The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys’ hockey team bounced back from a rough mid-season stretch to win big against Cambridge Rindge and Latin at home on Saturday, scoring five goals in the second period en route to an easy 8-0 win.
With the win the Vineyarders’ record stands at 8-3-2 on the season.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys’ hockey team bounced back from a rough mid-season stretch to win big against Cambridge Rindge and Latin at home on Saturday, scoring five goals in the second period en route to an easy 8-0 win.
With the win the Vineyarders’ record stands at 8-3-2 on the season.
With all eyes on government budgets this year, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last Thursday unanimously approved a $1.17 million budget for fiscal year 2010. The budget represents an 8.8 per cent reduction in overall spending from last year and an increase in town assessments of just under one per cent.
The commission’s budget for fiscal year 2009 was $1.28 million. Town assessments will increase a bit due to a reduction in state and federal grants of about $112,000.
It’s off-season on the Vineyard, traditionally a slow time for business. And at this stage no one knows what the summer will bring.
But changes are under way in the down-Island business landscape this winter. Some merchants have responded to the faltering economy, cutting back hours of operation, holding aggressive sales and reducing staff. Others have subleased their space to help with the rent.
A handful have gone out of business altogether.
Outerland nightclub, which closed last November, is one.
Longtime Oak Bluffs selectman Roger Wey said this week he will not seek reelection in April.
Mr. Wey, who has been a selectman since 1994 and has served a total of eight terms over 21 years, told the Gazette he decided not to run after much consideration. “I thought about it a long time, and the decision didn’t come easily,” Mr. Wey said. “But in the end, I just decided it was the right time to hang it up.”
Additional charges were brought this week against a West Tisbury school teacher who is accused of providing alcohol and pornographic materials to former students and hosting underage drinking parties at his home.
Daniel K. Johnson, 43, of Vineyard Haven was arraigned in Edgartown district court Tuesday on five new charges of furnishing alcohol to minors and one charge of disseminating obscene materials to a minor.