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The Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha’s Vineyard announced this week that it has created a new fund and will hire its first full-time executive director, efforts designed to raise awareness of the organization and make more funds available more quickly on the Island.
A sleepy, indoorsy Martha’s Vineyard afternoon, a preview of more to come as January slides by, greeted the streets down-Island on Sunday. Not one car was parked at Tashmoo overlook, not a soul lingered outside the Black Dog Cafe, and empty parking spots, months ago coveted, yawned along Main street Vineyard Haven in twos and threes.
But then, just before the library, the cars came into view. One behind the other, block after block they lined the street.
International Dinners
International-themed meals will be served at the Dr. Daniel Fisher House in Edgartown to support the International Travel Fund at the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School.
On Saturday, Jan. 12, a dinner of traditional fare from India will be served. On Jan. 26, a Jamaican dinner will be served.
Fish Talk
Fish, Fish, Fish will be the topic of Louis Larsen’s talk at the next Friends of the Library speakers bureau at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, at the Vineyard Haven library. Mr. Larsen is the owner of the Net Result. Refreshments will be served following the talk.
More than 15 years ago, Brian Braginton-Smith of West Yarmouth came forward with an idea to meld wind power and aquaculture in what he envisioned as an “ocean ranch.”
Mr. Braginton-Smith’s proposal was the seed for what became the controversial proposal by Cape Wind Associates to place 130 wind turbines on Horseshoe Shoal south of Cape Cod.
The visionary now has separated himself from Cape Wind, saying he is concerned about the impact such a project would have on what he sees as an environmentally fragile fishing ground.
Friends and relatives came Saturday to celebrate the 100th birthday of Thelma Luce Baird. The gathering at Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Oak Bluffs included colorful flowers and two birthday cakes, and was documented by a dozen flashing cameras.
Mrs. Baird’s centennial birthday party was a community event, a time for the exchange of greetings, memories and pictures of a changing Island.
Mrs. Baird said she was honored by all the attention and she said she liked seeing all her friends. She couldn’t thank them all enough.