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
The Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust will explore the possible acquisition of the Carnegie building which houses the Edgartown Public Library, if the town moves ahead with its plan to relocate the library to a new site.
Like the famous snowman with a corncob pipe and a button nose, Edgartown will come to life this weekend for the 30th annual Christmas in Edgartown celebration, a weekend of events that would put even the North Pole to shame.
The fate of two French bulldogs named Toy Boy and Leona have prompted a criminal charge against the dogs’ former caregiver.
By SARA BROWN
The fate of two French bulldogs named Toy Boy and Leona have prompted a criminal charge against the dogs’ former caregiver.
Kelly Slavin, 37, of Fairhaven, was arraigned Dec. 2 on a perjury charge in Edgartown district court stemming from her assertion that she had the dogs and was ready to turn them over to the owner, Charlene Garcia of West Tisbury.
Instead, according to allegations, the dogs had been surrendered to an animal control officer more than a year ago and placed in adoptive homes.
There are places in America where it might be a challenge to find 50 people eager to immerse themselves in Civil War history and eminent scholars willing to lead them. The Vineyard is not such a place.
The Vineyard Haven Public Library has already lined up an impressive faculty and is now opening up limited seats for an intensive new seminar series that will start in January and last into the spring.
Criticism of the annual Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament resurfaced at the town selectmen’s meeting this week, with a local group asking the town to reconsider the role it plays in the popular event, citing ethical and environmental concerns with the way sharks are killed and displayed in the town harbor.
Citing fixed costs associated with experienced teachers and the uniqueness of the Island’s school, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School presented its budget this week at $16.9 million, an increase of $307,300, or 1.85 per cent, over last year.
Noting that the high school is unique as the only Island school that offers a comprehensive program, principal Stephen Nixon said the school tried to cut costs where it could while maintaining “the quality of education we’re used to here.”