A costly plan to divert treated effluent from beneath Ocean Park to another location in Oak Bluffs has hit a snag — and may now become even more costly — because the new location lies within a public drinking water zone.
A consultant for the Oak Bluffs water district recently sent a report to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) outlining concerns about the plan by the town wastewater department to divert effluent from the failed leaching beds at Ocean Park to the site off Pennsylvania avenue referred to as the Leonardo property.
Like vigilant sentinels, the young men and women who work as lifeguards of the Island are constantly scanning the horizon every day, looking for signs of danger or distress. At a moment’s notice they may be required to dive into the pounding surf to pull a swimmer to safety.
Although there are no hard numbers, they have likely saved hundreds of lives on the Vineyard over the years. And despite their bravery, many people take them for granted and sometimes treat them with disdain.
A West Tisbury man was arrested in Providence, R.I., late last month and charged with possession of heroin and intent to distribute heroin, after police working an undercover sting operation caught him trying to pay $11,000 for approximately 170 grams of uncut heroin.
Police believe that Robin Carberry, 24, a known acquaintance of the suspects arrested last November in a drug bust in Vineyard Haven, was planning to bring the heroin back to the Island to sell.
Despite the ongoing national recession — or perhaps because of it — the West Tisbury town hall renovation and expansion project is nearing completion both ahead of schedule and under budget, town leaders said this week.
Town hall employees plan to move back into the newly renovated space on Sept. 18, more than two months ahead of the original December deadline. Meanwhile officials are estimating the final cost of the $5.2 million project to be as much as $200,000 below cost, largely due to a lower cost of materials and labor.
When Hugh Weisman organized the first annual Chilmark Road Race some 32 years ago, he wasn’t exactly sure how many people would show up. Mr. Weisman, an avid runner who at the time was offering a clinic at the Chilmark Community Center, estimated beforehand that 200 runners might show up.
Maybe more, maybe less.
But he never imagined that the little race, stretching over five kilometers along Middle Road, would grow to become the phenomenon it is now.
Hollywood filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan has an interesting philosophy on careers, one that defies conventional logic. While most people say you should always love your job, he believes at some point you should truly hate your job.
“I think at some point you should take a job you truly despise . . . that way you’ll always know what you really want in life,” he told the Gazette in a telephone interview this week.
