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Charter school students will be able to participate in high school sports for the first time on the regional high school’s varsity swim team.
With wind and rain in the forecast for Wednesday’s national holiday, the Wednesday morning parade has been canceled. There will be an indoor ceremony at 10:45 a.m. at the VFW in Oak Bluffs.
A state police bomb squad late last week removed what appeared to be a bazooka round from the Edgartown transfer station. State police Sgt. Joseph Pimentel told the Gazette the bomb was inert and likely a leftover from World War II, when large areas of the Island were used for target practice.
Chilmark voters easily approved every article during a special town meeting Monday, including repairs to the harbor. The meeting included a special tribute to Dan Greenbaum for his years of service to the town.
The boys’ soccer team advances to the division three semifinals after beating Scituate 2-0. On Wednesday they will face top-seeded Norton.
In a tense game that went into overtime, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School field hockey team beat Monomoy 2-1 in the second round of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association South Division 2 sectionals.