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Walls and tables lining the hallways of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School were filled with artwork Wednesday night, as Island art lovers came out in force to admire the paintings, drawings, and sculpture put out by the talented student body for this year’s Evening of the Arts.
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School principal Stephen Nixon announces the honor roll for the second quarter of the 2009-2010 academic year.
Grade 12 high honors go to: Max Conley, Matthew Fisher, Anna Hayes, Shaelah Huntington, Abigail Larsen, Tessa Permar, Meghan Pettit, Hayley Pierce and Julie Pringle.
Grade 11 high honors go to: Megan Dreyer, Jesse Fogg, Tova Katzman, Jessica Kelleher, Hudson Klebs, Jill McHugh, Alicia Oliveira, Naomi Pallas and Amelia Pennington.
The family of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, made up of staff and volunteers, took a moment out of a busy spring to honor some of their own. At the Mediterranean restaurant in Oak Bluffs on Monday afternoon, more than 130 gathered to share in fellowship, to honor those whose hard work has helped the organization through almost 50 years of community work.
The steamer Nobska is long gone, but now she has been preserved as a sculpture, at once beautiful and functional, to help ferry captains know which way the wind is blowing.
A copper weather vane made in the image of the Nobska sits high atop the new Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority terminal, which had its grand opening this week.
The Nobska ran from 1925 until 1973.
Tony’s Market, a grocery store in business at the same location in Oak Bluffs since 1877, has promoted store manager Kelly Hill to vice president, chief of operations. She also was elected a director of the company. Mrs. Hill has worked continuously at Tony’s since April, 1995 and has been its store manager since September, 2001. Previously the store has been managed only by its owners, the members of various families during its 133-year history.
Kelly lives in Oak Bluffs with her husband, David Hill, and two children.
Adult and Community Education of Martha’s Vineyard (ACE MV) and FLY Yoga each received a $2,500 grant from the Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Network, supported by a matching grant from the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank, to help develop their Vineyard businesses.
Lynn Ditchfield, director of ACE MV, and Sherry Sidoti, owner of FLY, were among 19 grant applicants.