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A lengthy new bylaw to regulate wind turbines large and small, the prospect of taxing rental property owners and the chance to play spoiler and send the up-Island regional school budget back to the drawing board — these are among the issues that will confront Aquinnah voters when they gather for their annual town meeting next week.
The 31-article warrant this year is packed with an array of items ranging from $50,000 for a new addition on the town fire house to emergency repair funds for the town library and the Gay Head lighthouse.
Proponents of beer and wine sales in Tisbury restaurants, defeated by a mere two votes in this year’s ballot, say they plan to put it before the people again next April.
After years of controversy, the proposal to license restaurants to sell alcohol failed 692 to 690, after a recount conducted last Friday.
Stand at the top of Main street in Edgartown and look down. You will see a traditional New England village, studded with white church steeples and tiny green parks. Now stand at the foot of Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs and look up. You will see another traditional New England village, this one studded with Victorian gingerbread architecture and a bustling, colorful streetfront.
The Medicine Shoppe will be closing next Saturday, May 17, at noon, and will reopen on Monday, May 19, at noon in their new location across the street and towards the bridge on Beach Road.
David and Nellie Perzanowski, owners of the Medicine Shoppe pharmacy in Vineyard Haven, promise the new shop will allow for a wider variety of products, improved parking, and more of the same quality community care the franchise has been providing for the past 16 years at its current location.
Announcing Bailen
Ruth and Adam Darack of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Bailen Carolina Darack, born on April 25 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Bailen weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces at birth.
Hello, Griffin
Melisa Boyce Callahan and William Callahan of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Griffin Boyce Callahan, born May 5 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Griffin weighed 8 pounds, 7.8 ounces at birth.