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Most Islanders who pursue higher education opportunities leave the Vineyard. Some move away permanently, some temporarily and some on a day-to-day-basis, commuting to the mainland for classes. The new president of Cape Cod Community College is making the Vineyard a priority in the institution’s plans to increase enrollment, which may enable a growing number of students to learn closer to home.
Dredging in Vineyard Haven harbor will be postponed until after Labor Day due to broken equipment. The project was scheduled to begin last week and be completed before July. Tisbury town administrator John (Jay) Grande reported at Tuesday’s selectmen’s meeting that the contractor, Barnstable County, had to repair their dredge, causing work to be pushed back.
“It certainly comes as a big bombshell to everyone to learn five days before they were supposed to start that the dredge won’t be operating,” dredge committee member Nevin Sayre said.
A wedding rehearsal fireworks display will be on full view next week in Edgartown.
The town selectmen this week approved an application for fireworks on June 14 at 9 p.m. from a barge off Fuller street beach.
The application was submitted by the Lobianco family, and the fireworks will be for a wedding rehearsal dinner with 190 people.
The West Tisbury selectmen voted this week to approve a request for proposals (RFP) for a study of the Mill Brook watershed. Drafted by the town conservation commission, the RFP seeks consultants qualified “to prepare and deliver a study of the watershed of Mill Brook,” which includes Mill Pond as well as Fisher Pond, Crocker Pond, and Priester’s Pond and several tributaries.
The RFP limits the cost of the proposed study to $15,000, the amount approved by voters at the annual town meeting in April.
Senior girls’ lacrosse captain Alayna Hutchinson smashed the program’s career scoring record this year with 193 goals and 150 assists. Hutchinson finished the season with 65 goals and 30 assists. Senior co-captain Taylor Poggi was second in scoring with 47 goals and 16 assists; junior Molly Wallace had 33 goals and 22 assists. Junior Isabel Smith, the team’s top defender, had 17 and 16 assists. The girls finished the season with a 5-13 record and were 2-4 in the Eastern Athletic Conference.
Brian Weiland is with the band.
Exactly which band is highly variable.
Determining the band or for that matter the instrument Mr. Weiland plays is a little like a game of musical Mad Libs. Drums with The Daytrippers, a Beatles cover band. Mandolin with The Flying Elbows strings group. Guitar with Apocalypso, a self-described CalypsoRock band. Hammered dulcimer with the Misfits of Avalon, a traveling Irish-Celtic ensemble.