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Deacon Perrotta, the water superintendent for Tisbury and Oak Bluffs who has come under scrutiny the past two years for an unusual contractual agreement with both towns, unexpectedly resigned from his job in both towns last month.
Mr. Perrotta first announced his plans to step down in early June, and his last day on the job was last Wednesday. He resigned after negotiating an agreement with the Tisbury Water Works and Oak Bluffs Water District stipulating that each town pay him a severance package of $45,000 plus unused vacation time.
A Vineyard Haven man was charged with felony assault and battery with a deadly weapon on Sunday after he allegedly tried to steal an item from an Edgartown store and then hit one of the store’s employees with his car in the parking lot.
The board of the directors for the Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club abruptly closed the popular Second Hand Store on North Summer street in Edgartown yesterday, first firing the store’s two full-time employees and its entire staff of volunteers.
Peter Lambos, executive director for the boys’ and girls’ club, said the board of directors held a special meeting on Sunday and made the decision to fire manager Darlene Kelly and assistant manager Penny Townes, who are co-managers and a well-known presence in the store.
They are their own Jewish farm parable of sorts — one cast in the role of Moses, the youngest brother and prophet, the other cast as Aaron, the elder brother who speaks for them both. Rob Goldfarb, development director for the Farm Institute in Edgartown, is the older brother. Matthew Goldfarb, executive director, is the younger one. The Goldfarb brothers came to the Vineyard in 2005 sight unseen and took the reins at the fledgling Farm Institute, an educational, working farm in the rich Great Plains of Edgartown.
Tom (Dilly) Walsh grew up in the Bronx. He’s been going fast all his life.
Cancer Support Group
The Martha’s Vineyard Prostate Cancer Support Group is set to meet at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 16 in the downstairs board room of the middle building at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, off the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, Oak Bluffs.