News
Following a 77 per cent deterioration in its bottom line last year, and continuing declines in traffic, the Steamship Authority has again reduced services to Martha’s Vineyard.
Tuesday’s meeting of the SSA’s board of governors voted to reduce the number of daily round trips for the freight vessel Katama from a maximum of seven to four during the spring period from April 4 to May 18, to account for a decline in the number of vehicles, particularly trucks, coming here.
A new federal law designed to protect children from lead products has forced the owners of Martha’s Closet II, the Island’s only consignment shop for kids, to go out of business.
The Gazette previously reported two that the same law has forced the two Island thrift stores to turn away donations and throw away children’s clothing, toys and books.
By JIM HICKEY
Edgartown police last week arrested a third man suspected in a string of recent break-ins.
Stephen Sullivan, 19, of Cat Boat Lane, West Tisbury, was arrested last Thursday and arraigned in Edgartown District Court on Friday. He was charged with multiple counts of breaking and entering, larceny from a building and malicious destruction of property. He was released on personal recognizance.
It’s a sure sign of spring when American Cancer Society volunteers take to the streets with bunches of daffodils in hand. Vineyarders buy bouquets for themselves or use them as gifts in order to support cancer research; some even make anonymous donations so flowers go to hospital patients, nursing homes, and senior centers.
Nationwide, the American Cancer Society reports that during the last 14 years, Daffodil Days has raised more than $240 million dollars. The flowers always arrive in March to coincide with the first day of spring.
Hunger Banquet
On Thursday, March 26 at 6 p.m. if you go to the Regional High School Cafeteria, you will get a free dinner, with a side order of education. The Vineyard Committee on Hunger is sponsoring a Hunger Banquet to educate the public about world hunger.
Gas
Prices for regular unleaded gas as of Mar. 18:
Edgartown
Airport Mobil $2.699 Depot Corner 2.599
Edgartown Mobil 2.659
Oak Bluffs
deBettencourt’s 2.629
Jim’s 2.659
Vineyard Haven
Citgo 2.629
Tisbury Shell 2.659
West Tisbury
Up-Island Automotive 2.539
10 per cent discount on Sundays
Menemsha
Menemsha Texaco 2.399