Revised Yellow House Plan Attracts Lone Bid
A sole applicant is in the running in Edgartown’s second search for someone to lease and renovate the Yellow House.
Sara Brown
Like most residents and visitors, he enjoys a change of pace when he comes to the Vineyard.
But in nearly every other way, the Hon. Cornelius J. Moriarty 2nd is unlike most residents and visitors. An associate justice of the superior court, Judge Moriarty divides his time between Springfield and the Vineyard, sitting in both superior courts.
And when he is not presiding over a civil and criminal trial here, he might just as easily be found in his garden or at the beach with a saltwater fishing rod in his hand.
Joseph Alosso, the superintendent of the Oak Bluffs wastewater treatment plant, has announced his retirement.
Mr. Alosso, 50, told the Gazette Thursday that his last day at the plant will be May 18. He said he informed the board of selectmen and the wastewater commission about his decision at the end of April.
Edgartown businesses are hoping that a new event, the Pink & Green weekend, will usher in the summer season a few weeks early.
The weekend, which got its name from the pink cherry tree blossoms already blooming in Edgartown, is a celebration of spring and Mother’s Day, said Edgartown board of trade president Maggie White.
Two Island men were arrested in separate cases last month for charges relating to distribution of cocaine.
The spring sitting of Dukes County superior court wrapped up this week, with a jury convicting a Jamaica Plain man of drug trafficking. Several trials scheduled for the October superior court session.
Steven A. Schwab, a prominent Island insurance executive and well-known Chilmark resident, was arrested and charged last week with child molestation stemming from incidents in West Tisbury and Chilmark in which he allegedly exposed himself to a child.