JUNE MANNING
508-645-2574
(lthslnks@gis.net)
The Aquinnah special town meeting scheduled for Feb. 3 has been postponed until a later date. The selectmen are anticipating a meeting to be scheduled in late March or early April. We’ll keep you informed.
HOLLY NADLER
508-274-9239
(hollynadler@gmail.com)
At the Oak Bluffs School Christmas Bazaar, I noticed a run on twins in our youngest population. Apparently the up-tick of fertility drugs has generated extra babies, and who among us would be so churlish as not to agree that the only thing cuter than a little kid is two little kids?
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
(slaterjn@comcast.net)
Another week of winter has passed leaving Chilmark much as she was and still is; bored with all the wet and wind and still happy to have sunshine every now and then. The weather this week was definitely not worth talking about!
Announcing Nevah
Emily Maine Cavanagh and James Fitzgerald of Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Nevah Maine Fitzgerald, born on Jan. 22, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Nevah weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces at birth.
Welcome, Kayo
Maralisy S. Lobo and Josmar M. Oliveira of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Kayo Braganca Siqueira Lobo de Oliveira, born on Jan. 20, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Kayo weighed 10 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.
Bank Art Exhibit
An exhibition of Lisa Vanderhoop’s photography and giclée prints opens today at the Chilmark Sovereign Bank and continues through February.
The wildlife and nature images were shot on the Vineyard, Africa, the Galapagos and Costa Rica. Ms. Vanderhoop’s humorous Vineyard Sea Dog valentine cards also will be for sale.
Thomas E. Clark, collections and grounds manager of Polly Hill Arboretum, has been selected by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to attend a national forum, Feb. 19 and 20 in San Diego, Calif., called It’s Alive! Petals to Primates: Preservation Challenges of Living Collections.
Mr. Clark is one of more than 50 representatives of small and medium-sized living collection institutions nationwide invited to participate based on their leadership in the profession and in their communities.
