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Oyster shells just saw their stock go up on the Vineyard. A former employee of the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group is in the early stages of a project to recycle oyster shells from seafood restaurants on the Island. The idea is to put the oyster shells back in the pond to boost oyster futures.
Jessica A. (Jessie) Kanozak, floor manager at Offshore Ale Co. on Kennebec avenue, plans to collect the shells by the truckload and deposit them into the Edgartown and Tisbury Great Ponds as culch for future oyster beds.
Edo Potter to Be Honored
Chappaquiddick author and conservationist Edo Potter will be presented a Lifetime Achievement award at the Edgartown Library Foundation’s annual Legacy of Learning summer brunch on Sunday, July 10 at noon at the Boathouse Field Club.
A former Edgartown selectman, Mrs. Potter has championed many causes and she always has been a strong supporter of the Edgartown Public Library.
Real estate and personal property values are currently being updated in all Island towns in order that each town’s assessments can be certified by the Department of Revenue later this year for fiscal year 2012.
Island Club Donations
Our Island Club, the consumer savings program that also raises money for local organizations, has distributed its annual donations, more than $43,000.
Included in the distribution are scholarships to the Vineyard Nursing Association, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School vocational programs and the Permanent Endowment Fund. It also donated $1,500 to support the SafeRides program. A complete list of the 180-plus organizations is posted on the Web site ourislandclub.com.
With summer fast approaching and the time-honored tradition of jumping off the big bridge at Sengekontacket set to resume, town and county officials are once again calling on the state to remedy what has become a dangerous situation along the rebuilt bridge walkway.
“If there’s a kid sitting down on that railing any truck mirror that comes by is going to take their head off,” county manager Russell Smith said on Wednesday.
Residents of the Leonard Circle neighborhood in Vineyard Haven are lining up and picking sides: They’re either with the rooster or against it.
The itinerant rooster’s name is Rupert. And true to his nature as a rooster, Rupert has a penchant for predawn crowing sessions.
At a Tisbury zoning board of appeals meeting on May 12 residents of the neighborhood called for Rupert to be captured.
This week neighbors appeared before the town selectmen to show their support for Rupert.