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The 63-year-old woman involved in a double shooting at her West Tisbury home this morning that resulted in the death of her estranged husband sought, and was denied, a restraining order earlier this month, police said.
According to West Tisbury police sgt. Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter 3rd, Cynthia C. Bloomquist came to the West Tisbury police station after court hours on March 1 to request a restraining order against 64-year-old Kenneth R. Bloomquist. The appropriate paperwork was filled out, Mr. Manter said, but on-call judge Robert Kane denied issuing the order.
Seeking to help struggling Vineyard Haven businesses, selectmen voted unanimously on Monday to shift the town’s tax burden away from commercial property owners. But a sharp drop in taxes for businesses will mean a slight uptick for resident and non-resident homeowners alike.
The action, taken at a special meeting following a public hearing on the matter, was intended to give an encouraging economic signal to current Tisbury business owners and make the town more attractive for prospective new businesses.
She’s a Maine native who is trying to save much of the Island’s shellfish population. He’s a Vineyard high school student with a passion for sustainability.
From shell recyclers to waste-management aficionados, seven Vineyarders have been named recipients of prestigious Island fellowships, receiving funding for individual educational and professional endeavors. But the entire Island will also benefit from the awards, with the fellows pledging to use their knowledge and experience to better Island sustainability.
Navy medical corpsman Matthew Bradley, 33, of West Tisbury, returned home from active duty yesterday amid the celebratory sounds of fire engine horns and police sirens. Mr. Bradley, who is serving in the naval reserve, has been stationed with the U.S. Marine Corps. in Afghanistan since he left the Island last August. He has also served in Iraq.
The noise level at Martha’s Vineyard Airport swelled well before Mr. Bradley stepped out of the Cape Air plane on Thursday afternoon. Flags waved amidst the cheering crowd of more than 100 people.
Corey Kupersmith, the Connecticut-based developer who a decade ago waged a bitter public battle to build a golf course and a development on the largest tract of undeveloped forest in Oak Bluffs, now faces foreclosure on almost all of the property he owns in the Southern Woodlands.
The U.S. Coast Guard announced this week it would not pay insurance claims for the massive Menemsha boathouse fire, due to the belief the fire started on the town-owned drive-on pier and not on Coast Guard property.
The dismissal, though not unexpected, prompted outrage from town selectmen, who said the Coast Guard’s belief the fire started on the town pier was incorrect.