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Just two weeks after it finished accepting proposals from wind power developments in waters south of the Vineyard, the federal government has more than halved the area in which it will allow wind farms.
Citing concerns from fishermen, the state and others about potential adverse impacts, particularly on fishing and migrating marine mammals, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement has reduced the size of the prospective area from 3,000 square miles to 1,300.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee approved changes to the student handbook at their monthly meeting this week that include revised policies on discipline, tardiness and academic honesty.
The new disciplinary section of the handbook reflects how the school wants students to behave rather than what they should not do, assistant principal Andrew Berry told the committee. Renamed code of conduct, the section addresses general conduct and dress expectations.
Chappaquiddick residents, upset over Comcast’s failure to serve them, got cold comfort when they took their case to the Edgartown selectmen this week.
Peter Getsinger, the president of the Chappaquiddick Island Association, was assured by selectmen that getting cable service to their island was the town’s “first, foremost and primary objective” in negotiating a new 10-year franchise agreement with the monopoly cable provider.
The Oak Bluffs selectmen and town shellfish department vowed to work more closely this week after years of what the department has called neglect by the town.
Booked as a special workshop between the two town boards, Wednesday’s discussion ranged from understaffing on the waterfront to shellfish constable David Grunden’s expanding role in a variety of research areas not spelled out in his job description.
You want advice about catching trout tomorrow morning?
Cooper A. Gilkes 3rd has a winning starter tip for first-time freshwater anglers: Go early.
Plenty of good fishing techniques will be demonstrated tomorrow morning between anglers, before sunrise at the 37th annual Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club trout tournament which begins at first light, or about an hour before sunrise. After years of fishing, Mr. Gilkes said he has the technique that works.
A drastic decline in striped bass stocks has state and federal officials scrambling to protect the fish, but many recreational fishermen say the government isn’t moving fast enough.