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Skates are sharpened, the court is waxed, the wait is over and winter sports are back. The traditional meet the coaches night was held last week; play begins Thursday for ice hockey, basketball, swimming and indoor track and field.
Passengers and motorists aboard the Steamship Authority ferry Martha’s Vineyard for Wednesday night’s 9:45 trip from Woods Hole had to disembark without traveling after an alarm on the vessel’s steering system went off, communications director Sean Driscoll said.
The Steamship Authority is coming to Vineyard Haven Monday for a help session to answer questions from Islanders about their SSA profiles or the preferred excursion program. The session is scheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. on Dec. 16 at the Vineyard Haven Public Library.
Oak Bluffs selectmen approved the installation of six historic lampposts on the right side of Circuit avenue at their meeting Tuesday.
Longtime Sweet Neck Farm oysterman Jack Blake has a new business partner, with selectmen voting to add resident Dan Gilkes to Mr. Blake’s aquaculture lease at their meeting Monday.
A major expansion and redevelopment project at the Martha’s Vineyard Shipyard in Vineyard Haven has cleared a key early hurdle with the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA).