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On the morning that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced that Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan will be his running mate, Martha’s Vineyard Democrats focused on a more local political decision as they heard from the two candidates they will choose between in the congressional primary on Sept. 6.
On Saturday, August 11, this month’s Arts District Stroll in Oak Bluffs takes place. The stroll is from 4 to 7 p.m. and is an opportunity to check out all of the galleries along Dukes County avenue as they roll out the welcome mat, not to mention snacks and drinks.
The Alison Shaw Gallery is hanging a show full of brand-new work as well as celebrating The Chappy Ferry Book by author Tom Dunlop with photographs by Alison Shaw.
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for the surrounding region, including coastal waters extending out 25 nautical miles south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, and coastal waters from Montauk, N.Y. to Martha's Vineyard extending out to 20 nautical miles south of Block Island. This watch also includes the following includes the following adjacent coastal waters: Vineyard Sound and Nantucket Sound, Boston Harbor, Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay, Rhode Island Sound, Narragansett Bay and Block Island Sound. The watch will remain in effect through 9 p.m.
A New York woman is facing a cocaine trafficking charge in what the Edgartown police chief said was one of the biggest drug busts in recent memory.
Mitefea Kelly, 18, was arraigned Friday morning in Edgartown district court after being arrested Thursday for allegedly carrying more than 270 grams of cocaine.
On Saturday, August 11, the The Martha’s Vineyard Democrats will host both candidates for the ninth congressional district of Massachusetts.The candidates are William Keating, who is running for re-election, and Sam Sutter, the district attorney for Bristol County.
The meeting takes place at 9 a.m. at Howes House in West Tisbury.
Islanders seem to voice the complaint nearly as often as they grumble about summer traffic backups at the blinker light and spiking prices at the gas pump:
You can’t find a primary care doctor on the Island.