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R. Kristin Brown and Timothy Brown of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Tabitha R. Brown, born on Jan. 21 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
In honor of Black History Month on Saturday, Feb. 7, the League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard will host guest speaker Clennon L. King.
Back by popular demand, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum is again celebrating the faces of the Vineyard with a second Island Faces portrait competition in collaboration with Featherstone Center for the Arts.
The commission late last week quickly approved a $1.42 million budget for fiscal year 2016, marking a 2.4 per cent decrease from last year. Modest increases in salaries and employee benefits were offset by a $52,000 reduction in legal spending.
In the first stop on a road show to promote tuition-free preschool, superintendent Brian Hyde paid a visit to the Vineyard late last week. The Cape educator piloted one of the state’s only universal preschool programs last fall.
The sound of bagpipes kicked off the Scottish Society of Martha’s Vineyard’s 28th annual Burns Nicht Supper. The Saturday night event celebrated the 256th anniversary of the birth of the Bard of Scotland, Robert Burns.