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October 18, 2007
Schilcher Triplets Come of Age: Proof That Three’s Not a Crowd
When they were born 25 years ago, identical triplets Alexander, Nicholas and Duncan Schilcher became instant Island celebrities. Their birthday parties were front page news, and the Gazette chronicled their development as toddlers. But years passed and the triplets grew up, relatively out of the public eye. So here is the news update on the Schilcher triplets of Vineyard Haven: Except for one year during college, they have remained inseparable, sleeping in the same bedroom and working side by side in the family catering business founded by their mother Jaime Hamlin.
October 18, 2007
Community Services Nod To Daybreak Businesses
The Daybreak Clubhouse of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services has announced the awarding of certificates of appreciation to the following Island businesses and business leaders: the Martha’s Vineyard Times, the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce, the Morning Glory Farms, Murdick’s Fudge, and Murdick’s Fudge General Manager Michael J. McCourt.
October 18, 2007
County Charter Study Group Meets to Narrow Options
The Dukes County charter study commission will meet Thursday, Oct. 25, at 5 p.m. in the Oak Bluffs Senior Center to begin discussing specific options for county governance, and possible functions and services of a future county government. The public is invited to attend.
Seven possible options are under consideration. The charter commission expects to begin narrowing the options in early November. The options range from leaving county government as is with no changes at all, to abolishing county government with no replacement.
October 18, 2007
Award-Winning Farming Film Debuts on MVTV
How to Save the World last month won the award for best nonbroadcast film at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, an international event where other winners came from the BBC, Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel. Tonight, the awardwinning documentary about biodynamic farming will be broadcast — premiering on MVTV.
The filmmakers were on the Island last month to interview Vineyard author William E. Marks for their next film, which is about water. Mr. Marks facilitating the right to screen the film, which begins tonight at 8 p.m.
October 18, 2007
Orionid Meteor Shower
A gibbous moon will interfere with this weeks Orionid meteor shower. The best part of the shower is this weekend, after midnight. The moon’s brilliance will interfere, so only the brightest of meteors can be seen.
October 18, 2007
Chappy
Margaret Knight>
508 627-8894
Some of the Chappaquiddick trees and vines have changed colors and given the island a look of fall. The bright red Virginia creeper seems suspended on a sea of green, up in the tops of the trees, or else contrasts nicely with the dark brown trunk where it climbs a pine.
October 18, 2007
East Chop
RICK HERRICK
508-693-8065
Every time I see John Breckenridge jog by our house I think of stopping him to say thanks for something else he has done to improve our community. His latest efforts have involved Lincoln and Prospect Parks. Recently these parks received topsoil fill, and were seeded with a drought resistant fescue. The only thing John didn’t do was arrange for the three days of rain which came last week to jump start the growing process. The parks should have a new look by next summer.
