Noelle Lambert, who lost her leg in a moped accident on Martha’s Vineyard, spoke to Island students on Wednesday about her long journey from a near-death accident to Paralympian athlete.

Colleagues remembered Julie Harris as a sweet soul who was dedicated to nurturing women business leaders.

Noelle Lambert, who lost her leg in a moped crash on the Vineyard in 2016, will head to the Paris Paralympics next month to compete in the 100-meter dash and long jump.

The board voted unanimously at its June 28 meeting to reject Island Adventure Rentals’ application to resume moped rentals on Beach Road. The business had long been one of the few remaining moped rental operations on the Island but closed during the pandemic.

The proposed ban has been put to the state legislature several times in the past seven years and aims to halt the rentals in the name of safety.

State Rep. Dylan Fernandes and former Chilmark police chief Timothy Rich squared off against moped rental business owners at a legislative hearing Tuesday to consider a long-sought bill that would enable Oak Bluffs to ban moped rentals.

Chilmark police have released a report on a fatal moped accident that occurred on South Road in late August, providing harrowing details of the accident and its response. A state police accident reconstruction report remains pending.

Oak Bluffs selectmen slammed the Cape and Islands state legislative delegation Tuesday over a long-stalled home rule petition to ban rental mopeds in town.