Like traffic lights and fast food restaurants, taxi cab meters have traditionally been a verboten topic on the Vineyard.
But following a string of complaints this summer about taxi companies overcharging customers, selectmen from all six Island towns have now agreed on the need for uniform taxi regulations.
The problem was a topic for discussion during last week’s meeting of the all-Island selectmen. Uniform rates and meters were both discussed, a review of the videotape of the meeting shows.
The warrant for next week’s special town meeting in Oak Bluffs contains only seven articles, but the issues it will decide are critical to the town’s future.
When voters gather on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs School they will decide whether the town should cut $500,000 from the current operating budget and then spend $2.44 million to expand the town sewer system in order to tie in the regional high school and new YMCA building, among others.
To dredge or not to dredge? That is the question currently being bandied about in West Tisbury.
A specially-appointed research committee has split over whether to dredge Mill Pond, the historic man-made pond that graces the entrance to town on the Edgartown-West Tisbury Road adjacent to the police station. Two of the committee members, Bob Woodruff and Craig Saunders, believe that dredging is necessary to prevent the pond from drying up and disappearing forever.
An Island man was attacked by two assailants and stabbed in the neck with a putty knife on Main street,Vineyard Haven late Sunday evening.
Tisbury police have arrested two men in connection with the attack.
Roy J. Cavanaugh Jr., 47, was arrested early Monday morning and Richard Abrazinski of Edgartown, also 47, was arrested Wednesday morning.
Both have been charged with assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and mayhem.
At first glance, the recently completed new home at 15 Green avenue in Oak Bluffs looks like many others you might find in this quiet and scenic East Chop neighborhood.
It has a wraparound porch, a perfectly manicured lawn, an outdoor shower and plenty of space; there is a large kitchen and five spacious bedrooms, not counting the open third floor that would be perfect for bunk beds or a pool table.
But look closer and you will find this isn’t your average three-story, three-and-a-half-bath Vineyard dream house.
The water is safe to drink again in Oak Bluffs after the state Department of Environmental Protection lifted a boil-water order early last Friday, but questions remain about the town’s handling of the situation and its ability to disseminate information during an emergency.
