Sam Bungey
Tisbury’s annual street fair will not only go on despite the Independence Day fire, it will go on because of it, to help raise money for those affected.
An emergency meeting of the town selectmen Saturday morning appealed for a big turnout, and for people to come and donate.
An annual celebration of the town’s birthday, the street fair is Tuesday night.
Since Carrie White joined Connect — formerly known as Women’s Support Services — last fall, her focus has been on reducing the client base. “We’re trying to get out there to help change the social norms,” said Ms. White who since coming on as program director has made one full-time hire for preventive work and is cross training the rest of the agency’s five staff to work both with prevention and support. The agency has been working with victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault on the Island for over 20 years.
It’s been more than 30 years since a Vineyard resident represented the Island at the State House. This year, four Vineyard candidates are looking to end that drought.
Daniel Larkosh of Vineyard Haven, Tim Lasker of Chilmark and Roger Wey of Oak Bluffs have announced plans to run in the Democratic primary this September. Jacob Ferreira of Vineyard Haven is running as an unenrolled candidate, which guarantees him a place in the general election.
They join four other candidates from the district, which also covers Gosnold, Nantucket and parts of Falmouth.
Amid claims of illicit permit trading and concern over a packed waiting list for mooring slips in Chilmark, town leaders were asked to tighten areas of the town waterways regulations at a public hearing last week.
Susan Murphy, who operates Menemsha marine repair with her husband and rents out multiple moorings in town, argued that the long waiting list for mooring slips is a result of allowing leaseholders to keep their slips empty for a year at a time.
In turn, she argued, this may be leading to rule-dodging amongst those desperate for a spot on the harbor.
A point of purchase system for the cafeteria, two hybrid vans and a mobile language lab — these are some of the projects whose funding was approved Monday at the last Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee meeting of the fiscal year.
An additional $100,000 for new football field bleachers also got a green light from the committee, using money from the high school excess and deficiency fund which must be allocated before July 1.
They are sisters and Island natives with a well-branched family tree. Their father was a Prada; his mother was a Vincent. Barbara and Ursula Prada, who share a family home, also both have unusual jobs for which they are uniquely overqualified. Barbara is the Edgartown dog officer; Ursula is the assistant to the Edgartown building inspector. Talk about running a whole town — between your runaway pooch and your runaway building project, the Prada sisters are the go-to women of Edgartown.
Interviews by Sam Bungey
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