News
Hello, Alice
Kristin Buck and Brian Smith of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Alice Anne Smith, born on March 12, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Alice weighed 7 pounds at birth.
“We all help each other burn each other’s property,” says Bob Bale, the Nature Conservancy’s Southeast Massachusetts chapter fire manager. It may sound like an insurance fraud pact among pyromaniacs, but Mr. Bale is describing the efforts of the Martha’s Vineyard Prescribed Fire Partnership, a group that includes the Nature Conservancy, Mass Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, The Trustees of Reservations, the Polly Hill Arboretum and the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation.
Please Adopt Us
Vineyard House voted a slate of officers at its annual general meeting on Jan. 18. Mark Jenkins returns as president of the board of directors, with Dawn Bellante-Holand and John Early commencing terms as co-vice presidents. The organization’s new clerk is Pat Gregory, and new treasurer is Brian Mackey.
Tower Foundation executive director Glenda Cadwallader, who has led the organization for 11 years, has resigned and will leave at the end of August to pursue other opportunities. When she was hired in 1998, the foundation had assets of $20 million, and Ms. Cadwallader served as the only employee. Today it has assets of almost $70 million and a staff of six. Its programs now award over $2.5 million in grants annually.
Dentists to See Seniors
On March 25 and March 26 Vineyard Smiles, the Island’s portable dental program, will be at Island Elderly Housing to provide free dental services for seniors, with experienced dentists from Commonwealth Mobile Oral Health Services and professional dental hygienists from the Forsyth Institute. For details, call 508-696-0020, extension 11.