Megan Dooley

Chappy Native Pens Kids’ Book, Talks About Growing Up Different

As a student at the Edgartown School, a counselor once told Chappaquiddick native Stephanie Duckworth-Elliott that she wouldn’t go to college, and implied that Ms. Duckworth-Elliott would not achieve in life. The young girl had a background and home life that already separated her from other kids her age — she was a member of the only Wampanoag family living on Chappy at the time, and raised primarily by her grandfather — and the counselor’s prediction made her feel even more detached from her peers.

 

 

 

Regional high school administrators have narrowed their search for a new assistant principal to two candidates, who were both invited to the school for daylong final interviews this week.

One candidate is Anne Wagner, who works as a dean of students and advanced placement English teacher in Gardner. The other is Michael Richard, an assistant principal in Belchertown.

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In an abrupt about-face from an announcement made just two months ago, the state Division of Marine Fisheries said this week that Sengekontacket Pond will be closed to shellfishing after all this summer.

The DMF announced that it had not conducted enough water quality tests to warrant a reopening of the pond, which has been closed to shellfishing for the last three summers following elevated bacteria levels three years ago, believed to be caused by waterfowl.

The closure begins June 1 and runs until Oct. 1.

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Walls and tables lining the hallways of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School were filled with artwork Wednesday night, as Island art lovers came out in force to admire the paintings, drawings, and sculpture put out by the talented student body for this year’s Evening of the Arts.

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The Aquinnah selectmen signed an agreement with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) this week to coordinate emergency services for the town for the coming year. The joint town-tribe agreement was first established in 1995 to help coordinate police, fire, emergency medical, and natural disaster services.

The agreement has gotten better each year, said tribe natural resources director Bret Stearns at the selectmen’s meeting Tuesday night.

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The boys from Nectar’s are back, scheduled to go before the airport commission this morning with a request to sublease for a second season the airport property that once housed Outerland and the Hot Tin Roof.

Their request comes with a recommendation for approval from the airport’s land use subcommittee, which discussed the sublease at its May 13 meeting.

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