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Monster Shark Tournament organizer and president of the Boston Big Game Fishing Club Steven James will takes steps to control the crowd at the controversial Oak Bluffs event, he told selectmen at a meeting Thursday afternoon.
Mr. James’s visit before the board was a condition of approval for the harbor use permit issued by the selectmen for the event. The event will take place July 18 to 20.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission last Thursday approved a Verizon cell phone tower in West Tisbury and a harbor fuel facility in Oak Bluffs, two projects that raised objections from residents and abutters.
The harbor fuel facility will be the subject of discussion at the Oak Bluffs annual town meeting Tuesday, where an article to fund the facility appears on the warrant.
The Martha’s Vineyard Democrats will host a session Saturday morning with spokesmen for Cong. Stephen Lynch and Cong. Ed Markey, candidates for the Massachusetts Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. The event will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Howes House in West Tisbury. All are welcome. The state primary is April 30.
Tisbury voters agreed to spend some $650,000 on community preservation act projects but turned down a $1.3 million spending measure for a new conne
Edgartown voters made short work of the town’s business Tuesday night, easily approving every spending article on the warrant, passing a bylaw that
Tisbury voters agreed to back a $990,000 upgrade to their sewage treatment plant at the annual town meeting which began Tuesday, and goes to a seco