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A new $10,000 fund to subsidize pet health care for Island families is an unexpected bonus that will be part of the final transfer of the Edgartown animal shelter site originally donated by Katharine M. Foote.
The fund, which will be formally announced at a meeting of the Dukes County Commissioners today, is for Vineyarders who may not be able to afford care for their animals on their own.
The state Attorney General issued a severe reprimand to the town of Oak Bluffs Tuesday for a long list of violations of state public bidding laws between 2009 and 2011. Citing “a pattern of disregard and certain evidence of intentional avoidance of public construction bidding laws,” the attorney general upheld a protest that had been filed by a former town selectman, but stopped short of issuing any fines or penalties to the financially-troubled town.
The town of Edgartown’s decision to bar a sightseeing tour van charter business from its downtown streets is sound, the state Department of Public Utilities has ruled.
“The decision by the Edgartown selectmen that [tour van] service should be limited to two-way streets is reasonable,” the DPU wrote in a decision released this week. The ruling upholds the town in its dispute with businessman Ron Minkin, who wants to operate a summer sightseeing tour van business in all the Island towns using five 14-passenger vans.
Mary Harrington, tied for valedictorian of the class of 2011, the daughter of Pamela Logan of Vineyard Haven. She will attend Wellesley College in Wellesley in the fall.
Sarah Johnson, tied for valedictorian of the class of 2011, is the daughter of Debra Swanson and Richard Johnson of Oak Bluffs. She will attend Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., in the fall.
Among them sat an aspiring novelist, an award-winning poet, a future math teacher, budding music-producer, businesswoman and food aficionado. The class of 2011 at the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School graduated Sunday afternoon to the cheers of friends, family and teachers. With tears streaming down their cheeks and smiles on their faces, they accepted their diplomas and took in the atmosphere around them.
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The Cape and Islands Lyme Disease Task Force, an advisory body to Lyme disease prevention efforts in Barnstable County and the Islands, is looking for new members.