Nurse Mongillo Williams
The Southern Connecticut chapter of the Black Nurses Association celebrated its 18th annual scholarship and awards luncheon recently in North Haven.
Among the award winners was Vineyard summer resident Mary Jane Mongillo Williams, RN, PhD, who won the Nursing Leadership Award. She is chair of the department of nursing at the University of West Hartford and a leading advocate for new training and recruitment programs to address the nation’s nursing shortage.
Boot Camp
Nisafit’s Boot Camp and exercise classes have a new location at the Vineyard Fitness Center at the Triangle in Edgartown. Those who join monthly morning boot camp do not have to pay additional gym membership. For afternoon exercise classes, punch passes or pay as you go options are available.
A blog is now on the Web by a boot camper in the Nisafit program. Suzanne Roberge shares her journey into fitness as well as stories and insights of Island life, with tips, recipes, and advice. Find it on Nisafit.com.
The Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club will host its 16th annual Fly Rod Striped Bass Catch and Release Tournament this weekend, June 5 and 6.
To confirm entry anglers must check in on Saturday between noon and 3 p.m. (officials will go over the rules at 3 p.m. sharp) at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School cafeteria on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.
Federal Forum
Cong. Bill Delahunt will host an informational forum on the Vineyard today to discuss the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rural development programs.
Hosted by the Dukes County Commission, the forum will be held at 10 a.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority meeting room in the airport business park, Edgartown. Speakers will include Tom McGarr, area director for USDA-RDA.
Three men, two from the Vineyard and one from Bourne, were charged with rape and indecent assault last week following an incident in early April when they allegedly attacked and sexually abused an exotic dancer from Maine who was paid to perform at a party in Oak Bluffs.
William J. Bernard, 39, of Oak Bluffs; Christopher McNally, 19, of Bourne and Anthony D. Somoano, 28, of Oak Bluffs were arraigned last Thursday on charges of rape and indecent assault and battery.
Menemsha may have a new lunch option this summer, after the Chilmark selectmen approved an innkeeper and common victualler’s license for Dennis Barquinero, the new general manager of the Home Port, Beach Plum Inn and Menemsha Inn, with the understanding that Mr. Barquinero may open the Home Port’s take-out window for lunch.
At a special town meeting Tuesday, West Tisbury voters will consider whether to spend money to hire a part-time administrative assistant in the town hall, and whether to grant the selectmen authority to sell three affordable lots in the Bailey Park subdivision off Old County Road.
The special town meeting — the first in West Tisbury in three years — begins Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the West Tisbury School. Moderator F. Patrick Gregory will preside over the session.
Spirituals by the Shelves
James (Jim) Thomas, president of the U.S. Slave Song Project Inc., will direct the Spirituals Choir in performance on Wednesday, June 9 at 7 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven Public Library.
Mr. Thomas has earned the American Red Cross’s National Diversity Award and President’s Award for Leadership.
The Spirituals Choir was created in 2005 as a diverse and educational choir who sing examples of the tunes presented by the narrator.
