Meetings, Agendas on the Vineyard Today

Find which local town committees and boards on Martha's Vineyard will be meeting today, June 3.

It's a new week on Martha's Vineyard, and to get things started, Martha's Vineyard Patch is taking a look at what local boards and committees across the Vineyard will be meeting today, June 3. Here's an overview of what meetings are taking place today.  Edgartown The Edgartown Board of Selectmen will meet at 4 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room at Edgartown Town Hall. For the full agenda, click here. Also today, the Wastewater Commissioner's meeting will take place at 2 p.m. Oak Bluffs The Oak Bluffs Park Commission meeting, originally scheduled for Monday, June 3, at 5 p.m. has been cancelled, according to the Oak Bluffs town website. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 17 at the Oak Bluffs Council on Aging building at 5 p.m…

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How to Join the Edgartown 4th of July Parade

July 4 is just a few weeks away. Would you like to take part in the all-American, all-Martha's Vineyard parade that marches through Edgartown? Here's how to join the fun and maybe win $1,000 for best float; see 2012 parade photos in our gallery.

Who said Edgartown is exclusive? The town's annual Fourth of July parade is open to everyone, according to rules posted online at edgartown-ma.us: 1.  Register with the Selectmen’s Office by clicking here or by phone at 508-627-6180. You must be registered to participate. 2. Antique vehicles are welcome if they are older than 1963! 3. Floats are encouraged to participate. Monetary prizes to the winners! Grand Prize is $1,000! 4. Entries should be in the spirit of the parade. No advertising please! 5. No throwing of candy at the parade. 6. Lineup begins in the school parking lot at 3 p.m. You are encouraged to show up as early as possible. 7. We encourage all groups with multiple pieces to show up together if they want to be together in the…

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Edgartown Break-In Suspect Left Facebook Clue, Report Says

A social-media endorsement may have been the undoing of a Cape Cod construction worker suspected of breaking into a North Water Street home, reports the Martha's Vineyard Times.

Edgartown police investigating a May break-in used modern methods to identify a suspect: They looked him up on Facebook, according to a report in the Martha's Vineyard Times. Wareham construction worker Jonathan Smith was already a suspect in another investigation when Edgartown officer Chris Dolby discovered he'd posted on Facebook a comment praising a brand of boots with tread marks matching prints left at the break-in scene, the Times reports. Smith wrote a confession to the Edgartown break-in, according to the Times report. Earlier this spring, another Cape worker was charged in a multi-car hit-and-run on South Road in Chilmark. For more police news on and off the Vineyard, please see our Police & Fire section, available in the News …

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Edgartown Beach Wins "Best Preserved" Nod

The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association has named the Edgartown Beach and Dune Restoration Project at Bend in the Road Beach and Cow Bay one of its Best Restored Beaches of 2013.

A national nonprofit founded in 1926 to combat beach erosion has named Edgartown's Bend in the Road-Cow Bay beach restoration to its short list of Best Restored Beaches for 2013. The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association this week released its list, writing of the multiyear public-private effort that: The Edgartown Beach and Dune Restoration Project has been a huge success for public and private stakeholders alike. The multi-faceted regional dredging and beach nourishment project has increased the width of the recreation beach on both the private and public beaches from several feet to several hundred feet over the three-year length of the project. In addition to the much-needed storm damage protection and flood control that …

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Vineyard Agent Warns of Craigslist Rental Scam

Don't believe everything you read on craigslist: A Martha's Vineyard realty agent says a scammer has been angling for unwary renters.

Craigslist is full of rental offers. But not all of them are legitimate, according to a Facebook update from the Homes on Martha's Vineyard realty business managed by Susan L. Cahoon: "I've had 3 phone calls from people who see a rental posted on Craig's List for a home in Edgartown available for $1,000 per month. It's a summer rental listing we have that is $3,800 per week! The scammer takes the photos we've posted (not on Craig's List) and creates an ad with those photos and info. They ask that you send a deposit to somewhere in Egypt. Fortunately the people I spoke with were savvy enough to smell a rat! My name was in there somewhere (one thing that internet exposure can't prevent) so these people called me. I quickly set them straight…

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Edgartown, Gay Head Lighthouses Reopen for 2013

Memorial Day Weekend brings the reopening of two iconic Martha's Vineyard lighthouses, one at each end of the Island. Here are the hours when you can take a lighthouse tour in Edgartown and Aquinnah.

Duckling Rescued by Edgartown Police

Thanks to an alert family and the Edgartown Police Department, a wayward duckling nicknamed "Stormy" is safe and sound with a new family after falling down a storm drain Sunday.

Edgartown police officers served and protected an at-risk duckling Sunday, according to a status update complete with photographs on the the town police department's Facebook page: "This little fella had a rough day today. While on patrol one of our officers was waved down by a family concerned about a duckling. The family had seen it walk across the street all alone and fall into a storm grate. Bonnie Parent volunteered to go into the drain and retrieve the duckling after which he was named "Stormy" by witnesses. An exhaustive search for the duckling's family turned up nothing so he was brought to a wildlife preserve, cleaned up and adopted by a family of chicks." Follow the EPD at facebook.com/edgartownpolice?v=wall. You may also be …

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Cruise Ship to Arrive in Edgartown Tuesday

The first of 22 small-ship cruises scheduled for Edgartown visits in 2013 is scheduled to drop anchor in the outer harbor Tuesday night with up to 100 passengers aboard.

Love them or hate them, the cruise ships are coming: Small cruise ships will visit Edgartown 22 times this summer and fall. The first of the vessels from American Cruise Lines of Guilford, Conn. is scheduled to drop anchor in the outer harbor at around 8 p.m. Tuesday. After Patch broke the news in February that Edgartown harbormaster Charlie Blair had snared the American Cruise Lines contract from Tisbury, some readers weren't pleased to hear about it, commenting: "Disgusting. And those things pollute the air and the water. It's an assault on Edgartown Harbor, has no business being anywhere near Edgartown, and whoever authorized that decision is a complete idiot." "I think Oak Bluffs would be a better destination for the cruise ship to …

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Summer Help Wanted in Edgartown: Stores, Restaurants Post Jobs

Whether you'd rather make sandwiches, scoop ice cream, work in a clothing store or be a barista, Edgartown businesses have job postings for you to check out.

Who's hiring in Edgartown, where you can go from your job to the beach in less than half an hour? Here's a handful of help-wanted postings we've spotted recently. To find more, take a stroll down Main Street or check out local businesses on Facebook: Shiretown Meats: Apply in shop Edgartown Meat and Fish: Apply in shop Edgartown Deli: Call 508-627-4789 or email AltoVista54@yahoo.com Mad Martha's Ice Cream: 508-627-8761 J. McLaughlin: jmclaughlin.com Behind the Bookstore coffee shop: Apply at Edgartown Books Island Outfitters: Apply in shop or at ioedgartown@gmail.com Vineyard Vines (now on North Water Street): Apply at vineyardvines.com Is your Island business hiring? Post on Patch! Stay Patched in! Follow Martha's Vineyard Patch on …

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