The following note to the Gazette arrived handwritten from a third grader in Los Angeles seeking information for a school project about the state of Massachusetts. The project also involves resurrecting the lost art of letter writing. The school address is listed below for anyone who would like to help the student.
Beginning Jan. 20, the National Alliance on Mental Illness will be offering a family-to-family course here on the Island designed to help family members better understand and support relatives with major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder or an anxiety disorder.
It has been another emotion-filled holiday season for the Family-to-Family Holiday Distribution Program.
I have been following news stories about Stop & Shop’s efforts to build a new, larger store in their current Five Corners Vineyard Haven location.
The members of Dukes County are being denied medical coverage on the Island of Martha’s Vineyard due to an oversight of MassHealth politicians.
Once again, I’ve been reminded how lucky we are to live in such a caring and compassionate place. After suffering a bad fall at my Chilmark home, a 911 call brought the police and wonderful Tri Town EMTs to my rescue.
Beginning on Monday, Jan. 20, the National Alliance on Mental Illness is sponsoring a free 12-week class for family members of individuals with serious mental illness. The courses are structured to help family members understand and support individuals with major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder. The course includes information about the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, crisis handling, problem solving, communication and empathy.
The West Tisbury library announces that Amy Hoff has been promoted to assistant librarian. She will also be director of the young adult and programming departments as well.
Memorize this weather and don’t complain next July 25, when it is humid and 93 degrees outside!
Several parties were held around town on New Year’s Eve. The trend in recent years seems to be more toward family or neighborhood gatherings to welcome in the New Year. Paul Magid and his wife Anita Botti of Pond Road held a New Year’s Eve dinner party for 40 of their friends and neighbors, Julie Humphries and Binnie Ravitch held annual New Year’s Day celebrations. The traffic in town last Saturday morning could be counted on the fingers of one hand. People stayed at home with family, watched bowl games and relaxed. The weather to begin the New Year was downright cold.
