News
Savers Rewarded
Two Island students won prizes in the annual Save for America drawing. Benjamin Davey of the Tisbury School won the grand prize, a $250 gift certificate redeemable at amazon.com, and Jack Sayre of the Oak Bluffs School won a $25 voucher.
The contest selects 10 students from some 3,500 elementary students in 28 states. These students made regular deposits through school banking.
The Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank coordinates the student savings programs in Island schools.
Oliver Joins the Crowd
Brett and Sarah Hopp Marcotte of Seekonk proudly announce the birth of their first child, Oliver Edward Marcotte, on April 9 at the Women’s and Infant’s Hospital in Providence, R.I.
Oliver weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 21 inches long at birth. His grandparents are Mary Follas of Edgartown, Alfred Hopp of Vineyard Haven, and Sandra and Edward Marcotte of Seekonk.
Gas
Prices for regular unleaded gas as of Apr. 28:
Edgartown
Airport Mobil $2.679
Depot Corner $2.699
Edgartown Mobil $2.759
Oak Bluffs
deBettencourt’s $2.679
Jim’s $2.729
Vineyard Haven
Citgo $2.679
Tisbury Shell $2.699
West Tisbury
Up-Island Automotive $2.609
Menemsha
Menemsha Texaco $2.599
After 21 years in the job, Ralph Packer lost his position as a Tisbury water commissioner in this week’s annual town election.
Mr. Packer’s defeat by Roland Miller, by a margin of 359 to 191 votes, was the only upset of the election; all the other candidates standing for reelection were returned.
The town ballot was otherwise marked by a lack of controversy and of voter enthusiasm.
Calling their late-night robbery of an elderly Capawock Theatre ticket-taker a cowardly crime of violence, the Hon. Cornelius J. Moriarty yesterday sentenced Michael B. Ellis, 21, to two years’ incarceration in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility and Brett Geddis, 18, to a year in the Edgartown House of Correction.
A small business workshop called How to Grow Your Business in a Recession is set for tomorrow, Saturday, May 2, at the Harbor View Hotel in Edgartown. Professional business coach Ron Melbourne promises an interactive program showing how small businesses can implement marketing plans and cash flow strategies to capitalize on their uniqueness. The idea is to use the current, challenging marketplace to grow business by setting yours apart from the competition.