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Lora Marden to Marry
Lora Marden and Todd Richardson of Quincy are pleased to announce their engagement.
Miss Marden, the daughter of Willard Marden 3rd of Oak Bluffs and Beth Marden of Bridgewater, and granddaughter of Beverly DeSorcy of Edgartown and Willard Marden Jr. of Falmouth, is a 2003 graduate of the University of Rochester. Mr. Richardson, a 2002 graduate of Stonehill College, is the son of Patricia Richardson of Taunton. The couple are both employed by Genzyme in Cambridge.
A May 2011 wedding is planned.
Vineyarders’ experiences of World War II both at home and overseas are collected in a new book from the Martha’s Vineyard Museum based on its recent exhibition Those Who Serve: Martha’s Vineyard and World War II,
Narratives from interviews with 19 Vineyarders, along with contemporary and archival photographs, are brought together by oral historian Linsey Lee in this book.
On Wednesday afternoon as the ice thickened on frozen Island streets, some teenagers played video games or napped while others spent the day laying the groundwork for their futures.
Thanks to the Martha’s Vineyard Youth Leadership Initiative’s first annual Job Shadow Day, 18-year-old Anthony Piland, an aspiring pilot, spent the day watching Martha’s Vineyard Airport service manager Colin Ewing hard at work. At day’s end, Anthony walked away not only with a clearer picture of his longterm plans, but also with a pretty cool summer commitment.
By PETER BRANNEN
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School imported an annual tradition from big-time college football recruiting on Wednesday as standout quarterback Randall Jette signed his intention to accept a full scholarship from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst during a ceremony in the high school gymnasium.
Family members and classmates cheered as Jette signed his papers and broke in a fresh new UMass cap on what is known as national signing day.
Online Island Map
Lot lines, bus lines, trail lines, U.S. Geological Survey topography, and wetlands are a few of the layers available on a new Islandwide graphic information system (GIS) available online.
Found on the Internet at http://map.mvpsis.net/dukescounty/, the site is a work in progress combining the efforts of the Dukes County Sheriff’s Office, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission and the County of Dukes County.
Clarification
A story in the Jan. 21 Gazette about two wind turbine projects on farms in Chilmark was unclear about the relationship of one person to a distinct group opposing the projects. Allen Farm abutter Jonathan Adler is not a member of the group battling a state plan to build turbines in waters off the Vineyard.