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With tape measure draped around his neck and a thimble on his thumb, Francois Delphin sits behind a faded Singer machine, tending to the cuffs of a pair of khakis. “A good tailor is very hard to find,” he says, removing his glasses. “It’s not a trade people learn anymore.” Mr. Delphin owns Francois’ Fine Tailoring and Alterations on Upper Main street in Edgartown. He learned to tailor at a trade school near his childhood home in Gonaives, a port city in northern Haiti.
Victoria Campbell is, as she said yesterday, not a real nurse. A week ago she had not seen a human skull in surgery, assisted in amputations or dressed jagged gouges the size of her fist at the base of a man’s spinal cord. “I’d have been queasy just at the thought,” she said in a voice betraying her own disbelief at the time she has just spent in a Haitian hospital.
Interested in a two-month position this winter that pays $16 an hour, where you can schedule your own hours, get some fresh air plus exercise, and meet fun new people?
Many Vineyarders at this time of year could use all of the above.
That’s the basic job description for a census 2010 field worker, and Uncle Sam would like to hire hundreds of them here on the Island.
David C. Faus, headmaster of Falmouth Academy, announced that 10 students from Martha’s Vineyard were named to the Headmaster’s List for the first trimester of the 2009-2010 academic year.
Twelfth grade: Clea Baumhofer, daughter of Mark and Kim Baumhofer of Vineyard Haven; Lily Cronig, daughter of Jo Weinberg of West Tisbury and Donald Cronig of Vineyard Haven; Lagan Trieschmann, son of Beth and Stephen Trieschmann of Vineyard Haven.
Phoebe Kelleher woke Christmas morning to find sunscreen in her stocking this year. Judging from her light hair, fair complexion and Irish heritage, she needs it — but certainly not against the gray winter skies on the Vineyard.
A long-awaited master plan for the Oak Bluffs waterfront was unveiled Tuesday at the Oak Bluffs selectmen’s meeting, with a vision that includes rebuilding the crumbling seawall along the North Bluff and bringing in massive amounts of sand to replenish town beaches along Sea View avenue that have been ravaged by erosion.
The price tag for the plan is close to $7 million; town leaders say they are working to secure state and federal grant money to cover most of the cost.