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The General Services Administration, a federal entity that handles real estate transactions for the government, plans to list the Gay Head Light as excess property this summer and begin the transfer of ownership process, a spokesperson said Monday.
The notice of availability is expected to be posted by the General Services Administration on August 1, New England public affairs officer Patrick Sclafani said. The notice will allow the town of Aquinnah, another municipal group or nonprofit organization, to apply for ownership of the property. The transfer would come at no cost.
Robin Forte, Island Grown Schools’ Harvest of the Month guest chef for the Edgartown School, moved through the lunch room with a tray of asparagus roll-ups for students to try. As she moved from table to table she saw a pattern emerging, one that has become familiar through the course of this first year of our Harvest of the Month program. The children at first would politely say “No, thank you” to the taste test. Then one student would venture, “I’ll try it,” and then each person in turn around the table would say the same thing.
It was only fitting that the televisions were showing the latest French Open matches on Saturday afternoon as Vineyard tennis players past and present gathered to celebrate a coach who has become an Island tennis institution.
After 23 years, several one-loss seasons, one undefeated run and one state championship title, head coach Ned Fennessy, 80, is retiring.
For the second year in a row, track star Maggie Riseborough will represent Martha’s Vineyard at the New England High School Outdoor Championships.
Riseborough, a senior, tied her own personal best in the shot put during last Saturday’s Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association All-State Meet.
They were 48 and one dog strong Saturday morning, gathered at Katama Point, the start of the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank’s annual cross-Island hike. The route would take them through 20 miles of land bank trails, ancient byways, paved roads and some private properties from Katama to Lambert’s Cove Beach.