Housing Manager

Sandra Barberio Webster has been appointed site manager at Hillside Village, a unit of Island Elderly Housing, executive director Ann Wallace announced.

Sandra, a longtime visitor to the Island, moved here permanently a few years ago to join her mother and son. Much of her career was spent in the food industry in a variety of managerial positions.

Our group is a brain trust of women with different points of view. I spent my time on the ferry to Woods Hole writing hypothetical questions.

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Vineyard residents currently on active duty In the armed services:

Jordan Baptiste

Mason Berry

James Hagerty

Craig Sylvia

Ryan Rossi

Michael Blake

Jared Meader

Travis Bissey

Jack Van Bourgondien

Anthony Sullo

Jeremy Evans

Vineyard residents who are Iraq and Afghanistan veterans:

Jared Meader

Travis Bissey

Michael Blake

Daniel Dunlop

Richard Monaco

Ron MacLaren

November 5, 2008

The horse is Obama

The geese are Obama

The green field is Obama

The trees on the ridge are Obama

The clouds are Obama

The blue sky is Obama

The woman who cries is Obama

The boy who became a man is Obama

The husband who is away is Obama

The friend who says wow is Obama

The black woman who voted for McCain is Obama

A CANDIDATE’S THANKS

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Veterans All

From earlier Gazette editions:

I am a 2008 graduate of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School and right now I’m in my country studying archaeology. Considering that October is the month of archaeology in Massachusetts, I thought it was important to share the archaeological history of my beautiful country, Ecuador, with my family, friends and the community of the Vineyard.

The information I am sending is a synthesis of what I’ve learned through my studies.

Election Clerks

Early Tuesday morning at the polls in West Tisbury a young woman carrying a box of muffins politely threaded her way through the line of voters that snaked out of the public safety building onto the sidewalk. The muffins were for the poll workers who had been there since before seven o’clock. As if reading the minds of all who stood outside on this mild autumn morning, most on their way to work, one voter turned to another and said, “Aren’t we lucky to live here?”

Bit Part on a National Stage

Announcing Aerowyn

Vanessa and Alan Fink of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Aerowyn Neveah, born on Oct. 28, 2008, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Aerowyn weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces at birth. She was welcomed by big brothers Ethan, 6, and Ryan, 2.