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The Edgartown Board of Trade elected a board of directors for 2015 at its annual election held Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Harbor View Hotel.
The Edey Foundation, founded by the late Maitland Edey of Seven Gates Farm, announces funds available for grants to Island nonprofit organizations.
After nearly 30 years on the bench, the Hon. Barbara J. Rouse, chief justice of the Massachusetts superior court, retires in December. Her farewell tour included a stop last week on the Vineyard, where she spoke with high school history students.
On Sunday, Sept. 7, Linda Fairstein texted all her friends: "What did you do this weekend? We got married!" Ms. Fairstein and Michael Goldberg had eloped at their home in Chilmark. The two have been friends for 45 years.
Alicia Oliveira of Oak Bluffs, a graduate of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School class of 2011, is a cadet at Providence College with the Army ROTC Patriot Battalion.
An uncommon visitor turned up in Edgartown harbor this weekend: a juvenile African pompano, an iridescent tropical fish that likely drifted north from waters off the southern United States.
The fish was caught by a squid that was caught by a fisherman.