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Days before the two Islands squared off for the Island Cup, Nantucket Steamship Authority governor H. Flint Ranney offered an olive branch to his western neighbor.
On Tuesday morning in Woods Hole, Mr. Ranney presented an antique steam whistle to Vineyard governor Marc Hanover for installation on the M/V Martha’s Vineyard.
At least two towns have decided to sue the Martha’s Vineyard Commission in superior court over its recent decision to approve the Oak Bluffs roundabout.
On Monday Edgartown selectmen voted to appeal the commission’s controversial decision, and on Wednesday West Tisbury joined the cause, citing “a staggering amount of opposition” to the project.
Edgartown selectman and board chairman Arthur Smadbeck was the first to urge his colleagues to consider going to court to block the roundabout.
It seemed like the whole town of Aquinnah showed up Sunday afternoon to honor Walter Delaney for his years of service as fire chief and more.
The town hall meeting room, the same place where Mr. Delaney, who is 81, presided for so many years as moderator over town meetings, was decked out for the party. Tables usually set up for town business were cloaked in tablecloths and covered with dishes of homemade food.
“It was overwhelming,” Mr. Delaney said of the gathering.
Class of 1981 Reunion
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School class of 1981 will celebrate its 30th reunion on Saturday, Nov. 26 at the P.A. Club in Oak Bluffs. All classmates, teachers and friends are invited to attend, and are asked to bring an appetizer or plate of finger food to share. A cash bar will be available. To RSVP, contact Tricia McCarthy Bennane at [email protected].
A special town meeting in West Tisbury Tuesday night pitted the town’s humans against its dogs, as voters took up the divisive question of whether to continue to allow canines at Lambert’s Cove Beach in the summer.
“I don’t even go there anymore because the smell is so overpowering,” said Karen Overtoom. “I guess you have to decide whether the beach is for the people or the dogs.”
Lending a Hand
The Family to Family Program of Serving Hands Food Distribution is working to ensure that Island families in need will have a great Thanksgiving meal. Islanders who can are asked to sponsor one of the families by contributing the cost of one family’s meal, $25. Last Thanksgiving the program provided more than 170 meals.