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Sunday, 6:45 a.m., open discussion meeting, First Baptist Church, William street, Vineyard Haven.
Sunday, 10 a.m., open discussion, State Beach, first bridge, Oak Bluffs, (weather permitting).
Sunday, 11 a.m., open discussion meeting at the Council on Aging on Wamsutta avenue in Oak Bluffs.
Sunday, 7 p.m., grapevine meeting at old Oak Bluffs School, School street, Oak Bluffs.
Vineyard stargazers, prepare to stay up late. The annual Leonid meteor shower is scheduled to reach its peak tonight, Thursday, Nov. 17, according to astronomers.
Like the better-known August Perseid meteor shower, the Leonid meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through a trail of debris from the comet Tempel-Tuttle. Many of the particle clouds burn up in the atmosphere, creating fleeting shooting stars of meteors.
West Tisbury will join Edgartown in a legal challenge of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s decision to approve the roundabout.
At the West Tisbury selectmen’s meeting Wednesday, selectman Richard Knabel said the project had generated a “staggering amount of opposition on the Island.”
Oak Bluffs selectmen voted Tuesday night to turn part of narrow Dukes County avenue into a one-way road. Selectmen said the decision was motivated by concerns over safety and lack of parking.
The change will likely take effect before the start of December and is intended only as a temporary measure pending further study.
Beginning Thursday, Nov. 17, the Bourne Bridge will be reduced to one-lane traffic for ongoing steel repairs.
Traffic delays will be likely during the morning and afternoon peak travel periods each day, according to the Corps of Engineers. Traffic control will be in place for the duration of the repairs.
The Bourne Bridge will be fully open to two lanes of traffic in each direction during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, from Wednesday, Nov. 23 at noon through Monday, Nov. 28 at 9 a.m.
West Tisbury will join Edgartown in a legal challenge of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s decision to approve the roundabout.
At the West Tisbury selectmen’s meeting Wednesday, selectman Richard Knabel said the project had generated a “staggering amount of opposition on the Island.”
