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
Tax bills are out in Oak Bluffs, the only town on the Island that has set its tax rate yet this year, and the result is a mixed bag. Some property owners report seeing only a slight change in their tax bill from last year, while others are experiencing mild sticker shock as they see their taxes rise.
“I was shocked,” said Oak Bluffs resident John Banks, who opened his tax bill last week and learned that the property assessment for his Sengekontacket home went up about 16 per cent, resulting in a tax bill that is about 22 per cent higher than last year.
As Dukes County ambassadors to Gov. Deval Patrick’s statewide youth council, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School seniors Delmont Araujo and Emma Hallbilsback have had an inside look at politics and public service in the year since they were sworn in at the state house. Now, like seasoned politicians, they are sharing their anti-bullying platform with other Vineyard students through next week’s anti-bullying awareness activities.
After a year in Washington representing the 10th congressional district, Cong. William Keating came to Martha’s Vineyard Monday with a message: Like most Americans, he’s angry. Angry about the dysfunction he sees in Congress, he said, and threats to what he calls core American values, opportunities for education and advancement.
After more than five years of efforts to restore Island medical care for Vineyard veterans, good news came this week: A new contract for services is expected by the end of February.
When it comes to athletic opportunities, students at Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School face some tough barriers: too few charter school students to field a team of their own, and a host of logistical issues that largely prevent charter would-be athletes from playing for Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School teams.
The issue resurfaced this week when high school principal Steve Nixon reiterated his previous decision to turn down a request from a charter student to play for the regional high school girls’ ice hockey team.
At a high school in Uganda, disobedient students sit under a punishment tree. In Taiwan, students can join the gift-wrapping club, which meets after school. In Yemen, high school students can take dentistry classes as part of a vocational program.