The attorney representing the owners of a stand of willow trees which is gradually obscuring one of the Island’s best scenic views at the Tashmoo Overlook has extended an olive branch to the town of Tisbury over the dispute.
In a letter sent to Tisbury town administrator John Bugbee on August 15, Michael Goldsmith, an attorney with Reynolds, Rappaport and Kaplan in Edgartown, offered a formula for further talks about the problem.
The Edgartown Yacht Club secured planning board permission last Tuesday to operate a junior sailing program for up to 50 students on a residential property next to the Chappaquiddick Beach Club.
The Edgartown town hall was closed Friday afternoon and through yesterday after carbon monoxide was detected in the building.
The town hall was promptly closed at 2 p.m. Friday after fire department chief Peter Shemeth discovered the noxious fumes. The building was ventilated over the weekend and remained closed yesterday to town employees, though no carbon monoxide showed up on tests Monday morning.
The leak of the poisonous, odorless gas was discovered on a fluke, town administrator Pamela Dolby said.
Welcome Kayla Marilyn
Bernadette Dierdra Ponte and Lee Bruni of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Kayla Marilyn Bruni, on August 15 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Marilyn, who weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces at birth, is also welcomed by big sisters Katlyn and Kasarah and big brother Liam.
Author Ernie Weiss talks about his book Out of Vienna: Eight Years of Flight from the Nazis on Thursday, August 28, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library. Admission is free.
Ernie Weiss is the son of a Dachau concentration camp survivor. He was born in Vienna in 1931. When Hitler invaded Austria in 1938 Ernie and his family fled. After eight years on the run, taking them throughout Europe to Cuba, they obtained visas and were admitted into the United States.
The Oak Bluffs zoning board of appeals on Thursday continued deliberations on the Bradley Square Memorial church project — a plan to create a mixed-use building at the corner of Masonic and Dukes County avenues with affordable housing, a cultural center and several artists’ work spaces.
The project, which was approved by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission with conditions in June and is now under review at the local level, continues to be a source of controversy.
On Saturday morning, a group of parents, instructors and friends stood on the grounds of Crow Hollow Farm in West Tisbury and watched as 40 young riders, dressed in their very best, trotted horses and jumped them in the outdoor ring. The 20 rolling acres of surrounding farmland glowed in the August morning light.
Richard Doyle of the Federal Transit Administration recently presented the Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority with the FTA Region 1 Thinking Outside the Bus 2008 Milestone Achievement Award. The VTA reached the milestone of carrying over one million passengers (1,031,197) for the first time in its history during fiscal year 2008.
VTA passengers have kept it going into the new fiscal year, climbing aboard 261,735 times in July, a new record for the month. The Island’s busiest August week may be a good chance to try riding instead of driving.
Striper Wars author Dick Russell talks about efforts to save a troubled fishery, on Wednesday, August 27, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library.
When populations of striped bass began plummeting in the early 1980s, author and fisherman Dick Russell was there to lead an Atlantic coast conservation campaign that resulted in one of the most remarkable wildlife comebacks in the history of fisheries.
Marisa Carson Is Engaged
Ken and Alba Eber of West Tisbury announce the engagement of their daughter, Marisa Claudia Carson of New York to Jason Robert Bibens of New York and Vermont. He is the son of Bob and Grace Bibens of Manchester, Vt.
