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Our cat of the week at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard is Oreo, a tuxedo black and white neutered male with four double white paws. He is super-awesome, friendly and just plain handsome; he loves everybody, other cats included — you must stop by and see this great cat.
By MIKE SECCOMBE
Martha’s Vineyard health officials had to end today’s planned four-hour all-Island seasonal flu clinic flu clinic after just two hours, when supplies of vaccine ran out.
Just before 10 a.m., they began turning away cars at the two staging points, at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury and Waban Park in Oak Bluffs, as well as walk-in patients at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
Two men were arrested on felony drug charges Tuesday as they were stepping off the ferry in Vineyard Haven.
The Martha’s Vineyard Drug Task Force, working in conjunction with the Tisbury and Massachusetts State Police, arrested Jose Luis Arais, 21, of Jamaica Plain, and Wilken Ariaz Baez, 27. Both men were charged with trafficking class A heroin, trafficking class B cocaine and conspiracy.
Mr. Baez initially provided a false identification to police; police learned his true identity after running his fingerprints through the FBI database.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted without dissent last night to designate the waters around the Vineyard as a district of critical planning concern, cementing a yearlong moratorium on building wind farms in nearshore waters while rules are developed.
But a parallel plan to nominate an Islandwide DCPC on land for wind power developments was successfully resisted by the Edgartown selectmen, who are intent on building a 363-foot tall wind turbine at the town wastewater plant.
Pure Green
Eco MV is donating cases of personal spray bottles of PureGreen24 disinfectant for Vineyard schools to distribute in classrooms. PureGreen24 is a disinfectant and deodorizer strong enough to kill the most dangerous bacteria and viruses found in hospitals, yet is approved by the EPA to be used on children’s toys and sports equipment.
The Chilmark selectmen this week stood by their decision to allow the owners of a pointing griffon named Maisy to send the dog off-Island for rigorous training and not be put to sleep. Last month Maisy attacked a Yorkshire terrier that later died as a result of his injuries.