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In an attempt to raise more revenue, Dukes County commissioners voted this week to support a state bill spearheaded by Norfolk county that would raise registry of deeds filing fees by $10.
The proposed $10 fee hike would go to county governments that manage their own registries; for registries under state control, the extra money would go into the state general fund.
Based on last year’s numbers, register of deeds Dianne Powers said at the Wednesday meeting that the $10 fee hike could raise another $130,000 for the county annually.
The Edgartown lighthouse, having outlived its mission as a beacon for ships, is on the verge of its next chapter as a town-owned landmark.
Edgartown selectmen signed off Monday on the town’s application to take stewardship of the 1875 lighthouse perched a quarter-mile out in Edgartown harbor.
In May, the town learned that the U.S. General Services Administration, the current owners of the lighthouse, would look for a new owner for the lighthouse, which was deemed no longer critical to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Copper repoussè artist Anthony Holand of the Tuck & Holand Metal Sculptors has been featured in Boston Home magazine’s Best of Boston Home, Winter 2013 issue, which is available on newsstands now. The studio, based in Vineyard Haven, is renowned for custom weathervanes, as well as a line of limited edition compass roses, wall maps, burgees, chandeliers and sculpture. It has been placed on Massachusetts’s 1,000 Great Places list.
The Vineyard girls’ hockey team continued a solid showing in league play this week, picking up two wins to move to a 5-3 record. They are 4-2 in the Southeastern Massachusetts Girls Hockey League after defeating opponents Scituate and Hanover.
At the Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway in Vineyard Haven, shipwrights have stepped back in regional maritime history. They are building a new 28-foot 19th-century whaleboat. The boat is one of nine being built across the country for the last remaining whale ship, the Charles W. Morgan, now undergoing restoration at Mystic Seaport. The work began a month ago. Nat Benjamin, the owner of Gannon and Benjamin boatyard, calls it a great honor to be a participant. The Charles W.
Heather and Josh Kochin of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Levi Jack Kochin, born on Jan. 9 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Levi weighed 6 pounds at birth. He joins big brother, Beckett, and grandparents Chip and Michele Leonardi of Chilmark and Jack and Christie Shea Shelburne Falls.