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In a few months gulls will patrol the dunes of South Beach seeking the ill-grasped sandwiches of naive tourists, but on Thursday the deserted area was the domain of “the bird.” That’s what contractor Michael Warminsky calls the extremely low-flying, modified Bell 206 helicopter that began sniffing Vineyard beaches this week for what remains of the physical legacy of the Vineyard’s encounter with World War II.
The West Tisbury historic district commission agreed this week that it will not allow the demolition of the Old Parsonage house in West Tisbury.
Owners Tara and Daniel Whiting have made a preliminary request to tear down the house which dates to the 1600s and overlooks Parsonage Pond on State Road.
In a meeting on Monday members of the commission urged Ms. Whiting to withdraw her application for a certificate of hardship, intended to buttress the need to raze the house.
None of this year’s snowfalls has amounted to a blizzard, but the town of Tisbury’s response might well qualify as one — a paper blizzard.
The town has decided to get tough on people who do not clear snow from their sidewalks, and in pursuit of the goal of slip-free footpaths has issued hundreds of warnings and citations to businesses and residents over recent weeks.
Yet many sidewalks still are not being cleared.
Playboy, back in its heyday, published some great literature. This helped bring a bit of cover to those buying the magazine.
“Hey, I’m only interested in the articles,” was the standard line.
Next week the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition hits the stands. Although not completely naked, the models just about bare all. And the cover line this year for any guy caught by his wife or girlfriend glassy-eyed and drooling over the pictures?
Delta Air Lines announced this week it would begin seasonal daily, nonstop service between the Vineyard and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport from May 25 through Sept. 6 this year.
Service will be operated with 50-seat CRJ-200 regional jets.
Delta’s managing director for domestic network planning, Joe Esposito, said the airline’s “global gateway at JFK will provide convenient one-stop connecting service between Martha’s Vineyard and nearly 50 international destinations.”
This is where old ferries go when they die: to the scrap metal yard.
The ferry Islander, the Vineyard’s favorite diesel ferry that served the Steamship Authority from 1950 to 2007, is now being cut up into pieces somewhere on the New Jersey shoreline.
After she was sold by the Steamship Authority for $500,000, the Islander had a tough go in New York city running between the Battery Maritime Building and Governors Island.
Two years ago she was sold on eBay for $23,600.
Now she is scrap metal.