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Massachusetts organic farmers and those in transition to organic production may sign up now for technical and financial assistance under the federal Environmental Quality Incentives Program organic initiative of the USDA. Farmers are encouraged to apply by March 12 for their applications to be reviewed and ranked for currently available funds.
Sixth grader Casey McAndrews defeated defending champion Barra Peak to claim victory in the 2010 Tisbury School Geography Bee. The deciding question was: “After the United States and France, which island country generates the most power from nuclear energy?”
The correct answer is Japan.
Casey met eighth grader Barra in the championship round of the bee, which is sponsored by the National Geographic Society and Google. Similar competitions have been held in thousands of U.S. schools for the past 22 years.
Chairman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) was a guest of President and Mrs. Obama at a holiday reception on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 in the East Wing of the White House. She met the President and First Lady. “It was an extraordinary experience,” she said. “I was so proud and deeply honored to be invited and to have the tribe recognized.”
Mrs. Andrews-Maltais was one of only four tribal leaders invited.
Aiming to preserve the Denniston House, home to the Island’s first African-American church, the Island Affordable Housing Fund this week announced a partnership with the Martha’s Vineyard chapter of the NAACP to raise the money needed to pay off the mortgage on the Bradley Square property in Oak Bluffs in the next six months.
T. Ewell Hopkins, executive director of the fund, said his organization owes about $700,000 on a note with the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank. The property is located on the corner of Dukes County and Masonic avenues.
Hilary Russell Minot of Boston and David Anthony Capato of New York city were married on Saturday, June 13, 2009 in Edgartown, where they met at a clambake five years ago.
The couple said their special vows to each other on this sunny Saturday at the Federated Church, where the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Jerry Fritz.
The ceremony was followed by a dinner dance at the Edgartown Yacht Club, where guests enjoyed themselves from sunset to midnight, dancing to the ever-enticing band, Sultans of Swing.
The theme this year was youth, including youthful viewpoints and honors for people who work with youth, at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. day brunch, hosted by the Vineyard chapter of the NAACP. The event took place at Deon’s Restaurant in Oak Bluffs on Monday and was attended by over 100 people. It was a celebration both of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the work that the NAACP and those affiliated with the organization have done and continue to do.