Appearing before the Tisbury selectmen this week, Oak Bluffs shellfish constable David Grunden said: “There are 52 towns in the state that have shellfish resources, and 52 different sets of regulations.”
That number may fall by one if efforts underway to coordinate the administration of Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs shellfish departments are successful.
Think Antarctica and you think snow. A vast and unending, featureless panorama of it.
Andrew McDonnell, a PhD student at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and MIT, traveled to the Palmer U.S. Research Station in Antarctica to see snow, but not on land. Instead Mr. McDonnell was interested in the timeless undersea blizzard of particulate matter known as marine snow, the ghostly detritus of animals that descends the water column, sometimes taking months to reach the bottom.
A dispute between the boards for the Cottage City Historic District and the Copeland district of critical planning concern (DCPC) was resolved on Tuesday night when the Oak Bluffs selectmen voted to withdraw a request to abolish the Copeland DCPC, on advice from town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport.
Catherine the Great once said: “A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.” Islanders have experienced their share of both over the past decade, as visions of energy independence have been tempered by talk of viewsheds, environmental impacts and the preservation of cultural heritage.
She jets around the world with Olympic medalists, is gunning for her own chance at a medal in 2012 and she’ll even put you in touch with her publicist. It’s heady stuff for a high-schooler, but Solvig Sayre of Vineyard Haven remains grounded, having to balance the grueling demands placed on an athletic and academic all-star. While many of her classmates bravely fend off acute bouts of senioritis, Ms. Sayre has been windsurfing her way to the top of the national ranks, all while staying on the honor roll.
With tape measure draped around his neck and a thimble on his thumb, Francois Delphin sits behind a faded Singer machine, tending to the cuffs of a pair of khakis. “A good tailor is very hard to find,” he says, removing his glasses. “It’s not a trade people learn anymore.” Mr. Delphin owns Francois’ Fine Tailoring and Alterations on Upper Main street in Edgartown. He learned to tailor at a trade school near his childhood home in Gonaives, a port city in northern Haiti.
