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In its sixth year of a capital campaign, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum is carrying an operating deficit from 2007 as it considers a different location for a future museum campus.
Keith Gorman, executive director of the museum since January of this year, has taken control of the nonprofit business at a difficult time. Determined to avoid a repeat financial performance in 2008, he is also presiding over a reassessment of the campaign to expand the museum which began in 2002 with a $27 million price tag and is currently undergoing a period of major reassessment.
Coastal erosion has split Lucy Vincent Beach, temporarily cutting off a portion frequented by nude bathers at the point of a fossil-encrusted cliff, stretching the beach patrol and putting swimmers at risk.
Almost a week after the devastating Independence Day fire which destroyed Café Moxie and severely damaged the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, workmen finally began clearing away debris from the scene yesterday.
The smell of smoke still wafts along Main street Vineyard Haven, but the activity at last signals the start of the recovery process, delayed while insurance inspectors did their job.
Dean’s List
Stephen John Brussard of Edgartown has been named to the dean’s list of distinguished students for the spring 2008 semester at Roanoke College in Salem, Va.
Dean’s List
Christopher E. Leon of Oak Bluffs has been named to the dean’s list at Curry College in Milton for the spring 2008 term.
V ineyard summer has its own rhythm, measured in tides, sunsets and Rick Bausman’s drums.
Most summer Mondays, State Beach offers all of these, with children’s laughter for a back beat and generously spaced picnic blankets for appreciating the rests. It’s called Drumming on the Beach.