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The Oak Bluffs Public Library, in conjunction with the annual celebration of Della Hardman Day on Saturday, July 31, is sponsoring a photography contest to select 14 images featuring Martha’s Vineyard that reflect Della Hardman’s legacy theme “savor the moment.” The winning entries will be published in the Oak Bluffs Public Library calendar for 2011.
Two people were injured in a three-car accident Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Old County and State Roads in West Tisbury. The accident occurred ironically just hours before town selectmen discussed an ongoing state plan to change the layout of the intersection for safety reasons.
West Tisbury police, fire fighters, Tri-Town ambulance and Tisbury ambulance were all called to the scene at about 2 p.m Wednesday.
An Island man was transported off-Island for medical treatment on Tuesday afternoon following a three-vehicle accident at the intersection of Skiff avenue and the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Vineyard Haven.
In addition to Tisbury police, Oak Bluffs police, Tisbury Ambulance and Massachusetts state police also responded.
Oak Bluffs will allow the skate park on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road to remain open, despite a recent call from the town insurance carrier to shut it down because of safety concerns.
Town administrator Michael Dutton this week said highway superintendent Richard Combra, town police and superintendent of schools Dr. James H. Weiss met recently with Elaine Barse, president of the Martha’s Vineyard Skate Park Association, to discuss the issues at the park.
By JIM HICKEY
The Martha’s Vineyard Drug Task Force arrested Hannah Garde, 24, of Vineyard Haven, on new drug charges last Wednesday after executing a search warrant at a home where she was staying on Fisherman’s Knot Road in Edgartown.
Police found drug paraphernalia and two grams of cocaine hidden on her person.
The warrant was issued as a result of an ongoing narcotics investigation stemming from neighbor complaints of drug activity at the home at 36 Fisherman’s Knot Road.
Tisbury selectmen are expected to hold the first hearings on beer and wine licenses on July 15, as some restaurant owners rush to complete the approval process in time to catch the summer trade.
The public hearings will consider applications from Zephrus restaurant at the Mansion House on Main street, and Saltwater restaurant on Beach Road, the first to have filed their applications.
The detailed application packages were only made available by the town a week ago, but those two establishments had begun compiling the necessary information in advance.