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The Oak Bluffs parks commission on Monday reviewed draft rules for town parks and beaches that among other things would close parks at 10 p.m., prohibit flower picking and ban pets from playgrounds and baseball fields.
Authored by Nancy Phillips, chairman of the parks commission, the rules would apply to all town beaches and parks, including Ocean Park, Waban Park, Nashawena Park, Sunset Park, Veira Park, Inkwell Beach and the old pay beach.
Tisbury’s new police chief, Daniel Hanavan, is pretty much the polar opposite of his ebullient, literary and tempestuous predecessor, John Cashin. And Mr. Hanavan is not unhappy when comparisons are made.
Put it to him that he is exceedingly laconic, and his response proves the point: “Yep.”
Say that this contrasts sharply with Chief Cashin, who would talk under wet concrete, and Mr. Hanavan briefly laughs and says in his uninflected way: “He sure had the gift of the gab. The Irish in him, I guess. That’s not me.”
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Oak Bluffs selectmen on Tuesday again expressed frustration with the ongoing problems at the Nova Vida Church on the corner of Ryan’s Way and Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, after the church submitted new plans to build a rooming house on the second floor and a large tent in the front yard to hold church services at night during the summer.
A special town meeting in West Tisbury was postponed Tuesday due to a lack of quorum, after only 87 voters turned out on a sunny early June evening. At least 114 voters — 10 per cent of those registered in town — were needed for the meeting to be held. After waiting for approximately 30 minutes, moderator F. Patrick Gregory called the meeting and sent voters home.
“Normally this is the part when I say we have a quorum. But we have fallen well short, and will have to try this again,” Mr. Gregory said.