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Announcing Arthur
Miriam Cardoso and Deyuidson Cardoso of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Arthur Cardoso, born on June 30 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital.
Island writers are expressing sympathy and sadness for the loss, they hope only temporarily, of the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven that was devastated by fire on July 4.
Residents along the south shore of the Island may hear loud explosions in the coming months due to an operation conducted by the U.S. Navy to clear and remove unexploded ordnance on Noman’s Land left over from training exercises during World War II.
David Barney, base realignment and closure coordinator for the U.S. Navy, said this week the objective is to identify and clear military ordnance that may have been exposed since the last clearing operation in 2003.
The town of Oak Bluffs and the U.S. Coast Guard have entered into an agreement that will allow the Oak Bluffs police to enforce Coast Guard laws in waters off the town when necessary.
On Monday morning, Capt. Raymond J. Perry, the captain of the port for Southeastern New England, joined Oak Bluffs police chief Erik G. Blake to sign the agreement at the police station.
Mike and Kerry Saunier are not new to Heather Gardens. This will be Mike’s sixth season as the operating manager of the property, so when he and his wife Kerry purchased the West Tisbury property on June 19, they knew they were on familiar turf.
Bingo is in trouble on Monday nights at the American Legion Post 257 in Vineyard Haven.
The social function that always drew a good crowd and a crew of volunteers and raised money for the veterans group is fading. There are also bingo problems at the American Legion Post 186 in Edgartown.