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The dining room at Tony and Abigail McGrath’s home in Oak Bluffs is delicately set up with gold-rimmed china, wine glasses, and napkins wrapped with yellow roses. First course: Clam chowder made from scratch.
“For the newcomers, I’m just going to suggest that you pace yourself because, well, Abigail can cook,” said Kimberly Ellis, an artist staying this past week at the Renaissance House artist retreat run by Ms. McGrath.
In its first enforcement of a new state fishing regulation, the Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby Committee voted Monday to disqualify two division-leading fish from the tournament because the anglers that caught them did not have a state permit prior to weighing in their catch.
Juliet Burkett, 21, died unexpectedly on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011.
Juliet was the daughter of Joe Burkett and the late Rise Sroka.
A graduate of the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School, Juliet was a student at Evergreen State College in Olympia Washington.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, Sept. 23, at 11 a.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.
A full obituary will appear in a future edition of the Gazette.
The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System scores are in and it’s good news and bad news for Vineyard schools.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School was the only Vineyard school to meet the state’s adequate yearly progress (AYP) targets in English language arts and mathematics.
Daniel Waters will be honored with the 2011 Creative Living Award, the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard announced this week.
The award will be presented on Oct. 18 at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury beginning at 5:30 p.m. All are invited to attend.
As many as 200 young anglers and their parents braved a stiff northeast breeze to fish the Kids Derby, held Sunday morning at the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority wharf.
A lot of scup were brought in by the youngsters.
Many of the fish were under the state minimum size, so the anglers were quick to have them measured, noted and then quickly thrown back into the water alive. The largest fish caught in the contest was a 21 ¼ inch striped bass, caught by Chelsea Bouchard, 7, of Marston Mills.