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An old house came down in Aquinnah this week, and with it six generations of family history and more memories than anyone could count.
But this is not a trophy house story. The Manning family homestead was razed to make way for two new modest homes that will house the three Manning sisters: June, Judith and Jyl, and their families.
The following animals are available for adoption at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard.
Trent is a two-year-old neutered black Great Dane who is house-trained and loves people and kids. He is super friendly and just needs a nice big yard where he can run.
Felix is a big black tuxedo cat who loves people and needs to be an indoor cat. He’s neutered and has had all his shots.
Stop by the shelter and see these beautiful animals. The shelter is in the same building as the former MSPCA; the telephone number is still 508-627-8662.
They’ve left no time to worry about the future. Instead, they have directed their energy toward preparing for it.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High school Class of 2009 has not been coddled into believing that the journey ahead will be easy. It is difficult to maintain raw optimism in the face of a crippling recession and a staggering job market.
It seems appropriate, somehow, that the first reward Bethany Pennington received upon hearing that she was the valedictorian of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School class of 2009 was extra homework.
“The principal called me into his office and said, ‘You’re the valedictorian. You have to make a speech at graduation and it’s due in three weeks,’” she said, laughing, in an interview at her father’s office yesterday.
A state grant awarded by the Department of Conservation and Recreation for repairs to the Oak Bluffs waterfront is now the subject of a complicated and contentious conflict, with town officials clashing over how the funds should be used and where the matching portion of the grant — around $300,000 — should come from.
Thousands upon thousands of books now line the new shelves of the Bunch of Grapes bookstore, ready for its reopening this Saturday. But one book in particular played a big role in determining the new look of refurbished business.
It is Paco Underhill’s Why We Buy: the Science of Shopping. The wider aisles, the more open look to the place, even the repositioned sales desk, all are down to what owner Dawn Braasch learned from Mr. Underhill