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Landowners around Edgartown Great Pond are looking at buying a half-million-dollar dredge to improve the water quality of their pond, and potentially that of other fresh and salt water ponds on the Island.
As a first step, they will put up between $50,000 and $100,000 to lease the small, easily transported machine to conduct test dredging of the pond this fall. If all goes well, the plan is to buy it and take pressure off the increasingly-overtaxed town dredge.
Hello, Nicola
Heather and Joseph Capece of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Nicola Josephine Capece, born Sept. 8 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Nicola weighed 7 pounds, 7.5 ounces at birth. She was also welcomed by sister Lucia.
Finella Arrives
Shelagh and David Smilie of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Finella Hackett Smilie, born on Sept. 6 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Finella weighed 15 pounds, 11 ounces at birth. She was also welcomed by big sister Fiona.
Tasman Arrives
Samantha Look and Kristian Strom of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Tasman Kristianson Look Strom, born on August 15 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Tasman, who weighed eight pounds, six ounces at birth, is the grandson of Carly Look of West Tisbury, Allen Look of Providence, R.I., and Jack and Carol Strom of Ellington, Conn.
The Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust on Wednesday celebrated the Aquinnah Cultural Center and its supporters with a prestigious award for their outstanding effort in restoring the Edwin Devries Vanderhoop Homestead, which sits atop the Gay Head Cliffs. It was no easy task, and it involved a partnership between a lot of organizations. The old house is now home to the cultural center.
A brief but acrimonious legal battle over a fence around an auto repair shop on Worcester avenue ended last month when the town of Oak Bluffs agreed to withdraw over $18,000 in fines previously levied to Allan (Buddy) deBettencourt, owner of Buddy’s Auto and Truck Repair.