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A new 45-foot-long mural depicting 400 years of Vineyard Haven history was unveiled on Saturday. The Tisbury mural, which overlooks the Water street parking lot and is aside the Stop & Shop grocery store, now greets any visitor to the town coming off the Steamship Authority lot.
On one side of the picture there are Native Americans at home near the shore. At the far opposite end of the nine-panel mural, there is a bustling community with the Steamship Authority ferry Island Home in the harbor.
The Island Food Pantry attracted a record of 160 visits in one week last February; a record income of $63,419 for the season; and a record for food expenditures of $56,758, coordinator Armen Hanjian reported after the pantry closed for the season.
The food pantry operates regular hours from mid October to mid April. Those in need can come to the food pantry once every two weeks on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday between 2 and 4 p.m. The pantry also responds to emergencies throughout the year.
The Vineyard Conservation Society would like to congratulate Emma van Lohuizen, 8, of West Tisbury on winning the free raffle during VCS annual Earth Day Beach Cleanup.
Emma participated in the cleanup on April 18, she said, “to help save the earth,” and she took home a gift certificate to Riley’s Reads bookstore as her prize.
Emma reported that she was going to use her award to buy animal or nature books,
Ethan and Ella Arrive
Rachel and Jason Stimits of Avon, Ohio are pleased to announce the birth of their twins, Ella and Ethan. The twins were born March 20, 2009. Ethan weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces and Ella weighed 6 pounds. They are the grandchildren of Vickie and Doug Stimits of Wichita, Kan., and Marilyn Wey of Oak Bluffs and Roger Wey of Oak Bluffs.
Dean’s List at Merrimack
Merrimack College in North Andover recently announced two Vineyard students who were named to the fall 2008 dean’s list: Timothy L. McHugh of Edgartown and Joshua D. Wild of Vineyard Haven.
Named to Dean’s List
Stonehill College recently named Edgartown resident Michelle Alton, a member of the class of 2011, to its dean’s list for the fall 2008 semester.