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The Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard is pleased to report that almost all the cats and kittens have found new homes for the holidays except for Rex, an older black and white tuxedo female. She is a little feisty, but that comes with age.
The shelter has another tuxedo cat coming named Pamela, who will have her veterinary check-up this week and be ready to go to her new home by next Friday.
Bella, the orange and white guinea pig, is still waiting for a new home. She doesn’t require a lot of care and is very gentle.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will sponsor a free educational course for families of people diagnosed with a serious mental illness. The course will begin Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m. Twelve weekly two and a half hour classes will cover information about schizophrenia, the affective disorders (bipolar disease and major depression), obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders.
The Island Book is keeping up with the times. In an effort to include contact information for those who have dropped land lines, the book will include cell phone numbers next year.
Cell phone listings will be optional and available to businesses and residents alike; those who would like to have their number published must complete a form online at mvy.com or in person at the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce between the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. All cell phone submissions must be received in writing by Feb. 15.
The Martha’s Vineyard Youth Hockey winter season is underway.
Last weekend, the Peewees played three games, hosting Gateway for a double header on Saturday and Lower Cape Fancy the next day. The team started out strong against Gateway, shutting out their opponents 8-0 in the first game.
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School seniors Douglas Andrade and Isabella Hazell-El-Deiry were sworn in as members of the Governor’s Statewide Youth Council for Dukes County on Nov. 30. Governor Deval Patrick presided over the swearing in of 28 new members — two representatives from every county — on the Grand Staircase of the Massachusetts State House.
Both students have been active in the high school and Island community.
Doug Smith had a vision. It involved pancakes. Before Mr. Smith, 38, moved to the Vineyard full-time six years ago, he and his girlfriend often took weekend trips up to Maine, exploring the small towns that dotted the coast. But no matter the town, “there was always this great breakfast joint that had a line out the door,” Mr. Smith recalled. The breakfast spots served up stacks of thick, fluffy pancakes and savory plates of eggs Benedict to hungry patrons who lingered over great coffee at wooden tables — the picture of New England rustic.