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It’s the start of a new chapter for Edgartown Books, the Main street bookstore that will reopen next week under new ownership.
Jeffrey and Joyce Sudikoff, Los Angeles residents who own a home in Edgartown, are the new owners of the Main street building and the business. The sale closed on Friday. Purchase price was not disclosed.
Mr. Sudikoff was the founder and chief executive officer of IDB Communications Group Inc., and a former part owner of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team.
Martha's Vineyard is better than Nantucket! At least, that's the opinion of the folks at familyvacationcritic.com. The Web site has compiled a list of the 10 best islands in the United States, and ranks Martha's Vineyard number 8, one spot ahead of Nantucket. Amelia Island, located off the coast of northeastern Florida, nabbed the top spot.
In a 1967 Life magazine story, the late William Stryon was quoted as saying: “Writing is a cruel and wracking pursuit. I hope none of my children follow in my path.”
Alexandra Styron has done just that, and in her book — Reading My Father — she has found a lifeline away from the scar tissue of her upbringing to a deep and compelling portrait of a complex person — father and writer.
Please Adopt Us
The sweet little mystery stray that came to the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard last week is a stray no longer. His owner never claimed him but another person fell in love with him on the spot and he now has a great new home.
In Oak Bluffs, changes in a traffic pattern have a neighborhood physically divided, and some up in arms.
Last November, motivated by concerns about safety and lack of parking, the selectmen approved redirecting traffic on part of Dukes County avenue to flow one-way toward the harbor between Masonic avenue and Wing Road. Before, the narrow street had a two-way traffic flow as well as parking on one side of the street.
West Tisbury is on the road to becoming a Green Community.
The town is in the final stages of creating a plan to reduce energy use by 20 per cent over the next five years, with the goal of becoming designated a Green Community under the 2008 state Green Communities Act. The designation allows towns to receive special grant funding for energy efficiency studies and improvements to town buildings, among other things.
The town of Tisbury is pursuing the same designation.