Chilmark police responded to a high number of motor vehicle and moped accidents over the past week, including a two-vehicle accident on Middle Road on Thursday that sent six people to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
Chilmark police chief Timothy Rich said the accident occurred just after 10 p.m. near the intersection of Tabor House Road when a 2005 Subaru Legacy driven by seasonal resident Donald Leopold, 18, crossed the center line and collided with a 1999 Volvo Station carrying seven occupants.
In just a few months, Island golf phenomenon Tony Grillo will be lighting up the Ivy League when he enters his freshman year at Harvard University and plays on the school’s storied golf team. But this summer he is busy proving once again he is one of the top amateur players in the state — if not the nation.
While many nonprofits across the nation are cutting staff and programs due to the weak economy and rising operational costs, the Vineyard Nursing Association over the past six months has gone in a different direction, nearly doubling the number of patients under its care while hiring new staff and expanding its programs.
To many people in this country and across the world, Martha’s Vineyard is shark central.
And here at shark central, a tradition continues this weekend in the Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament which in recent years has generated controversy.
Thousands of people are expected to pack the tournament weigh station near Our Market this afternoon and tomorrow; there will also be visible signs of protest from groups like the Humane Society of the United States and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Tisbury fire officials have determined that the devastating Independence Day fire that destroyed Café Moxie and badly damaged the Bunch of Grapes bookstore was accidental in nature and started inside a gas-fed water burner in the basement of the restaurant.
Assistant fire chief James Rogers, a state-certified fire investigator, said yesterday that the fire started in a gas-fired water heater in the basement of Café Moxie. Mr. Rogers said a work crew last Thursday used heavy equipment to dig out the cellar of the restaurant to better assess the damages.
The board of the directors for the Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club abruptly closed the popular Second Hand Store on North Summer street in Edgartown yesterday, first firing the store’s two full-time employees and its entire staff of volunteers.
Peter Lambos, executive director for the boys’ and girls’ club, said the board of directors held a special meeting on Sunday and made the decision to fire manager Darlene Kelly and assistant manager Penny Townes, who are co-managers and a well-known presence in the store.
