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Beaches around Vineyard Haven harbor are open again as of noon Tuesday, assistant health inspector Maura Valley confirmed, after results from water samples taken yesterday cleared the water as safe for swimming.
The beaches from Owen Park to Ralph Packer’s dock had been closed since Saturday morning due to concerns about fecal coliform bacteria.
Worried Vineyard lobstermen are breathing a little easier this week following a meeting held last week with fisheries regulators in Rhode Island, where a proposed five-year moratorium on lobster fishing was placed on the shelf — at least for now.
The worst-kept secret of the summer is out: the first family will return to Martha’s Vineyard to vacation at the end of August.
The White House confirmed on Friday what Islanders in the know have been whispering for weeks now: a year after their much-hyped and ultimately anticlimactic first presidential visit, the Obamas will return to the Vineyard on August 19 for a 10-day vacation. The current plan calls for the Obamas to leave the Island on August 29.
Lightning struck the Martha’s Vineyard Airport during a series of thunderstorms that swept the Island over the weekend, knocking out the Islandwide emergency communications center computer server that operates in the main tower. The Dukes County Sheriff said yesterday damage and lost equipment were estimated at $100,000.
Vineyard Haven beaches from Owen Park to Ralph Packer’s gas station remained closed Monday after electrical storm damage overnight on Friday caused a pump problem that allowed sewage to seep into storm drains which empty into the harbor between the Steamship Authority and the Black Dog Tavern.
Pat Tillman taught his comrade in arms Russell Baer a couple of important things.
In life, Mr. Tillman, the football star who walked away from a multimillion dollar career with the NFL to go and fight for America, taught Mr. Baer not to prejudge people.
When he heard the star player was joining his unit, the second platoon, Alpha company of the second 75th Ranger regiment, for the invasion of Iraq, Mr. Baer expected him to be “some jock meathead” with a huge ego.