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The National Basketball Association champion stood tall on an old red fire truck and gripped his golden trophy in the air. Screams and cheers erupted from the crowds lining the road as the fire truck slowly rolled along the parade route in downtown Edgartown.
In town on vacation, Celtics shooting guard Ray Allen slapped and shook hands reaching up from the crowd Friday, his presence a memorable twist on a Fourth of July tradition already marked by excitement.
Café Moxie was, ironically, in the first building to be rebuilt after the devastating Vineyard Haven fire of 1883.
Bookstore owner Jon C. Nelson Jr. said he will rebuild.
The town of Tisbury has repossessed two small truckloads of timber left over after work on the Owen Park pier and taken home by harbor master Jay Wilbur.
The action followed a heated scene at last week’s selectmen’s meeting, in which Gene Decosta accused Mr. Wilbur of having “defrauded the town.”
Mr. Decosta accused Mr. Wilbur of having put his assistants to work at $14 an hour, pulling nails from the timber.
Sarah Mello has stepped down as superintendent of the Chappaquiddick properties of The Trustees of Reservations to return to her former position as director of education at the organization’s Island properties.
Chris Kennedy, Islands regional director for the trustees, said Mrs. Mello relinquished the post for personal reasons.
The face of Main street in Vineyard Haven has changed more by the act of fire than any street in any other Island town.