The renowned English hospitality was nowhere to be found for one Vineyard man recently, when the laptop computer he was using to store research for a book he is writing about his family history was stolen from a parked car outside his family’s U.K. home.
The continued discovery of unexploded practice bombs from World War II has forced the immediate closure of Little Neck on Chappaquiddick to all public access.
The Trustees of Reservations, which owns the property, announced Friday that approximately 60 acres along the western edge of Cape Pogue Bay will be closed indefinitely.
A noted Vineyard naturalist and wildlife expert said late last week that a Chilmark police officer responded correctly when he shot and killed a wild turkey that had attacked him and a fellow officer.
Despite lingering concerns about the size, density and effect on a residential neighborhood, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission on Thursday approved the multifaceted Bradley Square project at the corner of Dukes County and Masonic avenues in Oak Bluffs by a nearly unanimous vote.
Oak Bluffs selectmen on Friday unanimously approved the demolition and removal of the long-standing snack shack and comfort station at the foot of pay beach as part of a plan to repair the crumbling town waterfront along Sea View avenue.
At a special joint meeting with the conservation commission and parks commission, selectmen agreed to the recommendation laid out in a recently completed engineering report which calls for the building that houses the snack shack, bathrooms and changing stations to be eliminated.
When Paul Strauss and his wife Marion moved to the Island year-round 16 years ago after he retired from a long career in the scientific laboratory industry, he envisioned a leisurely life — one that might include him swinging in a hammock with his feet up with a book in one hand and an iced tea in the other.
