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The Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club’s Shotgun Shoot, the annual marksmanship competition the day before the shotgun deer season begins, is open to members and the public on Sunday, Nov. 29. Everyone is eligible for prizes, which include scallops from Coop and hams from Cronig’s.
This highly competitive contest includes the Egg Shoot, the Standing Deer Target and the Over the Shoulder Trap Event is for the best five-out-of-five shots. These last two events will determine the club’s 2009 Top Gun Champion.
S ome six decades ago the Vineyard was at war. Military outposts dotted the landscape, Islanders kept watch for enemy aircraft at East Chop Light and unlit ferries slinked across Nantucket Sound wearing battleship gray. There were air raid drills, rations and even United Service Organizations in Vineyard Haven and Edgartown that brought in the likes of Gregory Peck and Helen Hayes. And in every corner of the globe the sons and daughters of Martha’s Vineyard served, from the Pacific and European theatres to the home front in civil defense.
Eco MV is proud to announce the promotion of Scott Condon to the position of executive vice president.
Before joining Eco MV in December of 2008, Mr. Condon, a graduate of Syracuse University with a degree in Business Management, worked in Hong Kong for a gaming company and in Arizona for an organic fertilizer startup.
“Eco MV isn’t like anything else — there is no comparison in my experience,” Mr. Condon says.
The final game of the season for the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School football team on Saturday offered plenty of excitement for the homecoming crowd, as the Vineyarders rolled over Brighton by a final score of 41-8.
It was a satisfying win for players and coaches — as well as the approximately 500 fans in the stands. For the past 50-plus years the Vineyard has played Nantucket the weekend before Thanksgiving, but this year the opposing players were dressed in Brighton’s red and yellow instead of the Whalers’ customary blue and white.
Announcing Nathaniel
Sarah Karlinsky and Seth Karlinsky of Chilmark announce the birth of a son, Nathaniel Richard Karlinsky, born on Nov. 18, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Nathaniel weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. He is welcomed by big brothers Andrew and Matthew.
Hello, Lillian
Rebecca Claussen and Erik Claussen of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Lillian Rebecca Claussen, born on Nov. 20, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Lillian weighed 6 pounds, 15.4 ounces at birth.