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Hearings begin next week on legislation that would make striped bass an exclusively recreational fish in state waters.
The Massachusetts Striped Bass Conservation Bill, 796, filed a year ago by Falmouth state representative Matthew Patrick, has been debated among recreational and commercial fishermen for months.
Down an unplowed path in West Tisbury behind an ox pen sits a house at the edge of the woods. The bitterly cold morning has not yet broken and the snow is glowing a pale moonlit blue, but inside the lights are on and the tenants are restless. Bob Woodruff is preparing his team for the 50th annual Martha’s Vineyard Christmas Bird Count, delayed this year until Jan. 5 by the weather.
He slaps an aerial photograph of the Island on his kitchen table and surveys it like a military general.
The Island Housing Trust is offering a tour of eight eco-friendly houses currently under construction off State Road in West Tisbury. The tour is on Saturday, Jan. 9, from 11 a.m. to noon. John Abrams of South Mountain Company will explain how this neighborhood of houses designed to approach zero net energy and achieve the highest green building certification in the country (LEED Platinum) is being built.
Citing a desire to pursue other interests including the Island Plan and his business at Morning Glory Farm, James Athearn, Edgartown’s representative to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for the past 10 years, quietly resigned his post last month.
Community Suppers
Members of the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury invite everyone to join the weekly community suppers, every Wednesday from now until the end of March. Dinner is provided by the church, and it is served promptly at 5:30 p.m. Donations of side dishes are welcome.
Stanton-Armstrong
Norma and Richard Stanton of Edgartown are pleased to announce the October 2009 marriage of their daughter, Julie Hart Stanton, of Norwell and Edgartown, to Jeffery Mark Armstrong, the son of Donald and Bonnie Armstrong of Duxbury. The couple will reside in Norwell.