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A home building project in East Chop that has long been at odds with the town is set to come before the Oak Bluffs zoning board of appeals for further review next week.
Leslie Hayling, a New Jersey dentist, has been rebuilding a home and garage apartment for nearly 10 years on Dempster Park. In a sharply-worded letter to Dr. Hayling last summer, Oak Bluffs building inspector James Dunn ordered the removal of a long list of additions that were not included in a 2005 special permit.
An Oak Bluffs man was arrested last week on child pornography charges, and another pleaded guilty to child pornography charges from the spring. Joshua L. Rogers, 25, of Oak Bluffs, was arraigned Dec. 6 in Edgartown district court on charges of possessing child pornography and distributing material of a child in a sexual act. Bail was set at $25,000, with no unsupervised contact with children under age 16 a further condition of release.
The boys’ hockey team kicks off its season this Saturday with a 5 p.m. game against Lowell Catholic. The first 50 fans will receive a free T-shirt.
Boys’ basketball and girls’ hockey also play at home Saturday. Basketball tips off at 4:30 p.m. against Dennis-Yarmouth, while the girls take to the ice against Latin Academy at 1 p.m.
The Steamship Authority is now accepting applications for the 2013 Headstart Reservation Program.
The Headstart program is available to all participants of the 2013 Islander Preferred and Islander Preferred-Excursion programs. Each profiled customer is allowed to submit up to five transactions for the summer season before most of the places are opened to the general public.
The Yoga Collective is in the giving mood and is offering a week of free yoga to all new students. The free classes are from Dec. 16 to 22 and are unlimited. Now is the time to find out what all the fuss is about and which type of yoga — Anusara, Vinyasa, flow, power — is right for you.
Michael Ferry of West Tisbury and Richard Carlson of Oak Bluffs took top honors at the Rod and Gun Club’s 2012 Black Powder Championship on Sunday, Dec. 9. Mr. Ferry captured the modern firearms title for the third consecutive year; Mr. Carlson was named the winner of the primitive firearms title. Mr. Ferry also came home with a win in the individual bulls-eye competition. Ladi Navratil picked up an individual award in the standing deer event. Dick Carlson won the two timed shot event.