News
Offshore Wind Discussion
State and federal officials will be on Island next week to discuss the leasing process of areas of federal waters south of Martha’s Vineyard for the development of offshore wind projects. The public information session will be on Thursday, June 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre, 54 Spring street in Vineyard Haven.
The Tri-Town Ambulance service committee will recommend to the Chilmark selectmen on Tuesday that interim chief Paul (Zeke) Wilkins be permanently appointed chief, committee chairman and Aquinnah police chief Randhi Belain confirmed this week.
Mr. Wilkins has served as interim chief since February when Robert Bellinger resigned. The committee had offered the post to a candidate from Connecticut, who withdrew his application.
Two Edgartown establishments that served beer and wine illegally over the holiday weekend will receive a reprimand from the town selectmen.
At their weekly meeting Tuesday selectmen reported that the Eisenhauer Gallery on North Water street served alcohol without a one-day permit at their weekend opening, and Edgartown Meat and Fish Market sold beer and wine on Memorial Day, against state law.
Police chief Tony Bettencourt said when police arrived at the market they immediately stopped sales.
Sengie’s Summer Closure
Sengekontacket Pond was closed to shellfishing on Wednesday this week and will remain closed until Oct. 1, Oak Bluffs shellfish constable David Grunden confirmed. The closure affects all shellfish harvesting; the pond is safe for swimming.
Some of the millions of small plastic discs, released accidentally from a New Hampshire sewer plant three months ago, have begun washing up on Vineyard beaches
Over the weekend, people reported finding scores of the discs on south shore beaches. One Island resident picked up more than 60 at Quansoo. Others were found on South Beach, near the Edgartown Great Pond opening and at Wasque.
Corrections
In an obituary on Friday for Arthur R. Railton, the editor and writer for the Dukes County Intelligencer, the Gazette overlooked the editorship of the late George W. Adams, who served for a year between the editorships of E. Gale Huntington and Mr. Railton.
Working with the photographer Alison Shaw and designer Janet Holladay, Mr. Adams — a former reporter for the Vineyard Gazette — modernized the layout of the Intelligencer, establishing the template that the publication still uses today.