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No Edgartown Quorum
Edgartown voters failed to reach a quorum last night for a special town meeting at the Old Whaling Church.
Chairman of the board of selectmen Margaret Serpa told voters they were short 44 people to meet the 162 minimum. The special session will be rescheduled at a later date or combined with the annual town meeting in April.
The investigation into the July 12 Menemsha fire is nearly complete, and Coast Guard senior officials announced last week that they expect a final report in a matter of weeks from federal and state agencies.
Joe Van Nes is about as far from being a political insider as you can get. The 25-year-old Vineyard contractor and landscaper is happy to admit that until about six months ago he was “utterly uninvolved” in politics and did not even vote.
“I voted when I was 18, just to do it, you know?” he said this week. “Then I lost faith in a system so obviously corrupt.
Islanders can support the treatment of autism using voice movement therapy by placing an order for an evergreen Christmas wreath at a cost of $12. Each wreath will be delivered to the Island just after Thanksgiving. The sales are through Corinne de Langavant, who is presenting her thesis on autism and voice movement therapy at the YAI Conference on special needs in New York city in May of 2011. The funds wiLL help to defray related costs.
On Monday, Nov. 15, the Writer’s Guild of America, East Foundation will host a benefit performance of Jules Feiffer: Funny Side Up at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th street, at 8 p.m.
Red Stocking is a long-standing Vineyard effort to provide food and clothing to Island children from birth through grade eight. Approximately 375 children were served last year by Red Stocking.