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Oak Bluffs selectmen on Friday unanimously approved the demolition and removal of the long-standing snack shack and comfort station at the foot of pay beach as part of a plan to repair the crumbling town waterfront along Sea View avenue.
At a special joint meeting with the conservation commission and parks commission, selectmen agreed to the recommendation laid out in a recently completed engineering report which calls for the building that houses the snack shack, bathrooms and changing stations to be eliminated.
Despite lingering concerns about the size, density and effect on a residential neighborhood, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission on Thursday approved the multifaceted Bradley Square project at the corner of Dukes County and Masonic avenues in Oak Bluffs by a nearly unanimous vote.
A noted Vineyard naturalist and wildlife expert said late last week that a Chilmark police officer responded correctly when he shot and killed a wild turkey that had attacked him and a fellow officer.
They are sisters and Island natives with a well-branched family tree. Their father was a Prada; his mother was a Vincent. Barbara and Ursula Prada, who share a family home, also both have unusual jobs for which they are uniquely overqualified. Barbara is the Edgartown dog officer; Ursula is the assistant to the Edgartown building inspector. Talk about running a whole town — between your runaway pooch and your runaway building project, the Prada sisters are the go-to women of Edgartown.
Interviews by Sam Bungey
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Corrections
A story in last Friday’s Gazette about West Tisbury resident Katie Mayhew performing last Wednesday with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall in Boston incorrectly reported the name of the former speaker of the state house of representatives. He is Thomas M. Finneran. The Gazette regrets the error.
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The West Tisbury town column in Friday’s Gazette incorrectly identified the director of the Field Gallery. She is Jennifer Pillsworth. The Gazette regrets the error.
Though state waters around the Vineyard, Nantucket and south and east of Cape Cod remain clear of red tide, the state late last week as a precautionary measure closed federal waters to shellfishing. These are waters that are more than three miles from shore.