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Benjamin Arrives
Jessica and Joshua Burgoyne of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Benjamin Beckett Burgoyne, born on Sept. 16, 2008 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Benjamin weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces at birth.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., Martha’s Vineyard Community Services will host the fourth electronics disposal day in the agency’s parking lot at 111 Edgartown Road in Oak Bluffs (across from the high school). This event has provided residents of the Vineyard with a location where they can take their old, unwanted computers, monitors and televisions. For a small, tax-deductible fee, the items are collected and safely disposed of, with Community Services receiving a portion of the proceeds.
A plan that has been in the works for three years to establish the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School as an emergency center during a terrorist attack or outbreak of infectious disease hit a snag this week when concerns surfaced among Oak Bluffs leaders about the suitability of the site.
Less than three years after they bought the Vineyard’s premier music venue, the owners of the Outerland nightclub have been forced by mounting debts to put it back on the market.
In a letter that went to creditors late last week, Barry Rosenthal, who is manager and co-owner of Outerland, said the club will close for good Nov. 30.
In his letter, Mr. Rosenthal asked for patience from the creditors.
Foul weather predicted for this weekend may hinder but it won’t slow down the enthusiasts participating in the 63rd annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby. Fishing is at a fever pitch.
Sloppy seas and a prevailing east-northeast breeze made the fishing tough this week. Nevertheless, at the Wednesday night derby weigh-in, the derby got a new leader in the striped bass boat category.
Oak Bluffs selectmen reacted with outrage this week to a video posted on a national animal rights group Web site that suggests members of the town police department had allowed an illegal betting operation to take place during the annual Monster Shark tournament.