Remy Tumin
Edgartown selectmen rejected a second application this week by Ron Minkin to conduct tours in the off-season, arguing the town is still too congested even in the shoulder months.
Mr. Minkin, who is president of Martha’s Vineyard Transport, requested a license to sell tickets for his 14-passenger vans through the downtown streets of Edgartown except in July and August. He wants to solicit passengers on Church street. His company is a charter business, not a tour bus company, and he needs approval from the selectmen to conduct ticketed tours.
There’s a soft buzz coming from the car radio, a faint hum of interference as you drive around the Island searching for the perfect song to get you in the mood. Sometimes the automatic tuner slides right by it, other times it settles in somewhere amongst the buzz to 93.7, the home of Vineyard community radio station WVVY.
The Chilmark Conservation Commission issued an emergency work certificate this week for two perilously-perched cottages on the cliffs of Stonewall Beach, fearing if they are not moved back from the edge they will fall into the ocean.
Natalie Conroy’s two small cottages on her property off State Road in Chilmark must be moved after tropical storm Irene stripped off 10 feet of cliff where the structures stand.
New teachers and in some places new leaders will populate the classrooms and corridors of the public schools on the Vineyard when the school year begins next Thursday.
And the West Tisbury School has a practically new building.
Edgartown selectmen this week praised the town’s emergency response team for their work during tropical storm Irene, including the police, fire, highway and information technology departments.
Walking into the theatre at the Yard in Chilmark during a dance rehearsal this week, one couldn’t help noticing a spilled glass of water on the edge of the stage, and, upon further inspection, a puddle in the middle of the floor. A few minutes later a dancer stood in the middle of said puddle, relishing its slippery nature.