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Wine, Beer Sales
On Tuesday, Gov. Patrick signed legislation allowing the Tisbury board of selectmen to place the question of whether or not the town’s restaurants can sell beer and wine on the ballot at their next annual town election.
State Rep. Timothy Madden, who filed the home rule petition, said, “I am happy to help give Tisbury the opportunity to have a healthy debate on both sides of this issue, and after last year’s vote it will be interesting to see this year’s outcome.”
Holiday Library Hours
Ready to check out a book you didn’t get as a Christmas gift? Here are the holiday hours at your Island libraries:
Edgartown: Dec. 24, closing at 2 p.m.; Dec. 25 and 26, closed; Dec. 31, closing at 5 p.m.; Jan. 1, closed; Jan. 2, open regular hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Call 508-627-4221 for information.
The wall calendar that hangs beside the kitchen telephone, or on the wall behind the home office desk, is a dutiful thing. First and foremost, it lays out the days of the month with the pleasant organization of a numbered grid, so that we might make plans, set goals and schedule the chaos of our lives to the best of our ability, however futile such endeavors may be.
The Tisbury School has announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2009-2010 academic year.
Fifth grade high honors go to Patrick Best and Ethan Mendez.
After polling a group of commercial shellfishermen in the room, the Edgartown shellfish committee agreed on Tuesday that the commercial scallop limit should stay at four struck 10-gallon washbaskets. The new limit went into effect on Dec. 10, and was previously set at three 10-gallon washbaskets.
After more than three decades of leadership, Camille Rose has quietly resigned from the Aquinnah planning board and plan review committee, citing personal reasons. She is chairman of both committees.