Recently I attended the Minerals Management Service public hearing held on Martha’s Vineyard where I reiterated some of the reasons why I continue to give my full-fledged support to Cape Wind’s plan to build a wind farm in Nantucket Sound. During the nearly five-hour hearing I listened to what other people had to say; one of them was Dean Bragonier, a Vineyard resident who works for the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound. Dean expressed his take on the hearing we both attended and I thought I would present mine since they differ by such a wide margin.

Now that spring is here, I am willing to forget winter, but in March I was longing for it. This past Vineyard winter for me was neither cold nor snowy enough. So early last month, desperate for genuine winter, I packed my snow boots and ski pants and anorak and headed for northwestern Canada.

The Alzheimer’s Services of Cape Cod and Islands will present a program on Saturday, April 26, designed to help caregivers and family members better understand and deal with Alzheimer’s Disease.

The organization will present the program from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven Public Library, Main street, Vineyard Haven.

An educational conference (eligible for continuing education units) for professionals will be held from 9 a.m. to noon.

Kimberly Penney and Michael Schneider were married last August at the Fort Mason Officers’ Club overlooking San Francisco Bay in California.

The bride is the daughter of Linda and the late Jonathan Penney of Novato, Calif. She received a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles, and is employed by Pax Engineering in San Rafael, Calif.

Bethany Alane Brown of Newport, R.I., married Richard James Villa 2nd of Chilmark on Sept. 22 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edgartown.

The Rev. Robert D. Edmunds, assisted by the Rev. David A. Pople of St. Thomas Church, Bethel, Conn., officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan G. Brown, Bethel, Conn.

At their annual town election Wednesday Chilmark voters easily approved three Proposition 2 1/2 overrides and reeelected selectman Warren Doty to a fourth term.

The overrides included $78,000 in education spending and two small funding requests that will allow the town to contribute its share to help pay for the county health care access and pest control programs.

A total of 211 voters, or 26 per cent of the 805 registered, turned out for the election.

A complete story about the Chilmark election will appear in the Friday Gazette.

Good Morning! The Gazette office will be closed on Monday in for the state holiday. And Susan Brown of Edgartown called yesterday to report Mayflowers blooming near the Edgartown Great Pond.

JUNE MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

The Aquinnah Public Library will be holding the final day of the spring book sale on Saturday, April 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in observance of National Library Week. All proceeds benefit the library, the programs at the library, and the activities there.

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

Chilmark’s weather is getting more springlike every day with the roadsides bright with yellow flowers and green grass . . . and some new yellow and white lines newly painted on North Road. All are seen in a pleasant blur as we move faster and faster toward what we hope will be our busy season.

MARGARET KNIGHT

508-627-8894

(margaret02539@yahoo.com)

Last weekend my family went to Virginia where spring is some weeks ahead of here. It was a reminder of how wonderfully soft and warm the air will feel — at some point in the future.

The Virginia woods were highlighted by the amazing purple-pink flowers of the Eastern redbud trees and the blooming dogwoods. The redbuds lit up the woods the way that our shad bushes will in a few weeks.