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Announcing Anouk
Amber Knowles and Shafiq Khan of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Anouk Nor Ella Bano, born on July 1, 2012 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Anouk weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces at birth.
Welcome Jacob
Shawna and John O’Donnell of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Jacob Charles O’Donnell, born on July 3, 2012 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Jacob weighed 8 pounds, 7.5 ounces at birth.
Two high rollers in a bidding war to share a peanut butter sandwich with Carly Simon?
At 5 p.m. sharp on Wednesday, crowds in Norwich, England, gathered to see the Olympic torch arrive at the Queen’s summer estate. Crowds in front of New England televisions watched the Red Sox play in Oakland. And in Edgartown, a downtown crowd waited anxiously for the first notes of the annual Fourth of July parade.
Bill and Margot Moomaw, two of the world’s major movers and shakers in the field of climate change, are bringing their own personal message to Vineyarders about how to take small steps to make a big impact in combatting global warming:
Live deliberately, make real choices about how you live and what you do.
It’s the motto the couple has lived by for years, and it’s a message they hope to instill in others to find meaningful ways to act locally and think globally when it comes climate change.
Health Care Grant
Island Health Care in Edgartown has received a $102,180.26 grant from the Patrick-Murray Administration. It is one of 27 hospitals and community health centers throughout Massachusetts to receive a total of $3 million in infrastructure and capacity-building funds. The money is intended to enhance global payment system transitions, expand access and form patient-centered medical homes for populations in need.