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Announcing Emme
Kendra Buresch and Christopher Carroll of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Emme Caroline Buresch Carroll, born on Sept. 1, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Emme weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. She joins her big sister, four-year-old Oona Carroll.
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Back in January, when a little-known Republican candidate named Scott Brown broke a long drought for his party, taking the Senate seat held for 47 years by the late Edward M. Kennedy, hope flowered among Republicans in this part of the state.
The analysis showed some 60 per cent of voters in the 10th Congressional District, which covers the Cape and Islands, went to Brown. Absent the influence of a strong incumbent, the 10th was winnable for Republicans.
The 65th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby opens Sunday morning at a minute past midnight. The fishermen are waiting.
George Moran of Oak Bluffs will be out there. At 64, he is almost as old as the derby. “For me it is wonderful being outdoors, being on the beaches, out at night with the stars and moon,” Mr. Moran said.
With the future impact of the BP oil spill still as murky as the fouled waters of the Gulf, the job of compensating victims has fallen on the well-worn shoulders of Brockton native and 20-year Vineyard vacationer Ken Feinberg.
With the start of the 65th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby just days away, fishermen are concerned about the health of the centerpiece fish, striped bass, in these waters and along the coast.
There is perhaps not a fish more watched by commercial and recreational fishermen, not to mention scientists, than the striped bass. The fish is the swimming equivalent of the American eagle.