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Waldorf Teachers
The Island Waldorf Community has announced the teaching team for the coming academic year at Plum Hill School, a developing Waldorf school for children ages two years, nine months to five years old. Rachael Curtin will become lead teacher, expanding her role. Longtime assistant teacher Marie Meyer-Barton will continue her role. Joining the group will be Lucia Dillon, also as an assistant teacher.
Come meet them all at Plum Hill’s Flower Festival off New Lane, in West Tisbury, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 21.
Rents will go up for leaseholders at the Cliffs in Aquinnah this summer.
At their meeting Tuesday, Aquinnah selectmen approved a four per cent rent hike for the cliff lease lots. This marks the first time in four years that the rents have been raised.
If anyone opposed the principle of giving Geoffrey Craig (Spa) Tharpe $4,954.90 from the Aquinnah town coffers, they didn’t show up at town meeting on Tuesday night.
Instead, discussion focused on whether the town could find a creative but legal way to reimburse the popular Aquinnah resident for overpayment of his property taxes in 2005 and 2006.
Oak Bluffs voters are not out of the woods yet when it comes to confronting deficits in their cash-strapped town.
A $180,000 cost overrun on the town health insurance plan will require a special town meeting to transfer money to pay the bill, town administrator Michael Dutton told selectmen at their meeting this week.
Three Vineyard fishermen had a real-life Jaws moment last Friday morning when they encountered a great white shark circling a dead minke whale that had become tangled in lobster line in the area known as Devil’s Bridge off Aquinnah.
The Island Food Pantry had a record year. More people relied on the food pantry to augment or support their food needs this past winter than in any previous year. The organization goes back to 1981. Armen Hanjian, coordinator for the nonprofit organization committed to help those in need, said they had a record of 91 visitors in one day. In one week in April they had 196 visits.