At age six, Elliot Vecchia witnessed his first skateboard trick as a kid on Circuit avenue kick flipped his way down the avenue.
Rocco’s Pizzeria in Vineyard Haven will have its beer and wine license revoked because the owners refuse to switch from paper plates to china.
The town bylaw allowing beer and wine sales in restaurants stipulates that china and glassware be used for food and beverage service.
At the Tisbury selectmen’s meeting Tuesday, restaurant owners Peter Sullo and Christopher Pantalone asked for permission to continue serving food on paper plates rather than on formal dinnerware as their license requires.
Seventh-grader John Morris defeated eighth-grader Olivia Pate to claim victory in the 2013 Edgartown School geography bee on Thursday. Of the 10 competition students, all winners of their respective classroom competitions, the final two were asked to name which country, in addition to Argentina, is home to the Yaghan tribe of Tierra Del Fuego.
John cemented his victory with the correct answer: Chile.
Other questions in the Edgartown geography bee tested the 10 finalists’ knowledge of the Natchez Trace, Continental Divide, the Green Mountains and Chesapeake Bay.
Members of a search committee recommended three finalists on Tuesday for the role of Tisbury town administrator, a position left vacant since John Bugbee stepped down in October after nine years on the job.
The candidates, chosen from an original pool of 38 applicants, are Peter Graczykowski, city manager in East Providence, R.I.; John W. Grande, planning board director for the city of Framingham; and Sally Rizzo, project manager at the Massachusetts State Retirement Board.
An Irish flag hangs next to the chalkboard of Elaine Weintraub’s history class at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
Chinese lanterns dangle from the ceilings, Buddhist banners drape the walls and the faces of civil rights leaders adorn a sign that reads, “Positive history: Without black history there would be no history.”
Mr. Boland, executive director of the Polly Hill Arboretum, and Ms. Fauteux, director of stewardship for the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, were in search of plant specimens that have not been documented in more than 60 years, and the only way to collect the specimens was by wading through the pond.
