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An Edgartown woman was arrested on drunken driving charges Tuesday after she was involved in a two-car crash in West Tisbury that sent two to the hospital with minor injuries, police said.
Jennifer Brown, 33, of Edgartown was headed south on State Road Tuesday just after 4 p.m. when she rear-ended a car driven by Joseph Spinelli, 72, West Tisbury police Cpl. Garrison Vieira said.
What’s big and gray and has been recently spotted on Martha’s Vineyard?
The Amity Gazette.
With tourists streaming onto the Island this week for Jawsfest, the Vineyard Gazette today printed a limited number of its Aug. 7th issue under the masthead of its fictional alter ego from the blockbuster summer movie Jaws.
After more than an hour of debating whether the character of Menemsha would be forever changed, voters approved a harbor improvement plan for the fishing village at a special town meeting Monday night.
The vote was 40 to 25. A total of 77 voters turned out to the special session at the Chilmark Community Center.
The final vote came after heavy discussion between opponents of the project who argued keeping the character of Menemsha relied heavily on its wooden aesthetic and proponents who said safety and durability were top priorities.
The auctioneer leapt off the stage and sat on a bidder’s lap. The man responded to the pressure, and upped his bid. But Laure Sudreau-Rippe was determined. She raised her paddle and bid $17,000 to attend Vineyard Playhouse production of Love Letters with Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen.
At the 33rd annual Possible Dreams auction, which took place on Monday evening in Ocean Park, caring community members gathered to make donations to one of the Island’s most essential organizations in exchange for unforgettable experiences.
No, you didn’t pick up the wrong newspaper.
With thousands of visitors streaming onto the Island this week to celebrate Jawsfest, the Vineyard Gazette is publishing this commemorative edition today under the name of its fictional alter ego from the movie sensation, Jaws. Not that we aspire to its journalistic ethics.
Chilmark Pond has been ordered closed to swimming until further notice following a routine water sample taken July 31 that revealed high levels of bacteria.
According to the state Bureau of Environmental Health, the water sample revealed 399 colony forming units (CFU) per 100 milliliters of water of enterococci bacteria. A subsequent sample taken on August 2 showed 2,014 CFU per 100 milliliters of water. The sample taken on August 2 coincided with rainfall, which is known to skew data.