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A bomb squad from the Massachusetts State Police detonated several pieces of unexploded ordnance left over from World War II on Chappaquiddick last Wednesday, sending a thundering boom across the island and rattling foundations from Cape Pogue to Sampson’s Hill.
The explosion prompted concerned calls to the Island communications center and Edgartown police department, and was the subject of speculation all across the tight-knit Chappy community for several days.
The Boston Pops had a “don’t call us, we’ll call you” arrangement with the more than 200 high school students vying for a place in the finals of the orchestra’s first statewide singing contest. So when the phone hadn’t rung by 4 p.m. Sunday, Katie Mayhew, a sophomore at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, was resigned to her fate.
This week Edgartown was bustling — mainly with landscaping crews who were renovating, refurbishing and touching up properties in time for the official start date of the tourist season. Lumber hung from the back of trucks and the smell of paint and fresh mown grass breezed along Main street and its peripheries, where many businesses are preparing to reopen to the public, and several more to just a few high-paying members.
The Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation this week issued a public apology and launched an overhaul of its land management practices following the revelation that large numbers of trees and other plants had been dug up from two of its preserves and used to landscape an exclusive private property on the North Shore.
Breese Architects Featured
In Book At Home by the Sea
Breese Architects of Vineyard Haven is featured in a new book of work by the renowned photographer Brian Vanden Brink. The book, At Home by the Sea, examines the unique design of Atlantic Coast homes from Nova Scotia to the Caribbean. The Breese Architects article focuses on designing and siting a home with minimal disruption of a coastal bank and numerous water views.
Peace Council
The Martha’s Vineyard Peace Council will meet on Thursday, June 5, at 6:30 p.m. at Grace Church in Vineyard Haven. The council will evaluate the Iraq resolution voted on in Island town meeting voting and plan for summer projects. All are welcome. Call 508-627-8536 for more information.