News
A 21-year-old Pennsylvania man has been charged with rape after an alleged incident in Oak Bluffs.
Joseph D. Williams, 21, of Verona, Pa., was arraigned August 16 in Edgartown district court on charges of rape and selling/delivering alcohol to a person under 21.
Correction
A recent article about the planned roundabout reported that the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank had granted a temporary easement for upcoming construction. The land bank does not have authority to grant easements; instead, it signed a right of entry, akin to a permissive license to enter. The Gazette regrets the error.
Clarification
A headline in a story Tuesday about a forum hosted by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund referred only to the NAACP. The two groups are separate entities.
The Aquinnah selectmen agreed this week to explore a possible expansion of the Philbin Beach parking lot after a spokesman for a group of families that owns abutting property offered to gift a small parcel of land to the town for the purpose of expansion.
The volume of yoga practitioners on Martha’s Vineyard is almost overwhelming, yoga teacher Mollie Doyle said this week. “We have an amazing yoga community here . . . there are nine or 10 classes practicing on a Tuesday morning, and they are all full,” she said.
“It’s kind of a yoga mecca.”
And next week, the yoga-friendly Island will be the site of even more asanas and oms than normal at the third annual Martha’s Vineyard Yoga Festival.
Please Adopt Us
The Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard has four adorable 12-week-old kittens, one male and three females, gray-and-white, short-haired. Call the shelter or drop by to see them.
Vineyard Comedy Fest
The stage is set this summer for the second annual Knock-Knock production’s Martha’s Vineyard Comedy Fest, a series of comedy shows performed at the Lampost in Oak Bluffs this week and next. The festival offers a full menu of humor, with comedians Torris Brown, Brian Babylon and Kevin Williams performing tonight at 8 p.m., and B Cole, Frank Collaso, Leon Rogers and Damon Williams performing three nights next week — August 30, 31 and Sept. 1.
All shows begin at 8 p.m., and doors open at 7:30 p.m.