Women’s Network

Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Network will host a social get-together at the Cellar Bar in Edgartown on Thursday, March 8 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Bring your business cards and a friend to the bar, located downstairs from Atria restaurant. The meeting is free and open to all members and nonmembers. Cash bar and dinner items will be available.

While the state unemployment rate fell last year, the economic picture on the Vineyard remains a bit more muddled, with some reporting that workers in this seasonally-driven economy are in a mighty struggle to make ends meet during the winter months.

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Tisbury selectmen were called on last week to mediate a barking dog dispute.

Since last spring Nick Mosey claims he has had to withstand relentless barking from a group of five Shetland sheepdogs on an abutting property on West Spring street. But Mr. Mosey told the selectmen his formative upbringing in postwar London prevented him from contacting the town earlier about the problem.

A new emergency management protocol for use of the Code Red system has drawn criticism from the Chilmark selectmen, who say the reverse 911 phone system should be streamlined and used only in extreme circumstances.