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Undaunted by the bleak economic picture, Oak Bluffs voters agreed on Tuesday night to increase the room occupancy tax and allocate $200,000 for the historic renovation of the brick bathhouse on the North Bluff.
But when it came to a much-discussed article by petition to reduce the number of selectmen from five to three, voters could not agree.
The game is back. Every fall on the Island the leaves turn red and fall to the ground, scallopers take to Island ponds, and the V’s and W’s line up across from each other on the gridiron the week before Thanksgiving to add a new chapter to The Rivalry. Then, all of a sudden last year, they didn’t. The dead leaves might as well have clung to their branches. After the ensuing round of finger-pointing and resentment subsided the Game is back on the schedule.
Last Friday Skip Bettencourt was strolling the Chappaquiddick side of the Norton Point breach with his wife, his dog and two friends when he stumbled across six feet of bloodied blubber. With the tooth-studded lower jaw of a sperm whale and the pointed snout of a shark, the animal cut an outlandish profile.
“We had no idea what it was,” he said. “It looked like it hadn’t been there that long, though.”
The Vineyard Gazette office will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. The newspaper will publish on Friday as usual and the office will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day. Correspondents are reminded that early deadlines apply this week.
Please Adopt Us
It’s hard to believe Thanksgiving is less than a week away. There are many animals at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard that need loving homes. Please stop by and see them!
John Miles Arrives
Abigail Southard and Curtis Chandler of Edgartown announce the birth of a baby boy, John Miles Chandler, on Nov.14 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. John Miles weighed eight pounds at birth.