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Teen Volleyball
Serve, set, spike: the Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girl’s Club will kick off its teen volleyball league, open to all players from grades eight to twelve, in January.
There will be separate boys’ and girls’ leagues; a coed league will be formed if numbers are not large enough for two separate leagues.
Registration is Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Boys’ and Girls’ Club next to the Edgartown School. The fee is $75.
Town employees may soon be feeling the effects of the economic downturn as Oak Bluffs continues to wrestle with stark financial projections.
Food Pantry Donation
Armen Hanjian of the Island Food Pantry received a generous donation of nourishing food from the Church of the Latter Day Saints (Mormon). It was picked up at the Bishop’s Storehouse in Worcester, delivered Saturday evening to the food pantry by Jim Powell and Donna Maurice.
Helpers unloading the truck included students from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, Kyle Altieri, Zach Lamni, Corey Perotta, Dylan Rice and Kevin Walsh, as well as Ray Bilodeau, Brent Brown and Elders Gallegos and Morales.
Young Wrappers
The Martha’s Vineyard Ecumenical Youth Group will be providing Christmas gift wrapping on Saturday, Dec. 18, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Edgartown Federated Church, at 45 South Summer street. Relax with a cup of hot cider or hot chocolate and let the wrappers take care of making your presents look perfect.
All donations will go towards the youth group’s 2011 Mission Trip.
Can you guess the two biggest countries in the Western Hemisphere that were born around the same time, colonized by Europeans, share a history of slavery and indigenous people, and are both democracies? Here’s a hint: the largest community abroad of one of these countries lives here in New England.
Brazil and the United States may have more in common than you thought.
Carter Arrives
Valerie Joe Stoyer and James Masselli of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Carter James Masselli, born on Dec. 14, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Carter weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces at birth.