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Oak Bluffs School principal Richard Smith and assistant superintendent Matthew D’Andrea have been named as finalists in the search for the next superintendent. They will both be interviewed by the all-Island school committee this week; interviews are open to the public.
A project to rebuild the two jetties at Menemsha harbor is expected to begin in the next two weeks, while a more controversial project to dredge the channel to Menemsha Pond has been delayed until next fall.
More than 31 acres at Cedar Tree Neck have been donated to the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation by members of the Hough family. The land will be called the George A. Hough preserve.
The Martha’s Vineyard chapter of the NAACP hosts its annual celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday, Jan. 18, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Portuguese-American Club in Oak Bluffs.
The Shabbat service at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center on Friday, Jan. 16, at 5:30 p.m. will pay homage to the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his friend and colleague Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Islanders are speaking out against a set of rate hikes which take effect this week at the Steamship Authority. An online petition had collected almost 2,400 signatures by Thursday morning.