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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.
A Tisbury man who has worked as an assistant boys’ basketball coach at the Edgartown School was arraigned Thursday on three counts of indecent assault and battery on 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.
The West Tisbury selectmen voted Wednesday to ban two Akitas from the Vineyard who had killed more than a dozen chickens and geese on a neighboring property.
After nearly an hour of contentious and sometimes emotional debate the selectmen decided not to euthanize the dogs, and will now finalize an agreement between the dog owners and the town for the dogs to leave the Island permanently. The vote was two to one.
Clifford the Big Red Dog continues his run through the Island. The large, lovable canine will pay a visit to the West Tisbury library today at 10:30 a.m.
On Saturday, Feb. 4, he’ll finish his tour of the local libraries with appearances at the Oak Bluffs library at 10:30 a.m. and the Edgartown library at 3:30 p.m.
Norman Bridwell, the creator of Clifford, is an Island resident.
Tisbury police arrested two Bridgewater men this week for attempting to steal a 1,000-pound lead sailboat keel.
Corey M. Dechaine, 19 and James Carroll McFarland, 21, were apprehended in broad daylight on Monday on property off Oak Hill Road used by Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway for the storage of boat parts.
The Vineyard may be known for its “dry” towns, but four of the six Island towns could be considered the “wettest” — at least by some standards. According to a list of 75 Massachusetts towns with the highest number of liquor licenses per capita, Oak Bluffs is the fifth wettest town in the commonwealth with just 128 residents per liquor license.