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Real Estate Course
New requirements for obtaining a Massachusetts real estate license take effect in the spring of 2011 requiring three years of experience as a salesperson as a prerequisite for obtaining a broker’s license; currently one year is required.
The classroom requirements for a salesperson or a broker’s license will also be increased from 24 to 40 hours, and the require.
Dukes Academy, a state licensed real estate school based on the Vineyard, is offering classes beginning Oct. 26.
NSTAR received emergency permission from the Edgartown selectmen on Monday to replace a damaged submarine cable in the channel between Edgartown and Chappaquiddick. The cable failure caused a nine-hour power outage on Chappaquiddick in September.
A rolling meadow that has been used for sheep grazing off State Road in Tisbury will be protected thanks to the purchase of a conservation restriction by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank.
The land bank commission announced on Tuesday that it has signed a contract to buy a restriction on seven acres owned by Kristen Kingsbury Henshaw. The purchase price is $301,000. The field is located about .2 miles from the land bank’s Tisbury Meadow Preserve.
Doctor of Philosophy
For the past decade Betty Burton has organized the Vineyard Haven Public Library’s evening lecture series. On Tuesday it was her turn to speak. Like many Vineyarders, when she came to the Island years ago, she left behind an impressive oeuvre on the continent: Mrs. Burton was a researcher on the cutting edge of the still emergent field of genetics in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
“Even people who have known her for a long time don’t know about her career as a research scientist,” says her husband, John Sundman.
Community Suppers
Edgartown community suppers begin on Monday, Oct. 25 and run through March 28. Dinners start at 5 p.m. and are held in the Baylies Room at the Old Whaling Church on Main street in Edgartown.
All are welcome.
For more information, call 508-693-4424.