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Cakewalking
In yet another sign that spring is indeed on its way, the third annual Cake-walk will take place at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury on March 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
For the uninitiated, this cakewalk is not a metaphor for easy doings. It’s as near to literal as one can get. Then again, cakes don’t actually walk, but cakemakers do.
Samplers are not just another pretty doily.
This evening beginning at 5:30 p.m. the Martha’s Vineyard Museum will host an event entitled Behold the Needle: Samplers in the Education of Schoolgirls in the 18th and 19th Centuries that gives an in-depth look at the remarkable history and uses of samplers in the not too distant past.
In addition to building needlework skills, samplers were once used as practical teaching tools for learning numbers and letters.
On Wednesday West Tisbury selectmen learned that they would have representation during the $1 million-plus project to repair the West Tisbury School in the coming years, but it wasn’t enough for some.
In a letter to the selectmen Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss asked the selectmen to appoint a town representative to work with the up-Island regional school district committee during the rebuilding project.
Attention fans of the Martha’s Vineyard boys’ varsity basketball team: Watching the team’s state tournament run can cause hypertension, hoarseness of voice and excessive nail-biting; please consult your cardiologist before attending another Vineyarders game.
In what conservation commission leaders are calling the worst violation they have seen in decades, a West Chop homeowner has been cited for dredging a pond and filling a wetland without permission.
The property is owned by Mary Howell of Arlingon, Va., and Vineyard Haven.
University Graduate
Allison Brown of Vineyard Haven received a master’s of science in accounting degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on Feb. 1. Allison is the daughter of Jeffrey and Karen Brown of Vineyard Haven.