Forclosure Help

A group of representatives of Island churches, banks, community services and Women Empowered has been meeting on a regular basis to develop ways to assist with the growing number of home mortgage foreclosures on the Vineyard. The next meeting will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, Woodlawn and William streets in Vineyard Haven on Saturday, April 10 at noon. Members of other agencies are welcome.

Sheriff’s Meadow Hires

Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation has received a grant of $5,000 from Newman’s Own Foundation in support of its summer intern program, and a donation of $5,000 from a private donor to the program as well. Because of these grants, Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation will be able to improve the management of its lands and offer four summer jobs in 2010.

Martha’s Vineyard Magazine’s Spring-Summer Home & Garden edition, now on newsstands, has the hopeful tone of an economy rebounding. New construction featured includes a renovation after a fire, one built in Aquinnah and one in Vineyard Haven.

The magazine also takes readers inside the wine cellar of Sweet Life Café owners Susan and PierreGuérin.

Edgartown Republicans

An organizational meeting to start an Edgartown Republican Committee was held in the Edgartown selectmen’s office in the town hall on Wednesday, March 17.

Cynthia E. Stead of the Cape and Islands state committee was there to get the new committee formed and tell the members what their jobs would be and how long their terms would last.

Mrs. Carolyn Flynn was immediately elected chairman; Mrs. E. Blake, secretary; and J. William H. Hudgins, treasurer, for a term of four years.

A Red Cross community CPR review class, for those who possess a current CPR certificate and would like to renew it for another year, is slated for Saturday, April 10, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. To be held at the YMCA at Cottager’s Corner, 57 Pequot avenue in Oak Bluffs, the course costs $40 and will recertify your current CPR certifcation.

A Chokesaver for Restaurant Emergencies training class will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. in the same location. It is available at a spring discounted price of $20.

Lacrosse Ferry

The usual run for Sea Streak Martha’s Vineyard (formerly New England Fast Ferry) is from the Vineyard to New Bedford, but on April 3, a special discounted charter of the high-speed ferry will bring the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School lacrosse team and their fans to Nantucket for the traditional interIsland rivalry.