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A rising tide lifts all boats, they say. But the old aphorism about the economy apparently does not hold true for Vineyard real estate, as the most recent property valuations show.
Scholars Take Note
The Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard is accepting applications for its 2011 scholarship program. Through the 17 scholarship funds it administers, the endowment is one of the largest providers of financial support for Island students. Last year, 54 scholarships totaling $123,600 were awarded to Vineyard high school seniors as well as college and graduate students.
Off Old Farm Road in Chilmark at the end of a dirt road sits the new house of Dardanella and Sean Slavin and their two small children. Over the past year this house has become a home for the young family but it has also become a laboratory. Here, and in 32 other houses across the Island, General Electric and the Vineyard Energy Project have been testing out the next generation of so-called smart appliances and gauging the response of customers whose energy demands have been tempered by the energy load capacity of utilities.
The owners of the Old Parsonage house in West Tisbury have requested permission from the town historic district commission to demolish the 17th century home that sits on State Road overlooking Parsonage Pond.
Had a groundhog stirred from his sleep on Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday morning, he would not have seen his shadow, presaging a short time before spring. Cynthia Riggs was more concerned about the ice out on the landscape and roads on Wednesday morning when she woke up. For her this was a big social day, when a lot of her friends and townspeople were coming for a party.
A very big party.
After a month of wrestling with how to close a $238,000 budget gap, the Oak Bluffs selectmen finally took out their scalpels and began to make the required cuts on Tuesday at a special selectmen’s meeting.