Change is a constant in high school athletics, as players graduate at the end of each year and are replaced the next by a new crop of underclassmen. But as the fall sports season begins this week at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, there is so much change you might need a guide to sort it all out.
The teenager who was behind the wheel in the June single-car accident that claimed the life of her passenger, 18-year-old Jena Pothier of Oak Bluffs, was arraigned Tuesday morning in Edgartown district court.
Kelly McCarron, 18, was arraigned on three counts of motor vehicle homicide, two counts of negligent operation and five counts of operating under the influence of alcohol, all criminal charges.
As part of an ongoing effort to cut $500,000 from the current Oak Bluffs budget, two town employees were laid off this week and two other workers learned their hours will be cut in half. At least two more employees will be laid off or have their hours cut in the coming days as town leaders work to close the budget deficit for the fiscal year that began on July 1.
Town administrator Michael Dutton said assistant shellfish constable Peter Estrella and health department assistant Nathalie Woodruff received notices on Tuesday that they were being laid off.
Island merchants this week said it was too early to tell if President Obama’s recent vacation gave a boost to business, which by most account was generally poor this summer.
If there was any direct impact it was in Oak Bluffs, where the President stopped in town on Tuesday night for dinner at the Sweet Life Cafe and briefly the next day for a take-out lunch at Nancy’s Snack Bar.
Finding themselves at a historic crossroad between embracing renewable energy technologies and protecting the Vineyard, Island planning and conservation leaders gathered Wednesday to discuss two legislative initiatives that would put the Vineyard on the front line of an ambitious state plan to build large-scale wind farms on land and at sea.
Several chickens entered into the livestock competition of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Fair were stolen from their cages, shattering for many the old-fashioned sense of innocence of the event while prompting officials to consider increased security measures when the fair resumes next year.
