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Dylan Walsh
Dylan Walsh, son of Mrs. Barbara K. Walsh of Chilmark, has spent the fall 2010 semester studying abroad in Florence, Italy through a program run by Saint Michael’s College. Walsh was a student at Lorenzo de Medici School.
Walsh, a junior business administration major at Saint Michael’s in Burlington, Vt., graduated from Dover-Sherborn Regional High School.
The Vineyard needs more emergency medical technicians; classes will begin early in 2011. To reach out for more recruits, the Martha’s Vineyard Association of Emergency Medical Technicians is holding its 13th annual open house at the West Tisbury Fire Station No. 2, tomorrow from 9 a.m. to noon. The fire station is at the town public safety building. Refreshments will be served.
The Space Opens
The Space at the Triangle in Edgartown is hosting an open house on Saturday, Dec. 11. A combined effort of Katryn Yerdon of Fit with Katryn, Sandra Stone of the Moving Stone and Donna Swift of IMP, the Space is a new organization combining the talents of all its founders.
Mother’s Milk
Vineyard Nursing Association staff Melissa Dolby and Laura Murphy are now lactation counselors certified by the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice.
The credential indicates a nurse has demonstrated the necessary skills, knowledge and attitude to provide breastfeeding counseling and management support to families.
The VNA provides in-home care for new mothers and their babies. Last year, VNA nurses provided care to 131 new mothers and their babies.
At about 10:30 on Tuesday morning, on a fire trail deep in the state forest in West Tisbury, a small group of people gathered to talk about one of the innumerable achievements of the federal government’s $800 billion stimulus package.
And coincidentally, to draw attention to its big failing.
First, the success. The group, including Jeffrey Simon, director of the Massachusetts Recovery and Reinvestment office, was there to look at 310 acres which had been cleared of mostly-dead scrub oak, which presented a serious wildfire hazard.
West Tisbury selectmen were surprised to learn this week that their town’s assessment for the up-Island school district may spike by some $300,000 next year due to changing enrollment patterns in the district which serves the three up-Island towns.