Oak Bluffs News

Explore the wine and cheeses of Italy and support the Edgartown Library Foundation! The event will also feature a raffle of donated items including an original painting by Claudio Gasparani, dinner for two at Lattanzi's, a getaway at the Boston Harbor Hotel and more! Join us! $25. 5 pm - 8 pm.

Description of Contest -The purpose of this contest is to solicit public ideas for the design of a logo for the Library Friends of Oak Bluffs, Inc.

A design prepared by Mark London, MVC executive director, of the roundabout intersection in Oak Bluffs with bus stops, pulloffs and crosswalks.

Oak Bluffs selectmen agreed Tuesday to appoint Bob Whritenour as town administrator.

Last week, wastewater manager, Joe Alosso, found himself out of two jobs when the Oak Bluffs Wastewater Commission voted to eliminate his position for budgetary reasons and the same commission in Edgartown placed him on administrative leave.A Yesterday, according to the Martha's Vineyard Times , the Oak Bluffs board rescinded that vote after labor ... (more)

Robert Whritenour has served as interim town administrator in Oak Bluffs since September.

The earlier elimination of Oak Bluffs wastewater manager Joe Alosso's job was undone at a meeting of the wastewater commissioners Tuesday, February 7. The divided Oak Bluffs wastewater commission members carefully backtracked from their vote last week that eliminated wastewater plant manager Joe Alosso's job, then began a fresh round of sharp, ... (more)

10:30 am. For more information, call 508-645-3360. 2. Dine-To-Donate for Youth Hockey all day today at Sharky's in Edgartown and Oak Bluffs.

The Up-Island Regional School District school committee voted Monday, January 23 to certify a fiscal year 2013 total operational budget of $9,129,943. That is an increase of $777,049, or 9.3 percent, over FY12.

While the crowds of summer see the Island at its blossoming height of tourism in July and August, a question pops into their minds as they get set to leave.

On any given day, between 8 and 9 in the morning and again just before dark, you'll find dozens of dogs and their owners at the Tradewinds Fields Preserve, familiarly known as the dog park in Oak Bluffs.

In a 147-page report that included a withering hour-by-hour account of irregularities at the Edgartown wastewater department, retired Judge John Sullivan recommended that the wastewater commission fire facilities manager Joe Alosso.

Sunday, Jan. 29 12:01 am - A disturbance was reported at 586 Bistro, serviced. 1:15 am - A domestic verbal argument was reported at Resort and Conference Center, two placed in protective custody.

Becky Gennaro, Jeita Phillips, Dorsey Stone, Pawel Jaroszewicz, Katelyn Connolly, and Tony Chestnut came from as far away as Boston.

$5 for those in need of assistance. 2 pm. For more information call 508-693-2291. 2. The Children's Chess Club meets today at the Chilmark Public Library .

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 th A Habitat for Humanity Saturday is a Volunteer Build Day at the Habitat for Humanity of Martha's Vineyard Build Site.

The squabbling Oak Bluffs wastewater commission voted wastewater plant manager Joe Alosso out of a job.

Islanders are refreshingly free of compunctions when it comes to debating public issues.

Nelson William Amaral, a lifelong Oak Bluffs resident, a plumber, avid outdoorsman, and a former chief and, beginning at the age of 14 a member of the Oak Bluffs Fire Department for 56 years, was buried Saturday in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Oak Bluffs.

West Tisbury selectmen agreed unanimously on Wednesday to place a non-binding question on the spring election ballot in April to gauge town voter support for the construction of a roundabout at the blinker intersection in Oak Bluffs.