Remy Tumin
Beachgoers whisking their dogs onto Joseph Sylvia State Beach for a quick spin hoping no one notices may want to think twice this summer — the Dukes County commissioners are calling for a volunteer-based patrol program to help enforce the no-dogs policy.
Edgartown selectmen voted this week to back a special variance for David Vietor’s historic bulkhead at his South Water street that would allow him to skirt a state law that requires public access to the water.
Selectmen will recommend that the State Department of Environmental Protection grant the variance, which if approved will allow a monetary contribution to the town in lieu of providing public access.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee approved a series of capital improvement projects for the next five years at their final meeting of the school year on Monday night.
The projects include $147,000 to renovate the track, $50,000 for reshingling parts of the exterior of the building and $9,000 to improve the door security system. Studies for a roof evaluation, heating system efficiency check and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access expansion project were also approved.
Barbara Reynolds took out an old photo album in a resource room at the Edgartown School last week, the pages tinted with age but the memories still fresh as though her students were sitting next to her at the table.
Navigating the Taste of the Vineyard Stroll is an intricate dance, one that requires patience, drive and room for more. It’s not for the faint of heart: one has to be able to sneak through walls of people while balancing a plateful of food and not spill a drink.
Snap, shell, snow: June means pea season on the Vineyard.
It’s a rite of summer, seeing the “We Have Our Peas” sign placed for the first time in front of the Bayes Norton Farm stand on Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road. (The Vineyarder who originally painted the sign wrote “Pease,” thinking it was spelled the same as the old Island family.)
Their peas are so sweet it’s as though owners Jamie and Dianne Norton added sugar to the soil.