News
A Vineyard Haven man who has worked as an assistant boys’ basketball coach at the Edgartown School and volunteered at Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club was arraigned Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old boy.
School officials said the alleged victim is not a student at the school, but Daniel P. Parker’s arrest by Tisbury police on Wednesday prompted the Vineyard schools superintendent to bar him from all Island schools.
Holmes Hole Dinner
The Holmes Hole Sailing Association will hold its annual winter dinner at the Wharf Pub in Edgartown on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m., at which point plans for the 2012 sailing season will be announced. All sailing assocation members and interested parties are invited to attend.
The cost for the dinner is $40 and includes tax and tips, but not drinks. To RSVP, contact Diane Hartmann at 508-693-459 or e-mail [email protected].
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources has awarded Island Grown Schools $12,000 in grant money. The grant is part of a larger $200,000 awards program doled out to seven “buy local” organizations across the commonwealth, and will be used to support Island Grown Schools’ efforts to bring more fresh, healthy and locally produced foods to school cafeterias.
Youth Hockey News
Youth hockey teams took home wins at all levels last weekend, with the Mites defeating Yarmouth twice on Saturday (5-3 and 2-1) and Gateway on Sunday (final score 3-1). The wins secured a playoff berth for the Mites.
The Peewees move to a 10-2-2 record after two wins against Gateway on Sunday. This month brings a bevy of challenges for the team in the forms of undefeated Nantucket and league-leading Lower Cape. The Vineyard takes on Lower Cape on home ice this Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and 11:50 a.m.
Both varsity hockey teams play on home ice Saturday in a pair of league matchups, with the boys playing their last Eastern Athletic Conference game of the regular season. Be sure to support the girls’ basketball team during one (or all) of their three home games this week. The team plays at 4:30 p.m. today, Tuesday and Thursday.
The commercial oyster season is underway, and the early reports from the Tisbury Great Pond in West Tisbury and Chilmark are good. Oyster fishermen in those towns are getting their daily limit, although the off-Island market is soft.
The retail price on Island fluctuates; this week wild oysters were selling for 50 cents apiece.