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Just in time for Halloween, the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard has some singular pumpkin-colored cats. A mother, Etta, and her two kittens were surrendered. One kitten has already been adopted, and the other, a laid-back male named Ray is also ready for a new home. At eight weeks old he is eating solid food, but since he is still housed with his mother, he nurses from time to time. Once he leaves the nest, so to speak, his mother’s milk will dry up and she can be spayed and ready for a new home. Orange females are quite rare.
For at least 10 days this month, Chappaquiddick will be a one-ferry Island.
With the On Time III — the larger of the two ferries that run the 527 feet between Edgartown and Chappaquiddick — being hauled out of the water Oct. 20 for routine maintenance, Chappy Ferry owner Peter Wells is cautioning passengers about delays.
The Steamship Authority will increase rates for parking and some freight trucks on the Martha’s Vineyard route next year. Meeting Tuesday morning at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven, the boat line board of governors unanimously approved an $85.3 million 2014 operating budget.
The Vineyard Gazette has received a Publick Occurrences award from the New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) for its coverage of the Schifter house move on Chappaquiddick.
The award, presented at the NENPA fall conference Thursday, recognizes outstanding journalism for a series of stories written by Gazette reporter Sara Brown and accompanied by photographs by Ray Ewing.
A large portion of Tabor House Road in Chilmark will be closed for several days this week due to a repaving project.
The road will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday from the North Road intersection to the town landfill. Residents will be able to access Tiercel Lane and Middle Line Road from Middle Road until the paving reaches those roads.
An $85 million operating budget and a rate increase for freight trucks on the Vineyard run will be up for discussion when Steamship Authority governors hold their monthly meeting in Vineyard Haven this morning.
The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven.