News
Soraya Arrives
Jennifer and Richard Randolph of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Soraya Lynn Randolph, born on Dec. 4 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Soraya, who weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth, is also welcomed by big sister Jada Randolph.
Addendum
Sophie Combra was not named in a letter to the editor last week praising the Oak Bluffs tree-lighting ceremony. Sophie, age five, helped throw the switch to light the tree.
In a town well-known for lengthy and often emotional town meetings, the special town meeting in Oak Bluffs on Tuesday was an anomaly, as voters quickly and quietly approved a wide range of articles including two separate requests for engineering studies of the town waterfront.
A plan to create a townwide energy district in Aquinnah will come before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for a vote at a special meeting on Monday night.
The commission was scheduled to vote last night on whether to designate a townwide energy district of critical planning concern (DCPC), but the meeting was postponed due to icy weather conditions.
The Monday meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.
Meanwhile active discussion about the energy DCPC continues in Aquinnah.
Cheryl Andrews-Maltais believes she has been elected to run a troubled nation.
Over the past month, the old Navigator restaurant that formerly sat in the center of the Edgartown Harbor has steadily been torn down to make way for a new mixed-use building called the Boathouse, that among other things will feature a members-only club on the second floor.
When the new project is completed - perhaps as early as this spring - it will offer a fine dining restaurant, several private dining rooms, a large sitting room with fireplace and cathedral ceilings, as well as new dock area with several classic boats for member use.