News
Squirrel Causes Power Loss
Electric power to 5,400 customers on the Island was interrupted for a few minutes on Monday morning, when an errant squirrel passed between wires in the NSTAR electrical system off the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Tisbury. The outage at approximately 7:15 a.m. lasted for only a few minutes.
Oak Bluffs selectman Kerry Scott announced on Tuesday that she will not run for a third term in April.
“I have done a lot of thinking and soul-searching and have decided I will not run for reelection as selectman this spring . . . it certainly has been a privilege to serve the past six years . . . I would like to thank the people of Oak Bluffs for this opportunity,” Ms. Scott said, reading from a prepared statement.
State Election Tuesday
Vineyard voters go to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in a special statewide election to fill the seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy, who died of cancer last August.
State Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat and longtime Vineyard seasonal visitor, is running against Scott Brown, a Republican state senator from the Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex district.
You can tell a meal is almost ready when you begin to catch the full scent wafting from the oven, instructor Carol McManus told 10 chefs-in-the-making as they sat to enjoy a bread and cheese plate in a home economics classroom at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Tuesday night.
This is about the time when people in other areas of the building start to wander in, joked Lynn Ditchfield, beckoned by the smell of peppers, sweet onions and herbs that made up the casserole baking in the oven.
Garden Club Meeting
The Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club will hold its first meeting of the new year on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 1 p.m. at the Wakeman Center. Speaker Laura Coit will present the program, Learning About Life While Designing a Border. Hospitality hour follows the meeting. Everyone interested in gardening, flower arranging, native flora and preserving the best qualities of the Island environment is welcome. The meeting is free of charge for members; $5 for nonmembers. For details, call 508-693-5334.
The Mansion House is offering Vineyarders a $25 stay in the historic downtown hotel, to celebrate 25 years of ownership by Susan and Sherm Goldstein.
All guests enjoy free use of the health club, classes and pool, along with complimentary breakfast in Zephrus.
When Susan, then a teacher in the West Tisbury School, and Sherm, who worked for Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, purchased the Tisbury Inn on Main street, they said: “We’re looking to be open year-round, to really bring the public into the hotel.”