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It may feel like winter has returned, but harbingers of spring continue to make their presence known. Cynthia Schillings of Vineyard Haven reports that the first mayflowers of the year are in bloom on Ramble Trail Preserve, a land bank trail in Tisbury.
Edgartown restaurant Il Tesoro at the Terrace is in danger of having its liquor license suspended.
The South Summer street restaurant, located inside the Charlotte Inn, was supposed to reopen by Feb. 5 following a short closure. As of now, it remains shuttered. Selectman Margaret Serpa said at an alcohol hearing Monday that if the restaurant was not reopened by Saturday, March 30, the selectmen would suspend the year-round alcohol license.
Il Tesoro owner A.J. Black did not attend the meeting.
The fatal shooting of a 64-year-old man by his estranged wife at their West Tisbury home Friday was a homicide during an act of self-defense, the district attorney said Monday.
Cape and Islands district attorney Michael O’Keefe said in a press release that the medical examiner found the cause of death for Kenneth R. Bloomquist was gunshot wounds to the chest sustained while assaulting his wife, Cynthia C. Bloomquist, with a shotgun. She will not be charged in shooting.
Regional high school freshman Gordon Moore dubbed his entry into the 15th Annual Linguini Bridge Contest “awesome,” and on Monday morning, the small pasta-and-glue creation lived up to its name.
The Awesome Bridge, weighing just 342 grams, took home the top prize in the contest, supporting 1500 pounds with nary a crack. Last year’s winning bridge also withstood the near-tonnage of 1,500 pounds. The school record, held by Alexia Schroeder (class of ‘09) is 2,115 pounds.
Next weekend, March 30 and 31, the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School will present its annual theater production. This year they take on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a play with essentially four plots in one: a royal wedding, prank-playing fairies, a love quadrangle and workmen trying to put on a play. Something for everyone indeed.
On Saturday, March 24, beginning at 8 p.m., the Pit Stop is hosting an evening with Jemima James and friends. For those still out of tune, the Pit Stop is a new music venue that took root this winter on Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs. The space is not a bar, but rather a gathering place and as such all ages are welcome to enjoy the show.