Accepted at Law School

Vanessa Williams of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., has been accepted to Pace University’s Law Program for the fall of 2009. Vanessa is a 2002 graduate of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School and a 2006 graduate of Marlboro College in Vermont. She is the daughter of Woody and Phyllis Williams of Vineyard Haven.

The Democratic Council of Martha’s Vineyard will meet this Saturday, Feb. 14, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Howes House, across from Alley’s Store in West Tisbury. The meeting is open to Democrats Islandwide.

Mas Kimball, newly elected chairman, will call the meeting to order. The agenda includes results of town caucuses across the Island, input from ad hoc committees, and a discussion of the inauguration. A short video on the economic recovery will be screened.

Sample Edible Magazine

Edible Vineyard, a new quarterly magazine independently owned by Sam and Ali Berlow of Vineyard Haven, will be on the newsstands this April. A non-glossy free publication, the magazine is “all about the people who raise, grow, catch, hunt, cook and of course eat, on Martha’s Vineyard,” according to a press statement about the launch.

Bridge Tourney Winners

Gail Farrish of Edgartown and David Donald of Vineyard Haven recently finished first at the Eastern Massachusetts Bridge Association sectional tournament. They won the stratified pairs event at the holiday sectional in Watertown.

Sophia Arrives

Rachel and Joseph Pancotti 3rd of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Sophia Courtney Pancotti, on Jan. 27 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Sophia weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces at birth.

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys’ hockey team fought to the bitter end against the Nauset Warriors in Orleans on Wednesday but gave up a goal in the final minutes to lose 2-1, in a battle of two teams battling for position in the division 2 south sectionals.

Fishermen Get Organized

Vineyard commercial and recreational fishermen are invited to attend a meeting to discuss a plan to organize as a group; the meeting will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 5 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven.

Poking out from the gloom of financial news is new hope for the fund-raising efforts of Island nonprofit organizations. A partnership of the Martha’s Vineyard Donors Collaborative, the Oak Bluffs Public Library and the Associated Grant Makers of Massachusetts has established the Grant Resource Center at the library, available for organizations and individuals.

The hand-carved sign formerly at the entrance of the Lambert’s Cove Inn and Restaurant in West Tisbury was stolen Saturday night or early Sunday morning, and the owners of the inn are offering a reward for the return of the custom-made marker, valued at $2,000.

“Um” and “uh” are currently used words today even though they aren’t really words. We use them like words when we are trying to think of what we want to say. “Anyways” is another example. Did you know that anyway is a word, but anyways is not? I tried to talk for a minute without using any of these words and without pausing. It was very difficult. I find it interesting that these non-words are used all the time and real words like “thus” are becoming uncommon.