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Nancy Elizabeth Canha and Timothy David Merriman were married on August 31 at the Oak Bluffs Sailing Camp.
The calico cat with the standoffish personality who was known as Diva at the animal shelter has left for new digs. And what grand digs these are! It is a Cinderella story.
Oak Bluffs will spend $15 million for a new town hall and fire station, Edgartown intends to change its town clerk from an elected to an appointed post, and West Tisbury will pay to complete a watershed study of the Mill Pond — but not to dredge it. All three towns finished in one night.
At the urging of Tristan Israel who was not present last week, Tisbury selectmen voted Tuesday to remove language from an agreement with Stop & Shop pledging their support for the grocery chain’s expansion plans.
The decision ends a bitter dispute over ownership of a three-acre parcel of land in Chilmark. Nisa Counter and Benjamin Ramsey bought the lot on Blue Barque Road in 2010 from a family member. Sheriff’s Meadow said the land was part of a 10-acre parcel gifted by the late C. Russell Walton.
Mike G. Jean-Francois, 26, of Middleboro, Brandon F. Merkman, 32, of Sagamore and Quentin A. Phillip, 28, of Boston, were all indicted by a Dukes County grand jury on one count of trafficking oxycodone, 18 to 36 grams and one account of conspiracy to violate the controlled substance act. The spring session of Dukes County superior court began Monday.