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Adult education on Martha’s Vineyard dates back to the 1970s, but this month the old idea will be expanded and relaunched under the leadership of former high school Spanish teacher Lynn Ditchfield.
The boys’ and girls’ cross country teams are continuing a tradition of excellence this season, with the boys sporting a 5-0 record and the girls a 4-0 record. For coach Joe Schroeder’s Vineyard team, this year’s impressive run is just the latest in a recent string of dominance.
Last Thursday, both the boys’ and girls’ teams overwhelmed Bishop Connolly in Fall River, each winning the top five slots. Megan Dreyer took first for the girls and Robbie Osmers led the boys.
A plan to allow the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High school to join the Eastern Athletic Conference — a sports league predominantly made up of parochial schools from the South Shore — has been greeted enthusiastically by many coaches, school officials, students and parents.
Following last weekend’s foul weather, Island anglers have jumped back into fishing with a new urgency. This is the start of the third week of the 63rd annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby and with two weeks to go, a lot can happen — and is happening.
A shifting on the leader board took place on Tuesday, before the past weekend’s storm clouds and the big waves had settled.
Tisbury voters shrugged off the prophets of financial doom in Washington and among their own ranks, and overwhelmingly endorsed two costly town initiatives at Tuesday night’s special town meeting.
By a margin of 131 to 24, they agreed to a plan to move the town fire, ambulance and emergency services to a new site on Spring street, opposite the Tisbury elementary school where the town hall annex now stands.
Correction
A story in Tuesday’s Gazette about Martha’s Vineyard Community Services reported incorrectly on a planned crisis stabilization unit for Islanders with substance abuse or mental health problems. Community Services is planning the unit with the help of the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, but the unit will not be located at the hospital. The Gazette regrets the error.