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The Vineyard Fast Ferry, shuttling passengers from Quonset Point, R.I., to the Island for its seventh summer season, has lowered rates to their lowest level since 2006 thanks to lower fuel costs.
Vineyard Fast Ferry president Charles A. Donadio Jr. said reservations are up over last summer on the service which passengers use to connect to the Island from the airport in Providence and the Amtrak train.
It all began as a quest for a swimming pool.
Cindy Doyle spent five mornings a week swimming at her local YMCA in Providence. The only downside of her decision to make the Vineyard her year-round home in 2001 was the absence of a pool for her daily workout. “I found out about this group that was trying to build a pool here. And I thought, well that’s something I could get behind,” explained Mrs. Doyle.
There’s nothing like a piping hot cup of New England’s finest potage to warm parents to the idea of talking to their kids about drugs and alcohol.
The Martha’s Vineyard Youth Task Force welcomed its highest turnout yet of seventh and eighth grade parents to this season’s final Chat and Chowder event at the West Tisbury School on Tuesday night. The dinner and discussion were held the previous week at four other Island schools.
Tisbury School has announced the third quarter honor roll for 2009.
Fifth grade high honors go to Benjamin Davey, Olivia Jacobs, Nelly Katzman and Casey McAndrews.
Fifth grade honors go to Matthew Barton, Gabriel Canham, Elissa DeCosta, Celena Guimaraes, Karem Guimaraes, Edwin Gould-Hatt, Mya Houston, Jacob Janak, Jacob King, Evan Kristal, Megan Piche, Michaela Piche, Dayanna Middleton, Maxwell Santos, Zachary Stevenson and Kayla Vecchia-Zeitz.
Sixth grade high honors go to Olivia Jardin, Grant Santos, Liam Smith and Ashlyn Tattersall.
Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard and the Town of West Tisbury have extended the deadline for applications to buy and help build one of eight houses at Eliakim’s Way at 250 State Road in West Tisbury.
The three-bedroom, affordable, energy efficient house will include solar panels to approach zero net energy use.
Information is available at habitatmv.org, all local bank branches, libraries, post offices, town halls and at the Habitat office at 346 State Road in Vineyard Haven. For details, call 508-696-4646.
Council Turns 18
The Tisbury council on aging will celebrate its 18th anniversary on Sunday, June 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Tisbury senior center. Entertainment will be provided by Ray Frazio and there will be refreshments. The public is invited.