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Party at the Ag Hall
West Tisbury’s annual holiday party will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 9, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Agricultural Hall. All are welcome.
As usual, main dishes are provided, but appetizers, side dishes, desserts and beverages are potluck. Bring a dish and lots of good cheer.
For information please call Richard Knabel at 696-9134.
Family to Family
On Friday, Dec. 12, the Serving Hands Program and the Family-to-Family Program hand out Christmas dinners. As in the past, the group will provide all the ingredients for a wonderful holiday.
Distribution to income-qualified Islander will take place at the First Baptist Church parish house, on William street in Vineyard Haven from 2 p.m. Please do not arrive early, as volunteers will be packing the bags and boxes.
Handmade from the Heart
All Island artisans and bakers are invited to contribute to the much-anticipated holiday fundraiser for Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, the Handmade from the Heart Bazaar. The one-day event will be at the Daniel Fisher House during the Christmas in Edgartown weekend, on Saturday, Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Welcome, Malia
Erin and Mark Goldberg of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Malia Grace Goldberg, born on Nov. 27, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Malia weighed seven pounds, nine ounces at birth. She is welcomed home by her big sisters, Carly and Audrey.
After five years, a pile of lawsuits and more public meetings than anyone could count, Joseph G. Moujabber’s illegal three-story garage in the North Bluff section of Oak Bluffs started to come down this week.
The longest-running residential tax dispute in Massachusetts history, over the $51 million valuation of a West Tisbury property owned by William W. Graham, has finally ended with a win for the town assessors.
The last chapter in the long legal story closed on Friday with a unanimous decision by the Massachusetts Court of Appeals upholding a 2006 decision by the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board against Mr. Graham.