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The West Tisbury Public Library is expanding, its patrons hope, to make room for more books like David McCullough’s The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. Mr. McCullough spoke at the Agricultural Hall on Wednesday to a rapt, full house, without notes and with his inimitable panache about the importance of libraries and the illuminating effect the City of Lights has had on its American visitors over the centuries.
Aquinnah selectmen denied a new taxi license application this week, citing a lack of town rules and regulations.
Selectman Spencer Booker said at the selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday he couldn’t approve Jeff Corr’s application because the town has no taxi bylaws.
“I’m looking to work some rules and [regulations] up perhaps similar to other towns before I feel comfortable issuing any more licenses,” he said. “We have no [regulations] in place and we really need to make that happen before we can move forward.”
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Carlisle Alessandra Williams, daughter of Leslie O’Brien and Kenneth Williams of Edgartown and Santa Monica, Calif., graduated from Georgetown University on May 22, 2010. She received a bachelor of arts degree in English and Government. Carlisle was a three-year varsity member the Georgetown Sailing Team, and a sailing instructor at the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club in the summer of 2010.
Carlisle is the Content Coordinator of GoRadio, a subsidiary of Dial Global, New York, N.Y.
Prize Pupils
Two Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School high school students, Allison McAndrews and Liam Wallace, both of Vineyard Haven, were given the 2011 Saint Michael’s College Book Award for Academic Achievement with a Social Conscience.
The award recognizes students who demonstrate a commitment to leadership in volunteer service and academic achievement.
Samantha Rabin
Samantha Rabin, daughter of Karen Bressler and Steven Rabin of Edgartown, was named the recipient of the David J. Gray Senior Prize in Sociology at Hamilton College on May 6.
Ms. Rabin, a senior majoring in sociology, is a graduate of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.