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After a 440-mile journey that began in upstate New York in July, an old wooden boat named Majic has found a new home on the Vineyard. The fully restored 1957 Richardson sedan cruiser came to port at Menemsha Harbor on August 6.
Chilmark selectmen last week reaffirmed the town’s decision not to join the Federal Flood Insurance Program, which would require adopting state and community floodplain management regulations.
Roberts Way in Edgartown will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14 and Tuesday, Sept. 15, to accommodate construction crews working on the new library.
The closure will allow work crews to replace some concrete on the site. The sidewalk along Roberts Way will be closed around the clock from Monday, Sept. 14 to Friday, Sept. 18. Selectmen approved the temporary changes at their meeting Tuesday.
Jack Heimann of West Tisbury, a physics major, Alice Keenan of Edgartown, a physical therapy major, and Gabriella L. Dasilva of Vineyard Haven, a communication studies major, were named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at Northeastern University.
Julia Cooper of Edgartown and Dana Jacobs of Vineyard Haven have earned spring 2015 Dean’s Awards for academic excellence at Colgate University.
Tears were wiped away, encouraging words spoken and Tisbury School kids of all grades joined their counterparts across the Island on the first day of school.