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Hello Hanna
Marcileia and Adeilton Da Silva of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Hanna Rodrigues Da Silva, born on Dec. 18, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Hanna weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces at birth.
Announcing Amanda
Buffie Gaspar DeSouza and Wesley DeSouza of Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Amanda Roselene Jean DeSouza, born on Dec. 20, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Amanda weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces at birth and was 20 inches long. Amanda also is welcomed by big sister Juliana DeSouza and cousin Jaylin Johnson.
Vineyard lobstermen face a drastic cut in what they are able to land, and that cut could come as early as next year. The focus on fast action follows new expert endorsements of a report describing a fishery on the verge of collapse and in need of closure.
It is unlikely to affect lobster consumers, as nearly all the lobsters sold on the Island, especially this time of year, come from Maine and Canada, which would be unaffected by the proposed cuts of up to 75 per cent or by any moratorium.
Work on Tisbury’s new $7.4 million emergency services building is expected to be delayed at least a month so a botched job of laying the concrete floor can be fixed.
The floor in the apparatus bay was designed to have a slight fall, allowing it to drain. But the concrete workers failed to follow the specifications, so water drains the wrong way and forms pools, a potential danger to emergency services workers.
Chilmark selectmen will hire an engineering consultant to review two wind turbine projects planned for working farms on South Road.
The town selectmen voted to hire the consultant at their meeting Tuesday night after discussion about an appeal by neighbors of building permits issued recently for the Allen Farm and Grey Barn to put up wind turbines.
The Chilmark zoning board of appeals will hold a public hearing on the appeal on Jan. 19.
Edgartown selectmen will ask voters to agree to sell the historic Warren House at the annual town meeting in April.
The decision comes as the town struggles to settle on a plan for its library. A committee charged with developing the plan decided last week to again consider building a new library at the site of the former school. The other option is to renovate and rebuild at the current Carnegie building library on North Water street.