News
Lyme Disease Education
The Martha’s Vineyard Lyme Disease Association is launching an Islandwide campaign this summer aimed at reducing the incidence of Lyme disease on the Island.
The association provides education and information to businesses, individuals and organizations on tick-borne illness. The association is a nonprofit organization and works with other health organizations.
Dental Grant
The Oral Health Foundation, funded by Delta Dental of Massachusetts, recently awarded $4 million in grants to Massachusetts organizations working to improve oral health throughout the state. The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital received $12,599.
The foundation is investing in affordable, and preventive oral health services for children, elderly and families in Massachusetts.
Gas
Prices for regular unleaded gas as of Feb. 16:
Edgartown
Airport Mobil 2.699 Depot Corner 2.599
Edgartown Mobil 2.659
Oak Bluffs
deBettencourt’s 2.679
Jim’s 2.699
Vineyard Haven
Citgo 2.699
Tisbury Shell 2.769
West Tisbury
Up-Island Automotive 2.539
10 per cent discount on Sundays
Menemsha
As the Island suffers the ravages of an increasingly unsteady economy, jobs are evaporating and many families are beginning to feel the squeeze, there has been a surge of interest in the Island Food Pantry. Fortunately, contributions are up, according to Armen Hanjian, coordinator for the Vineyard Haven-based free food program, though harder days may lie ahead.
A spokesman for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) yesterday denied that a lack of caution is behind a multimillion-dollar investor loss which led to the closure of the Vineyard animal shelter, announced a fortnight ago.
The Vineyard branch of the MSPCA is one of three state shelters which will close this year due to a loss of $11.5 million, or a quarter of the total endowment for 2008. Spokesman Brian Adams blamed the shortfall on the economic crisis as a whole.
At the Bend in the Road beach in Edgartown this week, summer seemed a lifetime away.
The gently sloping beach dimpled with footprints is gone, replaced by large pipes and construction equipment stacked amid mountainous piles of sand.
Vineyard beaches often change in the winter, washed by powerful ocean storms. But the Bend in the Road beach this off-season is especially unrecognizable, and none of the changes are natural.