News
Dean’s List
Zachary Coutinho, a senior studying management at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H., has been named to the dean’s honor list for the fall semester.
Henry’s Lucky Number
Joyce and Tom Dresser of Oak Bluffs are pleased to announce the birth of their seventh grandchild. Henry Richard Held was born Saturday, Jan. 28 in Los Angeles, Calif. Henry is the third child of Amy and Brian Held. Henry’s siblings are Molly and Dylan Held.
Eat Before Swim
A shark bite never felt so good.
This weekend the YMCA is celebrating all things Mako, the local swim team, of course.
On Saturday, Feb. 4, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. the Y turns into an Italian restaurant with a benefit pasta dinner prepared by Tea Lane Caterers; you supply the Billy Joel.
The cost is $15 for individuals and $45 for a family ticket. Tickets are available at the Y in advance and on the night of the event.
As a licensed mental health professional specializing in children, Jeanine Fitzgerald has seen her fair share of acting out in her 34 years of child behavior studies, everything from the “duck lips” stubborn pout to the “duck and cover” because that’s what’s required to avoid injury.
But one thing has remained true throughout her tenure, eight years of which she’s spent with Island families — her goal is to empower people.
By HOLLY NADLER
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Boston funnymen and women, heralded as The Boston Gold Rush of Comedy, arrived on the scene shortly after New York comics showcased at famous clubs such as the Improv and Catch a Rising Star, and Los Angeles comics appeared at the West Coast Improv, the Comedy Club and the Laugh Factory. Boston’s boom of small comedy clubs, some lodged in back rooms in restaurants, produced big stars such as Jay Leno, Louis C.K., Dennis Leary, Janeane Garofalo, and Vineyard habitué Lenny Clark.
Joins Endowment
Andria Jason has joined the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard as their new foundation manager. She will be handling all administrative responsibilities for the endowment and assisting the board in bringing charitable resources to Island nonprofits and students.