Miller Becomes Specialist

Elaine T. Miller of Sandpiper Realty Inc. in Edgartown has earned the seniors real estate specialist designation, which focuses on educating realtors to serve real estate buyers and sellers who are aged 55 and older.

In an effort to bring relief to some Cape and Islands residents who already pay some of the highest home insurance premiums in the nation, state Rep. Eric T. Turkington earlier this week filed a bill that would institute a cap on future increases to the so-called FAIR plan, the state-backed insurer of last resort for many Vineyarders.

Gardeners, farmers and fishermen receive a present on Sunday. It isn’t for their pockets, but it just as well might be. An additional hour of daylight arrives at the end of the day with Daylight Saving Time coming on Sunday.

A familiar slate of Oak Bluffs candidates will look to play a game of political musical chairs this election season as several veteran officials will seek new or additional seats that are open on the various town boards and committees.

Incumbents Duncan Ross and Ronald DiOrio face challenger Hans vonSteiger in a three-way race for two available selectmen’s seats.

Real Estate Designation

Robin O’Donnell and Nora Jardin of Island Real Estate in Vineyard Haven have been awarded the accredited buyer representation designation by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council Inc. of the National Association of Realtors.

To receive the designation, the two were required to successfully complete a comprehensive course in buyer representation and an elective course focusing on a buyer representation specialty, as well as submitting documents verifying their professional experience.

Proponents of a controversial plan to expand the baseball park at Veira Park now are eyeing a site next to the town wastewater facility they hope will avoid the resistance from neighbors who feel that modifying the current site would create problems with traffic, parking and safety.

The applicant, Vineyard Little League, has yet to withdraw plans for Veira Park or submit new plans for the site next to the wastewater plant.

Julie Roads, Vineyard Haven resident and owner of national writing and marketing company Writing Roads, will demonstrate how to drive targeted traffic to your business Web site through creative marketing in special interactive workshop hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Network.

Edward (Big Ed) Johnson is not physically large. In fact Mr. Johnson, who is serving a life sentence for gang-related homicide, looks wispy standing next to some of his fellow inmates. The origin of his nickname is likely wrapped up in the fact, as a convict at Donaldson Correctional Facility, Alabama’s highest security prison, he was a gang-leader in a prison populated by violent criminals.

That is, until taking part in the Vipassana Buddhist meditation program that forms the centerpiece of the documentary The Dhamma Brothers.

At just the moment when the drag of winter seems never-ending, a light is shining on the horizon — a projectionist’s light.

You will not experience a more independent film at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival than Surfwise, a 93-minute recounting of the Paskowitz family saga. See it.

By turns hilarious and horrific, the film chronicles the 50-year social experiment of a surfing Jewish family.