on Monday in observance of the state holiday which commemorates the battle of Lexington and Concord.

Announcing Italo

Marilene G. Queiroga and Flauber F. De Souza of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Italo Queiroga Fernandes De Souza, born on April 7, 2011, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Italo weighed 7 pounds, 9.2 ounces at birth.

JOHN S. ALLEY

508-693-2950

(alleys@vineyard.net)

The weather was more than seasonably warm last weekend, allowing for lots of yard work.

HOLLY NADLER

508-274-2329

(hollynadler@gmail.com)

Woke up to a storm this Wednesday morning with wind surging in nor’easterly gusts, rain pounding the roof, and thunder booming like one of those Civil War reenactments taking place right over in Niantic Park. As I look out my front window, a surge of water is rolling southward along the street, enough to hold at least one ark with pairs of giraffes, hippos and zebras at the prow.

Round and Round

From Gazette editions of April, 1986:

The Flying Horses, the famous and historic Oak Bluffs carousel which has delighted generations of children and adults on the Island, is for sale and an Island preservation group is working to save it for the Vineyard. The Martha’s Vineyard Historical Preservation Society is negotiating an option to buy the carousel from owner James Ryan of Osterville. The Flying Horses is the oldest working carousel in the nation and is a National Historic Register landmark.

MARGARET KNIGHT

508-627-8894

(margaret02539@yahoo.com)

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

slaterjn@comcast.net

Please Adopt Us

Cages at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard are fast becoming empty, which is good news but soon kittens will be arriving so our volunteers will be busy again.

Please come in and consider adopting one of our long-term cats. And the sweet little bunny C.J. was adopted just in time for Easter, but Grace, the guinea pig, is still with us.

NANCY GARDELLA

508-693-3308

(vhavenvgazette@yahoo.com)

Sorry I missed you last week; I was under the weather. And what weather we have been having! As I splashed through Five Corners last Tuesday I was reminded of back in the day when Five Corners regularly flooded and the fire department had to pump it out. It was getting close, I tell you!