The proponents of a new emergency services building for Tisbury have decided to drop one article from the warrant for tonight’s special town meeting, hoping it will increase the chances of acceptance of the rest of the plan.
The meeting, which starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Tisbury School gymnasium, will first seek approval for a new site for the emergency services, and second to borrow up to $640,000 for design work.
All Martha’s Vineyard ponds have been closed to most shellfishing and could remain so for a week or more, as a result of the heavy rainfalls of the past few days.
A mandatory statewide closure was ordered on Sunday by the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF), out of concern that oysters, quahaugs and softshell clams could be contaminated by dangerous bacteria.
However, the scallop season will begin in Edgartown as planned tomorrow.
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.
A moratorium on the taking of river herring, instituted three years ago because of dwindling stocks, appears set to be extended for another three years.
A decision will not be announced until next Friday, but a public hearing attended by Vineyard fishermen last week made it clear the fishery was still far from recovered.
Paul Diodati, the director of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, said there had been some improvement in stocks, but populations were still low.
The Vineyard will lose Hy-Line Cruises’ high-speed ferry connection to Hyannis for the remainder of the season, following a major fire aboard the vessel Lady Martha last week.
Hy-Line vice president for marketing Philip Scudder said yesterday there was no way the damaged ferry could be back in service before the end of the season, Oct. 31, and he said the company’s efforts to find an alternative vessel had been unsuccessful.
Following a tense few months for the Steamship Authority, things were palpably more relaxed at the boat line September board meeting: fuel prices were retreating and with them the prospect of fare increases or service cuts. And there was the happy prospect of a half million dollar windfall.
SSA management told the board the boat line could recoup half the design costs of its newest vessel, the Island Home, because Washington state ferries wants to build at least two new vessels and is looking to use the same design as the Island Home.
