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President Barack Obama and the First Family will rent the bucolic Blue Heron Farm off South Road in Chilmark for their vacation during the last week of August.
The 28.5-acre property some five hundred yards down Cobb’s Hill Road, spans the Chilmark and West Tisbury town line and overlooks Town Cove, the westernmost finger of the Tisbury Great Pond.
Shoddy work by the contractor over a decade ago most likely led to extensive water and termite damage in several classrooms in the West Tisbury School’s newer wing, according to a recent engineering report prepared for the school.
You’ve got to hand it to the clever people of Sweden. They have a health and welfare system that works, open and accountable government, low levels of corruption, crime and imprisonment and a high standard of living. Almost none of their power is generated from fossil fuels, and they plan a petroleum-free economy within 10 years.
We could learn a lot from them. Including, perhaps, a solution to the most pressing environmental problem on Martha’s Vineyard: pollution of our ponds by nitrogen which leaches out of septic systems.
With $550,000 due to be transferred into its bank account by this time next week, the Edgartown affordable housing trust is preparing to try a new scheme that is intended to give a boost for affordable housing in town.
The scheme involves buying low-cost homes at the bottom of the market for renovation and resale as affordable housing.
And now there is some cash to do it.
Announcing Dominic
Megan Vieira and Edson Vieira of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Dominic Edson Vieira, born on July 10, 2009, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Dominic weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.
Welcome, Emilia
Ana Pardee and Douglas Pardee of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Emilia Lou Pardee, born on July 14, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Emilia weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces at birth.