Oak Bluffs Council On Aging 21 Wamsutta Ave. 508-693-4509 April Highlights Weekly exercise, live in-person and on Zoom Monday 9 am, group exercise Zoom with Patience Campbell and Marilyn Miller Zoom: bit.ly/OBExercise Thursday 9 am, Zoom exercise with Bill White Zoom: bit.ly/OBExerciseWhite Friday 9 am, Zoom exercise with Floyd Lifton. Please be ready with your […]
Lagoon Pond remains closed to shellfishing after a sewage leak was discovered at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Oak Bluffs Wastewater Facilities Manager Patrick Hickey told The Times the leak was first reported by hospital employees who noticed water coming up through cracks in the hospital parking lot pavement on Jan. 24. Oak Bluffs wastewater employees […]
At their Tuesday meeting, Oak Bluffs select board members heard from newly appointed town shellfish constable Donovan McElligatt regarding the shellfish bushel limit and a recommendation to make changes to the 2022–23 scallop season temperature restriction. McElligatt pulled back on an October request to decrease commercial and recreational/family fishing bushel limits for both Sengekontacket Pond […]
Oak Bluffs scallopers will need to wait a bit longer before knowing how much shellfish they can gather next year. During an October Oak Bluffs select board meeting, there was contention about a decision to decrease the scallop fishing limit from three bushels for commercial shellfishermen and one for recreational shellfishermen to two bushel for […]
The Oak Bluffs Police Department has discontinued its investigation into the alleged vandalism of town shellfish department equipment, after failing to come up with adequate leads. According to town police reports, on Oct. 20, newly appointed Oak Bluffs Shellfish Constable Donovan McElligatt notified law enforcement of alleged tampering with a department vehicle and two department […]