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Thomas J. Hegarty drives around the Vineyard in his Dukes County pickup truck as though he could drive right out to the edge of the world. He holds up the peace sign to nearly every car he passes, or at least calls out the window to say hello.
He’s a man about town, but the former carpenter, contractor and Lampost bartender with the trademark Ray-Ban sunglasses and sometimes coarse sense of humor, has another side too. Mr. Hegarty is celebrating his 10th year as the director of the county integrated pest management program.
Yes, celebrating.
To be homeschooled doesn’t mean one only receives teaching in the home. The family joke surrounding Kendra Mills’ education is that she was “schooled by the whole Island.”
Vineyarders and visitors alike gathered at Niantic Park on Saturday to take part in the ninth annual Vineyard Streetball Classic. The double-elimination basketball tournament for preteens and teens featured, as is tradition, three-on-three half-court ball. As part of the classic’s ongoing evolution, new traditions, including a free throw contest, were also added to the day’s activities.
Little League at Bat
The Martha’s Vineyard Little League under-nine travel team opens their season today, July 8, against Taunton West in the Rehobeth Summer Slam Tournament.
The 10-year-olds travel to the Cape on Friday to face Walpole in the Sandwich Summer Blast, after going 1-2 in the 10-year-old state Little League tournament.
The 11-year-olds won against Brookfield at Veira Park on Wednesday, July 6. Today they play Rochester as they advance through the 11-year-old state Little League tournament.
According to Fluke
Fluke fishermen young and old will be out in force this weekend as the 12th annual fluke tournament sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign War Post 9261 gets under way.
Lines go in the water at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. The weigh-in station is the VFW Post headquarters on Towanticut avenue in Oak Bluffs. Last year the fishing contest attracted close to 130 anglers, according to Peter Herrmann, chairman of the event.
Edgartown selectmen approved converting two loading zones on South Water street to short-term parking this week.
The spaces in front of the Harborside Inn will become 15-minute parking areas in an effort to ease traffic flow. Town highway superintendent Stuart Fuller said at the weekly meeting on Tuesday the new spaces will help accommodate short-term parking for the hotel and banks in the area.
Town administrator Pamela Dolby recommended giving out parking warnings before issuing tickets for the first few weeks.