Remy Tumin
One year after the Islandwide franchise agreement with Comcast expired, a new 10-year cable television contract remains unfinished with no clear end in sight. And cable service to Chappaquiddick continues to be the chief sticking point.
Cable committee chairman Jennifer Rand said this week the committee did not want to rush the contract “just because we’re tired of negotiating.”
“This is a 10-year contract and a lengthy conversation,” she said. “We want to get it right.”
The historic Mill Pond Dam in West Tisbury will undergo a comprehensive study this summer due to a state requirement that the dam to be reviewed every five years.
At their weekly meeting on Wednesday, West Tisbury selectmen authorized spending $1,000 on the study. The money is largely for administrative fees associated with filing the report to the state Department of Conservation and Recreation. Town dam inspector and civil engineer Kent Healy will perform the inspection with help from surveyor Bill Austin.
Todd Christy could do better. After two attempts at making the perfect shot of espresso, he still wasn’t satisfied.
The first cut of hay was two weeks early, garlic is already being harvested across the Island and strawberries are likely to be done before it’s time for a July 4 pie.
All across the Island, farmers are reporting crops sprouting earlier than usual this year, a fact they attribute to a mild winter and erratic but relatively warm weather ever since.
As debate quiets down over the issues of leash laws and dogs on the beach in West Tisbury, one town selectman said this week that a dog park would
A sweeping harbor improvement plan is now in the works for Menemsha thanks to a hefty grant awarded to the town of Chilmark this spring from the Ma