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Welcome Anderson
Guinevere and Matthew Cramer of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Anderson James Cramer, born on April 9, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Anderson weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces at birth.
West Tisbury voters voiced their resounding approval for the sale of beer and wine, a new library and the repaving of most major town roads at Thursday's election.
Voters agreed to the sale of beer and wine at restaurants in the long-dry town by a margin of 499 to 202.
"We're thrilled, and thank you, West Tisbury," said Mary Kenworth, co-owner of State Road Restaurant and a leader of the effort to bring beer and wine sales to the town. The popular restaurant was filled with celebratory diners just after the polls closed Thursday evening.
The beef additive known as pink slime is off the menu at all Vineyard public schools.
Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss said this week that as of two weeks ago all the meat in question has been put aside. “We are not using it in any student lunches across the Island, anywhere,” he said.
Protecting Firefighters
Firefighters’ work is stressful enough. Now, thanks to legislation passed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives, they may have one less burden to bear.
The Bunch of Grapes, the landmark Vineyard Haven bookstore that has been the go-to place for Islanders and summer visitors alike — including sitting U.S. presidents — to buy their books for more than 40 years, will relocate, owner Dawn Braasch announced last week.
A few months after an unauthorized dredge project was carried out in Katama Bay, the Edgartown selectmen Monday agreed to a plan to reconfigure the town’s dredge advisory committee.
The new committee will consist of one member of the marine advisory committee, one member of the conservation commission, one member of the shellfish committee and two members at large. The harbor master, shellfish constable and conservation agent will have advisory rolls but will not vote.