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Alanna Arrives
Brianna and Christopher Flanders of Bourne welcomed their first child, Alanna Mavro Flanders, on August 1, 2008. She weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces and was 20 inches long. Alanna is the granddaughter of Noreen and Brian Flanders of Vineyard Haven, Sue Rego of N.C. as well as Karen and Jim Jean of N.H. Great-grandparent honors go to Lorraine and Richard Mavro of Oak Bluffs, Florence Flanders of Vineyard Haven, Georgeanna LaRosa, Phyllis Rego, and Pauline Jean.
Flu Vaccine
Farm to School
The November Community Island Grown Schools meeting will take place on Thursday, Nov. 6, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Island Co-Housing Common House in West Tisbury, off Stoney Hill/Chicama Vineyards Road. The meeting, to discuss rules and regulations around sourcing locally-grown food for school meals, will be attended by state regulators and the head of Massachusetts Farm to School program. All welcome.
It may not be the most controversial thing on the ballot, but the race for the Dukes County Commission is probably the most complicated.
There are three seats to fill; terms for John Alley of West Tisbury, Leonard Jason Jr. of Chilmark, and Roger Wey of Oak Bluffs are all ending. Mr. Wey is not seeking reelection.
Voters will see three names on the ballot when they vote Tuesday: John Alley, Leonard Jason and Linda Sibley, a former county commissioner from West Tisbury.
Noting the porch light left on as he approaches, Vineyarder for Obama Chris Fried chipperly predicts, “These people left early this morning.” He knocks on the door anyway and waits. No answer. He wedges some Democratic leaflets into a crack in the door — the law prohibits him from using the mailbox — and troops back to the car.
It’s Saturday afternoon in Hampton, N. H., and no one is home.
Isaac Arrives
Leslie and Wagnen Belo of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Isaac Barbosa Amaral Belo, born on Oct. 27, 2008, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Isaac weighed 7 pounds, 10.8 ounces at birth.