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Please Adopt Us
The Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard has just taken in two adorable, beautifully-trained, well-mannered Lhasa Apsos named Meadow and Mink. Meadow is eight; her daughter Mink is six. They won’t be at the shelter long because they are so nice, but the shelter is insisting that the two go to a new home together. You must see them to appreciate this. They will sit in your lap and charm you to pieces.
College Dean’s Lists
Benjamin Hopkins of Vineyard Haven has been named to the dean’s list at Connecticut College for the 2012 spring semester.
As the summer recreational boating season begins, the local branches of the U.S. Coast Guard are gearing up in a big way, with a new officer in charge of the Woods Hole station and a new 47-foot motor lifeboat at the Menemsha station.
Chief boatswain’s mate Justin M. Longval was installed as chief of Woods Hole on Tuesday. The Woods Hole station oversees the waters that include Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven.
The Vineyard has been awarded $2 million in community development block grants by Gov. Deval Patrick for housing rehabilitation and child care subsidies.
Edgartown, West Tisbury, Chilmark and Aquinnah were awarded a total of $1.1 million, while $991,000 went to Tisbury and Oak Bluffs. The money will provide some 50 applicants with money to repair drafty windows and other improvements to make their homes winter-ready. Money is also available for child care subsidies.
Six years ago Vickie Thurber filled a void.
In spite of the numerous horse farms and riding barns dotting the roads and fields of the Island, there was, Ms. Thurber felt, something missing in the equestrian community: therapy riding.
Senior Graduate Scholarships and Awards
Albridge C. and Margaret Righter Smith Scholarship Fund: PEF, Harcourt, Maya, $1,000.
Alfred F. Ferro and Arthur T. Silva Scholarship Fund: PEF, McCormick, Victoria, $700; Tripp, Ian, $700.
Alfred Metell Memorial Health Sciences Scholarship: DeBettencourt, Kelsey, $1,500.
Alice Blackwood Memorial Scholarship: Yukevich, Anna, $750.
Alida Carey Gulick Memorial Scholarship: Gonsalves, Adahy, $500.
American Legion Ladies Auxillary Scholarship: Poole, Natalie, $500.