Revised Yellow House Plan Attracts Lone Bid
A sole applicant is in the running in Edgartown’s second search for someone to lease and renovate the Yellow House.
Sara Brown
Aquinnah police have been investigating a late August discovery of 20 marijuana plants on a Sheriff’s Meadow property off Lighthouse Road.
A retired Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School teacher was arraigned Friday on charges that he allegedly sexually assaulted a former student.
Wendell Leo Frame Jr., 65, was arraigned on two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older. Bail was set at $500, and Mr. Frame was ordered not to have any contact with the alleged victim or any female younger than 18 and to stay away from all Island schools.
With storm season on the way and East Chop Drive in a compromised state, the town of Oak Bluffs is considering whether to close the scenic roadway.
At a meeting nearly two weeks ago, the East Chop Association voted to recommend that the road be closed between Brewster and Munroe avenues.
A mosquito found in Oak Bluffs this week has tested positive for West Nile virus. It is the third infected mosquito found on Martha’s Vineyard this summer.
According to the state department of health and human services, the infected mosquito was collected Tuesday. Earlier this month, mosquitoes with West Nile were found in West Tisbury and Tisbury.
While some herald September’s quieter streets and diminishing crowds, Eugene (Geno) Courtney said the end of the season makes him blue.
“It’ll start winding down,” he said Wednesday, sitting on the South Summer street bench that doubles as his front office. “Come Labor Day, with the sudden drop, I get a little sad, a little bit depressed. I haven’t gotten used to it."
Granted an extension to respond to a state ethics commission decision, gubernatorial candidate and Cape and Islands State Sen. Dan Wolf will now remain in office until at least Sept. 19.
Mr. Wolf announced last Thursday that he would resign his seat on August 29 and suspend his campaign for governor because of an ethics commission decision that his partial ownership of Cape Air created a conflict of interest.
In a statement on Wednesday this week, Mr. Wolf announced that he was granted an extension and will present a petition to the ethics commission next month.