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Two fishermen participating in the 66th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby had their leading fish pulled from the contest on Monday, for not registering for a state saltwater fishing license. While the derby officials are not disqualifying the fishermen or sharing their names, the organization hopes that anglers participating in the contest get the message. To fish in the derby, anglers must comply with state and federal fishing requirements.
Ruth Guilford of Vineyard Haven was awarded Lesley University’s Timocracy Scholarship, providing her with $5,000 toward her studies at Lesley’s graduate school of education.
Lesley honored Ms. Guilford’s achievement during a ceremony and reception on Sept. 7 attended by university officials and founders of the Timocracy Foundation, which recognizes individuals who “do good for the sake of doing good.”
“There’s my hero,” said Martha’s Vineyard Surfcasters Association president Janet Messineo as Emanuel Thompson walked into the Beach Plum Inn on Thursday morning. It had been a day since Mr. Thompson, an Air Force veteran from Virginia, had caught his derby-leading 34.72-pound striper on Capt. Buddy Vanderhoop’s charter boat Tomahawk out of Menemsha, but he was still beaming.
Chamber Awards
Now that the Emmys are over, it’s time for the Martha’s. The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce will hold its third annual business awards, called Martha’s, on Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Lambert’s Cove Inn in West Tisbury.
There will be refreshments and door prizes, and all are welcome to see members announce the winners of the Martha’s and present the special awards. RSVP is required; call Ken Goldberg, at 508-693-0085, extension 10, or e-mail [email protected].
The Social Security Administration has stopped making monthly visits to the Island, leaving the people who live here with no option but to travel to Falmouth to meet in person with a representative. Town leaders are clamoring to have the visits reinstated, but the federal agency says the likelihood of that happening is slim to none.
A 1920s bungalow in Edgartown is slated to be torn down, the town selectmen learned this week.
Norman Rankow, a well-known contractor and owner of Colonial Reproductions, came before the selectmen at their weekly meeting on Monday to apply for a curb cut but when the board learned of the plan to demolish the Colter house on the corner of Morse and North Summer streets, they were chagrined.
“That’s unfortunate, that’s very unfortunate,” selectman Margaret Serpa said.