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An Edgartown man has been charged for the second time in the last month with illegally practicing law and taking money from a client.
John C. McBride, 62, was arraigned last Friday in Edgartown district court on charges of larceny over $250, removed attorney practicing law and unauthorized practice of law. Not guilty pleas were entered and a pretrial hearing was set for Nov. 21.
The flash of golden shovels against piles of autumn leaves heralded the first phase of the Island Housing Trust’s newest affordable housing project in Vineyard Haven, as groundbreaking for the Lake Street project took place last Thursday.
They are among the fastest sailors in the world and they’ve been having a ball over the past two weeks on Vineyard waters. Eleven world-class kitesurfers are participating in the first North American Speed Sailing Invitational, racing across the Island coastal ponds at speeds faster than most cars travel on Vineyard roads. Yesterday they raced across Sengekontacket at high tide under dark skies, with large rollers coming onto the Joseph Sylvia Beach and wind coming from the north-northeast at well over 25 knots.
It was a long day in Edgartown district court, and amid the serious business taking place in his courtroom, the Hon. H. Gregory Williams couldn’t help but inject an occasional quip to leaven the proceedings, if only by a little bit.
After all, he faced a 15-page list of criminal cases last Friday, which included motions, pleas, arraignments and other pretrial hearings. That didn’t include small claims cases and a trial that spilled over into this week.
Edgartown selectmen issued a stern warning to the owners of Sophia’s Market this week after the convenience store was caught selling alcohol to minors twice in one month over the summer
At a public hearing at their weekly meeting Monday, selectmen said the owners of the market at the Mobil Station on Upper Main street could keep their license as long as they work with the police to avoid future situations.
Edgartown Lacks Quorum
Falling 20 voters shy of a quorum on Tuesday night, the Edgartown special town meeting was rescheduled for this Tuesday, Nov. 1.
The 15-article warrant contains a number of key issues, including a request for money to commission an appraisal for the Capt. Warren House with an eye toward a possible sale, and a request to convert the old silos at Katama Farm into cell towers.
The meeting Tuesday will reconvene at 7 p.m. at the Old Whaling Church.