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More than a week after radio station WMVY sold its signal to a Boston public radio station, Friends of MVY was busy fundraising to keep the station going as a nonprofit, as it continued to look into acquiring a new FM signal.

One potential signal could come from a newly-licensed Island-based startup owned by Dennis Jackson, a seasonal resident.

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Along the streets of Edgartown, garlands twist up the lamp posts, lights string along shrubs and wreaths hang on the stores’ front doors. For 31 years the town has celebrated Christmas with a Main street parade, and come Saturday morning, the sleigh bells will be ringing and the children singing as Santa makes his way down the street, with 45 other floats following behind.

But these days the event is much more than just a wave from Santa’s sleigh.

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South Shore Community Action Council Inc. is accepting applications for fuel assistance, a program that helps with fuel deliveries and utility shutoffs. Anyone who did not receive an application in the mail and feels they may qualify is encouraged to apply.

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The Edgartown zoning board of appeals Wednesday upheld a cease and desist order prohibiting helicopter landing at the Boch home in Katama. While an attorney for Barbara Boch cited Massachusetts law that allows Mrs. Boch, the widow of car dealership owner Ernie Boch, to land a helicopter on her property, the board cited neighbor concerns and precedent in affirming the building inspector’s cease and desist order.
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The Aquinnah selectmen approved the start of the commercial bay scallop season, appointed members to the new Gay Head Lighthouse committee and set next year’s tax rate at their meeting Tuesday.

Commercial scalloping begins in Menemsha Pond in Aquinnah Dec. 10; the daily limit is two level bushels.

Shellfish constable Brian (Chip) Vanderhoop said there are “lots of scallops, so eat up.”

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The Edgartown selectmen are ready for Take Two in trying to find a buyer for the Warren House.

The town purchased the circa-1690 North Water street house for $3.5 million in 2004, with the idea of expanding the Edgartown Public Library, located next door. But this proved unfeasible, and the mansion, now in disrepair, was listed for sale in September.

The house was placed on the central register with minimum bids of $2.5 million. The town did not receive any bids by the end of November.

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