News
Dukes County has been awarded $9,294 from the federal government’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program to be distributed among organizations either currently providing or capable of providing food or shelter services within the county.
To apply, contact Catherine Driscoll with the Cape Cod Council of Churches by calling 508-432-1312, or send an e-mail to [email protected].
The deadline for completed applications is Tuesday, May 18.
Four Island groups have been nominated for excellence awards: Adult and Community Education Program of Martha’s Vineyard (ACE MV), Holy Ghost Association of Martha’s Vineyard, Martha’s Vineyard Film Society, and Vineyard Nursing Association.
Given by the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, the awards honor organizations making a difference in their community. A nonprofits awareness day will be held at the state house on June 14.
Alexia Schroeder, of West Tisbury, has been named to the dean’s list for the 2009 fall semester at Villanova University. Alexia is a freshman.
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Kendall Tyler Chaves, of West Tisbury, has been named to the dean’s list at Babson College for the fall 2009 semester.
Peter and Clare Ives, of Aquinnah, announce the engagement of their daughter Chelsea Ives to Sean Kelley. Sean is the son of Michael and Paula Kelley, of Newburyport. A September 2011 wedding is planned.
Tomorrow, hundreds of bicycle riders will travel to the Island for a spring tradition called Ride the Vineyard, a fund-raising bicycle ride that provides help for 19,000 people who have multiple sclerosis in four New England states (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont).
Corrections
A story in Friday’s Gazette about the Edgartown selectmen’s action on an application from a summer tour operator contained errors. Ron Minkin’s application is for a 14-passenger van, and it was the third meeting Mr. Minkin had with the selectmen.
The Gazette regrets the errors.
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