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They say bad things come in threes. In the fall of 2008, Rosie Roberts and her sister were both diagnosed with cancer. Their elderly mother was ailing and near death. For Ms. Roberts’s family, three bad things seemed like plenty to deal with at once. But the bad news kept coming.
Ms. Roberts was notified shortly after her first lumpectomy that the procedure had failed. Two hours later, her mother died. With her family in mourning, her sister still in treatment, and Ms. Roberts preparing herself for another surgery, what she really needed was support.
Completes Art Thesis
Grier Filley of Millbrook, N.Y., and Chappaquiddick, a senior studio art major at Skidmore College in Saratoga, N.Y., will show her senior thesis in an exhibit of her peers at the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore from May 14 to May 22. An opening reception will be held on May 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. The public is welcome.
Masters for Father Nagle
Rev. Michael R. Nagle, pastor of Good Shepherd Catholic parish on Martha’s Vineyard, has earned a master of arts in pastoral studies in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd degree at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis.
Chilmark resident and Gazette photographer Peter Simon was a member of the graduating class of Boston University in 1970. The only trouble was, he never actually graduated. A student strike that followed the Kent State killings that year led to the cancellation of graduation ceremonies. Instead, students received their diplomas in the mail. Now, 40 years later, Boston University has decided to give the class a formal graduation to make amends.
Commended List
Headmaster Jay Stroud has announced the Commended List at Tabor Academy for the first semester of the 2009-2010 academic year. On the list are: Alex Nugent, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nugent of Edgartown, and William Kadison, son of David and Christine Kadison of Vineyard Haven.
West Tisbury selectmen on Wednesday approved a new policy for the police department’s use of nonlethal weapons, gave the roads and byways committee a green light to nominate two ancient ways as districts of critical planning concern (DCPCs) and again debated who should sit on a police headquarters study committee.
The topic of the study committee has been a sticky one.