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West Tisbury beaches, including Lambert’s Cove Beach and Long Point, are all open to swimming again as of Tuesday afternoon.
Several beaches had been closed last week after routine water testing showed elevated levels of enterococcus bacteria.
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Knowledge of the Atlantic great white shark has been relegated for too long to the fevered imaginations of nervous beachgoers and boaters. With the animals returning to the New England coastline in larger numbers, one state scientist with Vineyard roots is bringing that understanding out of the realm of the mythical and uncovering fascinating insights into this elusive two-ton, apex predator’s behavior.
The first Tisbury art stroll got off to a quiet start on Friday night, but no matter, the tide in this port town is changing. Dawn Braasch, owner of the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore and now president of the Tisbury Business Association, is on a mission to revitalize downtown Vineyard Haven.
And the art stroll was a good way to kick off her campaign. “It just felt like there was life again in Vineyard Haven. It was lovely,” she said.
Machschefes Graduates
Jacob C Machschefes, the grandson of Chief Warrant Officer 4 Joseph F. Burgess Jr. and Jessie C. Burgess U.S. Coast Guard (retired) and the son of Jane and Karl Machschefes, graduated from Natomas Charter School, in Sacramento, Calif., on June 10, 2011. He will continue his education at the Art Institute of Sacramento. He has successfully made Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts.
His sister, JuliAnn, has completed her first year at the University of San Diego.
Hello, Leo
Maura Martin and Russell Carson of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Leo Yochanan Carson, born on July 10, 2011, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Leo weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounces at birth.