News
Hello, Fiona
Aubrey Shipway and Dave Miller announce the birth of a daughter, Fiona Violet Miller, born Jan. 10 at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Proud grandparents are Morgan and Louise Shipway of Chilmark and Avon, Conn., Lucinda Sheldon of Oak Bluffs, Joan and Tom Browne of Kennington, Md., and David and Grace Miller of Gerrardstown, W.Va.
Hope Arrives
Vanessa Grant of Vineyard Haven announces the birth of a daughter, Hope Ute Grant, born on Jan. 17 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Hope weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces at birth.
Welcome Annie Grace
Annie Grace Combra was born at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital in Boston on Jan. 10. She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces. Annie Grace is the third child of Richard and Jennifer Combra and the baby sister of Sophie and Richard 3rd. The grandparents are Brenda and Robert Lynch of Rochester, Sue Curely of Oak Bluffs, Richard and Dawn Combra of Oak Bluffs and Jack and Roxie Curley of Marion.
The Aquinnah landfill is legal.
Selectmen last week said the town received a landfill license on Jan. 14 from the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Receipt of the license ends a year of environmental department reviews and inspections, which followed a town paperwork snafu several years ago that led to a failure to renew the license.
Selectmen also voted to place three articles on the Feb. 12 special town meeting warrant.
The Safe Haven Project got four aces last Saturday night in Oak Bluffs when more than a hundred friends and supporters showed up for a couple hours of gambling.
The event, a first for the nonprofit organization, was Casino Night at the Oyster Bar Grill on Circuit avenue.
Blackjack dealers wore stiff white shirts and dealt like the professionals from Foxwoods. “Oh, they are all local,” said Deanna Ahearn Laird, a longtime supporter of Safe Haven and volunteer on the camp committee.
Volunteer Celebrates Birthday
With Food Bank Fundraiser
Edgartown resident Herb Foster, whose real birthday is Jan. 31, is celebrating his 80th birthday on Saturday, Jan. 26 with his second annual hot dog cookout and fundraiser for the Island Food Pantry. The party is Saturday, Jan. 26, from 4 to 9:30 p.m. at Mr. Foster’s home at 15 Edgewood Drive (Sandy Valley), Edgartown.