News
In the history of the hawkers, hucksters and visionaries who knew how to turn a buck off of the middle-class mania for leisure and travel that emerged at the tail end of the American 19th century, Joseph Chamberlain has a firm, if overlooked place.
As New England fisheries officials negotiate the finer points of a new groundfish management plan, Massachusetts voters appear firmly behind proposals to change the days-at-sea regulation scheme to one that uses community-based, fishermen-run cooperatives to monitor and limit cod, flounder and haddock fishing.
Bethany Pennington takes top honors as valedictorian of the class of 2009. The daughter of Mitchell and Holly Pennington of West Tisbury, she will attend Wheaton College in Norton.
Haley James Koorse is salutatorian for the class of 2009. The daughter of Steven and Suzanne Koorse of Edgartown, she will attend the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va.
Calendar Correction
In the calendar section of the Friday Gazette it was erroneously reported that a Cape Cod League baseball game would be held at the regional high school at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9. The correct date for this event is Thursday, July 9. The Gazette regrets the error.
Receives Degree
Galen Leigh Brew of Vineyard Haven received a bachelor of arts degree in English from St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Associate Degrees
The following Island students received degrees from Cape Cod Community College:
Ashley Morgan Ledford, Rebecca Lee Perkalis of Vineyard Haven, associate arts degrees; Kenneth Charles McGourty-Pimental, associate science degree in criminal justice.
Awarded Dickinson Scholarship
Doctor Awarded
Edward Sternick, Ph.D., a resident of Vineyard Haven and Charlestown, medical physicist-in-chief in radiation oncology at Rhode Island Hospital located in Providence, R.I., has been appointed to the 2009 board of examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, by the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology.