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A recent rash of unusual thefts involving thousands of dollars worth of stolen construction and landscaping tools from Island contractors ended with the arrest of three young Island men, including two juveniles, this week.

Glenn Goulart, 18, of West Tisbury and two 16-year-olds from Edgartown were arraigned separately in Edgartown district court on multiple counts of breaking and entering, larceny, malicious destruction of property and conspiracy to commit a crime. Mr. Goulart was arraigned on Monday; the two juveniles were arraigned on Tuesday.

The Vineyard Gazette won 17 awards in the annual New England Newspaper and Press Association contest this year, including nine first-place awards for excellence in journalism and advertising. The awards were announced at the annual banquet held by the small newspaper press association in Boston last weekend. The contest saw nearly 3,000 entries from small daily, weekly and biweekly/monthly newspapers in the six-state region of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Newspapers are judged in daily and weekly categories by circulation.

The Edgartown personnel board sent a letter of reprimand to the town planning board last week following a grievance that was filed claiming inappropriate behavior by an elected official toward a town employee.

Planning board assistant Georgiana Greenough filed the grievance against board member Fred Mascolo on Feb. 2, following a heated exchange at a Feb. 1 meeting.

The personnel board letter was sent to the planning board on Feb. 10.

Herbal healing, the art of healing naturally and without expensive drugs, is the subject of a new series of classes by Vineyard herbalist Holly Bellebuono.

Ms. Bellebuono is the proprietor of Vineyard Herbs and the soon-to-be author of upcoming book Everyday Herbal from Shambhala Publishers in Boston, due out in spring of 2012.

But that’s a whole year to wait in order to study up on which herbs to take for which ailment. And besides, a book, no matter how good, can’t compare to the live version.

Dee Dice has been selected to present a workshop at the 38th Annual New England Adoption Conference: Tales of the Journey: Past, Present and Future. Ms. Dice’s workshop will focus on the realities of single parenting.