Remy Tumin
Where will the bicycles go? Where do the buses stop? Which one is the children’s room? Those were just a few of the questions Megan McDonald’s first grade students asked student council representatives about the proposal for a new Edgartown library on Wednesday morning.
Seventh graders Lee Hayman and Sara Poggi presented the plans and perspective drawings and answered questions for their fellow students in an effort to involve the entire community, even the youngest, in the decision-making process.
Brooke and Derek Avakian only exchanged wedding rings six months ago, but thanks to a new affordable housing program they’ll be able to make a newlyweds’ dream come true: own their own home.
Severe deficiencies in Edgartown’s wastewater department annual audit have prompted a fraud investigation by the Massachusetts’ district attorney office and state police.
You’re late for work, the caffeine hasn’t quite kicked in yet, and your morning dose of NPR is gently waking your brain up on the car radio. Or perhaps it’s the end of the day and you were too busy to read the papers, so you tune in for the radio news on the hour. At some point you stop to wonder, who are the faces behind the voices?
High school enrollment numbers will stay relatively flat in the next 10 years, according to a report from the New England School Development Council released this week. The high school now has 682 students enrolled, and the report expects the number to stay in the high 600 range for some time.
If the summer rental market is any indication of the Island economy, Vineyarders can expect a turn for the better this season.
The early summer rental market is already up significantly over last year, with real estate agencies reporting increases between 17 and 30 per cent.
“We’re very excited about the season to come and found we have good, strong rebooking coming off of last season, and a lot of early bookings coming into the summer,” Anne Mayhew at Sandpiper Rentals in Edgartown said earlier this week.