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On Tuesday morning, 68 seniors of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School graduating class hopped on a school bus and headed off-Island for the day.
“A lot of kids can talk the talk and nothing actually happens,” said school adjustment counselor Amy Lilavois on Monday morning. “But sure enough, they got a list of kids going, sold tickets during lunch, and tomorrow we are taking two buses to Six Flags.”
Everybody knows Celeste Ewing. That’s one of the things her teachers and her family have to say about her — when you walk down the street or down the halls of the high school with Celeste, everyone says hi to the friendly 22 year old.
For the last eight years, Celeste, who has Down Syndrome, has captivated her teachers and classmates alike with her winning personality, leadership abilities and openness to others.
On Chappaquiddick, concern is growing over what neighbors are calling a hotel-like development on Sampson’s Hill, a residential neighborhood on a high point in the center of the remote island located off the eastern end of Edgartown.
The property owner, Stephen Olsson, is advertising his luxury vacation rental homes on the Internet as places that can sleep up to 34 people in a compound that includes a clubhouse, pool, gardens, hot tub and jacuzzi.
As the plan to build a resort-style casino in Southeastern Massachusetts continues to run into roadblocks, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) is quietly moving to complete construction work on the tribal community center in Aquinnah where it wants to open a high-stakes bingo hall.
The new pews are still empty, and the fresh pine they are built from won’t begin to creak until parishioners arrive later this month, adding their imprint to the long history of the Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs.
Edgartown K-9 officer Jeff Trudel and his dog, Buster, paid a special visit to Tisbury School readers last week.
Buster gave his “paw of approval” (as well as lots of kisses and tail wags) to the top readers from each of the second through fourth grade classes. The visit capped off Books for Buster, a month-long reading incentive program organized by Tisbury School reading coordinator Natalie Krauthamer.