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Nectar’s has begun booking musical shows for the coming summer on the Vineyard, and club owners confirmed this week that they are negotiating to lease and eventually buy the building at the airport that formerly housed the Hot Tin Roof and Outerland.
Jonathan Mayhew was elected Wednesday to replace J.B. Riggs Parker on the Chilmark board of selectmen, who did not seek re-election this year after serving his second term. Mr. Mayhew, who previously served three terms on the board before stepping down in 1994, was elected with 245 votes. His opponent William Rossi received 181 votes.
Each week, Menemsha summer couple Paula Lyons and Arnie Reisman join colleagues in a raucous radio game show of wordplay, taking questions such as, What’s an anagram for “Armed Possibles” and “A Slob Impressed?”
The answer is Possible Dreams, and this year the couple will bring their repartee to the podium as emcees of the 32nd annual celebrity auction for Martha’s Vineyard Community Services on August 2.
Emotions ran high at the Oak Bluffs selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday when shellfishermen appeared to complain about a wide range of issues, including recent discussions about possibly merging the town shellfish department with Tisbury, the elimination of the assistant shellfish warden and the slow progress on the dredging of Sengekontacket Pond.
Shellfishermen said their industry is floundering and selectmen are not doing enough about it.
West Tisbury selectmen this week approved warrant articles for a special town meeting in June, set last week when the board learned of the need for voter approval to sell lots in the Bailey Park affordable housing project off Old County Road.
Town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport advised the selectmen that a town meeting vote is needed before the lots can be sold. There are three lots at Bailey Park that have been taken by the town in tax foreclosure proceedings.
The special town meeting is scheduled for June 8 at 7 p.m. at the West Tisbury School.
Oak Bluffs voters will consider several new bylaws, including one to ban smoking on town beaches, another to establish new regulations for street performers, and another to create new rules for wind turbines, when the annual town meeting resumes on Tuesday after a three-week break
Moderator David Richardson bangs the gavel at 7 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs School. Voters must still decide 10 remaining articles on the warrant.