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Edgartown School principal John Stevens has announced the honor roll for the third quarter of the 2011-2012 academic year.
Eighth grade high honors go to Renato Gomes, Samantha Hargy, Jared Livingston and Sara Poggi.
Eighth grade honors go to James DiMattia, Alexandra Ellis, Elliot Ferland, Olivia Green-Lingren, Elizabeth Hayman, Jacquelyn Hegarty, Marlla Lemos, Amadine Muniz and Ian Shea.
Seventh grade high honors go to Kylie Hatt, Erin Hill, Abigail Lively, Paulo Pereira, Sarah Pertile, Joshua Tate- Da Silva and Lucy Ulyatt.
As the scramble to reach first in casino gambling continues in Massachusetts, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) caused a small stir when it announced last week that the tribe is considering some kind of casino operation on the Vineyard.
A decision by West Tisbury to buy discounted gasoline from the Vineyard Transit Authority for town vehicles has upset the owners of Up-Island Automotive, who told the town selectmen this week the move has both hurt their business and wounded their pride as longtime business owners in the heart of the village.
Tisbury voters will have a clear choice next Tuesday as Tom Pachico and Jon Snyder square off for an open seat on the town board of selectmen. In one corner is an outspoken and defiantly proud lifelong Islander with decades of service to the town; in the other, a professed budget hawk and town finance committee veteran with a background in high finance. The two disagree on almost every issue.
The polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the American Legion Hall.
The Edgartown police department will welcome two new members this summer.
On Tuesday police chief Antone Bettencourt told the selectmen that with officer Alex Elias leaving for another job, Oak Bluffs police officer Jeffrey Trudel will be joining the Edgartown force on May 14. Mr. Trudel is assigned to the K-9 unit for Martha’s Vineyard Law Enforcement Council, working with his black Labrador, Buster. Aquinnah Det. Ryan Ruley will also join the Edgartown department, effective June 18. Mr. Bettencourt said both men will later be sworn in before the board.
Twelve years ago, as transcriptionist Sara Crafts remembers it, a “nice couple” walked into her home office in Oak Bluffs and asked if she could type up a series of extended photo captions for a forthcoming book. She took the job, not knowing it would lead to a life-changing collaboration.