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Building Inspector Orders Demolition
Mr. Moujabber's Controversial Garage Is Now on Track to Be Torn Down Attorney Will Delay with Appeal
By JAMES KINSELLA
Push has come to shove in the long Oak Bluffs saga of the Moujabber garage.
In a letter dated Wednesday, Oak Bluffs building inspector Richard Mavro ordered local businessman Joseph G. Moujabber to demolish the three-story structure, built next to property owned by Mr. Moujabber at 10 Seaview avenue extension in the North Bluff section of downtown.
School Board Picks Three Interim Finalists
The all-Island school committee expects to finish round two next Thursday, interviewing three finalists and hiring one to serve as the next interim superintendent of Vineyard schools.
School board members made the cut this week, screening nine applications and selecting two men and one woman for interviews.
Island Land Bank Buys West Tisbury Pondfront Under Blind Trust Cover
By JULIA WELLS
The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commission deliberately concealed its identity as a publicly funded government land trust when it bought two strategic waterfront properties in West Tisbury - one on Ice House Pond and another on the Tisbury Great Pond.
Looking Glass: Jabberwocky Is Heading South with New Camp
By PAUL REMY
Special to the Vineyard Gazette
Jowharah Johnson enjoys dancing and having fun. Her parents frequently take her out. But the 19-year-old African American teenager, who has Cerebral Palsy, does not have friends to hang out with.
For the first time in 13 years, there will be a new chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). Donald Widdiss, the first chairman to lead the tribe after it gained federal recognition in 1987, returns to the top post after ousting incumbent Beverly Wright, 132-105, in the tribe's annual election on Sunday.