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What began a year ago as a community Web site dedicated to neighbors helping neighbors has ended with a lawsuit in a Texas district court.
Holiday Public Relations and Events, based in Houston, Tex., and run by Danielle Pendergraft of Edgartown and Texas, has sued Squire Rushnell and Louise DuArt of Edgartown, claiming they failed to pay her for work performed on their nonprofit Network of Neighbors Web site project. The lawsuit was filed in Harris County, Tex.; complaint was served this week on Ms. DuArt and Mr. Rushnell.
Please Adopt Us
The list of people who want to adopt a kitten grows longer every day, and while we will try to accommodate everyone who wants a kitten, it makes us sad that we have several beautiful adult cats who are waiting for adoption too. It also makes us hope that the message about the importance of spaying or neutering may be reaching people who would otherwise be dropping off litters of unwanted kittens to us. If you want to adopt a cat, please stop by the shelter or call us.
In the still-dark mornings, at the Texaco gas station in Menemsha, local fishermen load up on lures and bait, cheap cups of coffee and the daily newspaper before setting out to sea. Behind the rustic station is a long wooden bench where the men gather.
“Early in the morning, it’s always the same crowd,” recalls Albert Fischer 3rd, an 11th-generation Islander. Mr. Fischer, a commercial fisherman in his younger years, can still rattle off names of the old guard.
A condemned, dilapidated building off Water street in Vineyard Haven will be the next project for the Island Housing Trust, thanks to Steve Bernier, the owner of Cronig’s Market, who announced Friday he had donated the house to the trust.
Oak Bluffs will stick with a new one-way road configuration on Dukes County avenue through the summer, the town roads and byways committee said this week.
Last fall, the town changed part of the narrow road into a one-way street on a trial basis, citing safety concerns with the two lanes of traffic, parking and pedestrian use. Some neighbors say the change has shifted the safety problem by increasing traffic on surrounding residential streets.
The Oak Bluffs selectmen Tuesday voiced their support for the Edgartown National Bank’s plan to demolish the Oyster Bar restaurant on Circuit avenue and replace it with a new mixed-use building.
Architect William Christopher shared the plans for the two-story building, which will have a branch of the bank and one or two retail spaces on the ground floor and two residential units on the second floor.