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As negotiations for a new 10-year cable television contract inch closer to the finish line, new sticking points have emerged.
The Oak Bluffs selectmen Tuesday approved a new contract for chief of police Erik Blake.
Town administrator Robert Whritenour said the board unanimously approved a new three-year contract for Mr. Blake, with an annual salary of $111,666 plus a 20 per cent Quinn Bill stipend for education. The total salary amounts to about $134,000. Mr. Blake will also be eligible for pay increases, he said.
Mr. Blake’s previous contract, with a base salary of $108,000, had expired last summer, so he had been working without a contract.
On Monday at the first day of practice for the Mini Kickers program of Martha’s Vineyard Youth Soccer, a coach explained to his four and five-year-old players that there would be eighth graders on the field. “Eighth graders!” one youngster said in a hushed tone, conveying both awe and misunderstanding. “We have to play eighth graders? That’s hard.” Practice proved to be remarkably easy though.
There were winning golfers — four, to be exact. But the real winners at the Martha’s Vineyard Boys & Girls Club fall golf tournament, held Sept. 8 at the Edgartown Golf Club, were the children and families of the Vineyard.
The annual golf tournament, now in its 28th year, raised just over $9,000 to support the Boys and Girls Club’s affordable youth programs, most notably the club’s after-school program, which is open to all Island youth in grades K-6 for an annual membership fee of just $20.
The Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard has a very special dog named Popi. He is a beautiful, big black greyhound who was given up for adoption because his owner became ill and could not care for him. Poor Popi has not adjusted to living in a kennel and has developed all kinds of medical and anxiety problems. He desperately needs an angel who would be willing to give this sweet, loving dog a home. The shelter also has also established a Popi Fund for some badly-needed dental work.
Tomorrow, Sept. 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the Martha’s Vineyard Museum introduces its latest exhibit, Enchanted Isle — The Story of Martha’s Vineyard.
The exhibit, as the title says, is about the Vineyard from its geologic beginnings to the present. Through oral histories and objects, visitors get to travel through different eras and see how they influenced the evolution of the Island. This is to be a permanent exhibition.
Tonight, Sept. 14, there will be a member preview of from 5 to 7 p.m.