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Hello Frances
Angie Francis and James Moffatt of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Frances Anne Moffatt, born on May 10, 2012 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Frances weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces at birth.
The town of Tisbury is struggling to say sayonara to Japanese knotweed at the Tashmoo Overlook. The invasive plant has flourished in the area after being accidentally shipped in by the state Department of Transportation a decade ago.
At the Tisbury selectmen’s meeting Tuesday, board chairman Tristan Israel, who lives in the area, outlined the town’s struggles with the foreign invader. Mr. Israel said that the state built a drainage ditch at the corner of Snake Hollow and State Road about a decade ago.
Committee Appointees
The Edgartown selectmen Monday appointed members to a newly-configured town dredging advisory committee.
Gary Look from the marine advisory committee, Edward W. Vincent Jr. from the conservation commission and Ralph Case from the shellfish committee were appointed to the committee, with selectman Margaret Serpa voting against the appointments.
When the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority ticket office opens Monday for the summer season there will be plenty to see inside and overhead. Margot Datz, a much celebrated Edgartown artist, this winter completed a 70-foot mural that spans three overhead walls. The painting was commissioned by the Steamship Authority last fall and it took her, with other projects, a winter to complete.
Citing a near monopoly of the Island’s propane supply, a new player hopes to enter the Vineyard energy market this year.
John Rymes, owner of Rymes Propane & Oil, a family-owned business based in Pembroke, N.H., appeared before the Tisbury selectmen on Tuesday to request a license to store 16,500 gallons of propane on property owned by Goodale Construction off of High Point Lane in Vineyard Haven. The selectmen approved the license, which is still subject to review and approval from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.
The Vineyard Independence Partnership (VIP) presented its first-ever Access Appreciation award to the Steamship Authority Wednesday afternoon in recognition of the recent improvements the SSA has made to its passenger ramp at the Vineyard Haven terminal. The ramp, installed earlier in the year, was designed to offer greater accessibility to passengers with physical disabilities, and features more gradual sloping and switchbacks.
SSA station manager Bridget Tobin accepted the award, given by VIP co-presidents Steve Soriano and Allison Burger.