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The Oak Bluffs conservation commission voted on Tuesday to refer a plan for a 317-foot public fishing pier to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, creating a new wrinkle for the state Department of Fish and Game which wants to build the pier.
Women Empowered
Women Empowered (WE) has moved to West Tisbury. The organization is now located at 505 State Road, attached to the Up-Island Paint and Tool Store. While its new office is smaller than its previous Vineyard Haven space, it is cozier, brighter and quieter.
It’s been 120 years since the Noyes Building on Pennacock avenue first opened its doors to the Oak Bluffs community, serving as a post office, a market and most recently a library. And now it houses Conroy’s Apothecary and three affordable housing apartments, welcoming lower income families into a more urban neighborhood.
The people of Oak Bluffs have spoken: they wanted a pharmacy, and now they have one. Conroy’s Apothecary has been welcoming new customers for a little over two weeks, and hopes to be there for generations to come.
“Everyone’s been very welcoming, the town, and all the people,” owner Stan Hersh said at his new store earlier this week. “We’re very excited.”
Next Tuesday, July 27, is the deadline for filing election papers to serve on the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.
Every two years, there is an Islandwide election for the nine commissioners. At the fall elections, a minimum of one and a maximum of two commissioners will be elected from each town.
Matt Tobin of Chilmark won the Klays for Kids Charity Skeet Shoot at the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club. Held under ideal weather conditions on Sunday, July 18 at the club’s skeet range, this was the 13th annual Klays for Kids, which benefits the club’s three projects for Island kids.
Mr. Tobin bested seven other skeet shooters to take the first place in the shoot, while Phil Hughes of Oak Bluffs picked up second place, followed by Bill Damora of Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., who took third place.