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Oak Bluffs police had a busy weekend, among other things responding to a fight on Circuit avenue that involved up to ten people, a wide-ranging vandalism spree and a disruptive house party that led to a fracas with officers and multiple arrests.
Lieutenant Timothy Williamson said police responded to a call of a domestic disturbance on Summit avenue on Friday afternoon that led to the arrest of Mark Alger, 46, of Hyannis. Mr. Alger was charged with domestic assault and battery and threatening to commit a crime.
Anita Arrives
Ana Dos Santos and Joao Cabral of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Anita Dos Santos Cabral, born on May 25, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Anita weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces at birth. She is welcomed by big sister Clara.
Hello, Mira
Dana Costanza Street and Marin Eric Street of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Mira Christine Street, born on May 24, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Mira weighed 7 pounds, 2.3 ounces at birth.
A quorum-challenged Aquinnah will try again Wednesday to attract the 39 voters necessary to hold a special town meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. at the town hall.
In Aquinnah 10 per cent of the town’s 398 registered voters are required to form a quorum, a number the town has historically had trouble attracting in the recent past. Last month the special town meeting was rescheduled after just 20 voters showed up.
Town coordinator Jeffrey Burgoyne, who will help ring around to voters Wednesday, is quietly confident he’ll find enough townspeople.
Capping off a stellar season, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School senior Mark Reppert captured the 800-metre run at the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 Track and Field Outdoor Championships held on Sunday at Ipswich High School.
The Vineyard girls’ track team finished 17th overall, while the boys’ team finished 20th.
The quahaugs of Sengekontacket lie unmolested this morning, lucky survivors of a mass taking carried out in the 48 hours prior to a summer-long closure of the pond which began Monday.
On Sunday morning Edgartown clammer Manny Jardin was pulling out quahaugs as fast as he could plant his rake.
“Hear that? That rock? Maybe it’s a rock. So you scrape,” Mr. Jardin coached as he sifted through bottom of Anthier’s Pond just east of the Big Bridge. “And . . . voila.”
