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Like most residents and visitors, he enjoys a change of pace when he comes to the Vineyard.
But in nearly every other way, the Hon. Cornelius J. Moriarty 2nd is unlike most residents and visitors. An associate justice of the superior court, Judge Moriarty divides his time between Springfield and the Vineyard, sitting in both superior courts.
And when he is not presiding over a civil and criminal trial here, he might just as easily be found in his garden or at the beach with a saltwater fishing rod in his hand.
By REMY TUMIN
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) has no authority to build a casino on the Vineyard under state or federal law, town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport said in an opinion this week.
The opinion was requested by the chairman of the Aquinnah selectmen three weeks ago, following an announcement by the tribe that it would consider some kind of casino operation on the Vineyard as it scrambles to compete for one of three state gambling licenses expected to be issued in the coming months.
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services executive director Julia Burgess will retire next year, the board announced on Tuesday.
Ms. Burgess has held the top post at Community Services since 2006.
“The board extends its sincere appreciation and best wishes to Julia as she looks forward to the next phase of her professional and personal life,” Community Services board president Wiet Bacheller said in a press release.
The Edgartown National Bank has scaled back plans to replace the Oyster Bar and Grill in Oak Bluffs with a three-story structure that would have maxed out town zoning limits. Responding to concerns voiced at a Martha’s Vineyard Commission public hearing last week, the bank returned to the commission on Monday to present a two-story version of the plan.
The long-running debate over dogs on Lambert’s Cove Beach isn’t over yet.
West Tisbury voters, who agreed three weeks ago at their annual town meeting to let residents walk their dogs on the beach on summer mornings, are being asked back to a special town meeting on June 5 to decide whether they want to pay to enforce good behavior by owners and their pets. The warrant is expected to ask voters to back funding for a seasonal assistant animal control officer to patrol the beach, as well as to consider bylaw changes addressing leashes and litter.
Correction
A story in last week’s Gazette about the West Tisbury selectmen’s decision to purchase gas from the Vineyard Transit Authority mistakenly referred to Patrick Jenkinson as Jesse Jenkinson. The Gazette regrets the error.