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In a preseason sports report published last week, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School girls’ lacrosse team should have been included among the teams that won Eastern Athletics Conference championships in the 2010-2011 season. The Gazette regrets the omission.
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Foreign language instruction at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School has been hit hard by staff changes, the high school district committee learned on Monday night.
There are more than a dozen personnel changes at the high school this year, more than any other school on the Island. At the start of the school year there were 17 personnel changes between staff resigning, retiring or being reassigned to another department.
Complaints against the Tisbury police department and Sgt. Timothy Stobie alleging discrimination based on sexual harassment have been found to have probable cause, after the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination investigated a broad complaint by a female officer, Kelly Kershaw.
Free Soul Food
Soul food, Southern food . . . whatever you call it, enjoy it free and fresh from the students of the Martha’s Vineyard Ecumenical Youth Group, who have returned from Tennessee with a slide show of the mission work they did there.
A southern dinner and auction on Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Federated Church in Edgartown.
The Martha’s Vineyard Boy & Girls Club received a pledge of $90,000 from a New Orleans philanthropist last Saturday night as part of a big 90th birthday celebration for Fred B. (Ted) Morgan Jr. The announcement came near the end of festivities at the private party held at the Field Club in Edgartown. Gary Solomon, who made the donation, told the crowd how much regard he had for Mr. Morgan, his family, and the youth club that serves the Island.
A community organization has formed calling itself Island Climate Action Network (ICAN). The purpose of the group is to promote awareness about the local effects of climate change and to educate and act to:
• Adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change.
• Create greater community resilience regarding climate-related issues that affect our community’s well-being and economic future.
• Support policies at the local, regional, state, and federal level that contribute to a sustainable future.