An Edgartown man sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Saturday after he reportedly collided with a tree near the intersection of Barnes Road and Oriental avenue in Oak Bluffs.
Jesse J. Smith remained in the hospital as of Tuesday, although a hospital spokesman declined to reveal his condition. Oak Bluffs police said Mr. Smith is facing several charges including operating under the influence of alcohol (second offense), negligent operation of a motor vehicle and marked lanes violation.
Correction
A caption under a photograph of a boat lift published in Friday’s Gazette misidentified the location. The picture was taken at the Martha’s Vineyard Shipyard in Vineyard Haven. The Gazette regrets the error.
He has worn many hats over the years: civil engineer, regional health agent, town selectman and legislative liaison.
And soon Russell Smith of Aquinnah will be wearing a new hat: that of county manager.
“I’m looking forward to being involved with the county,” Mr. Smith said in an interview this week as the news of his recent appointment was still sinking in. “I hope my tenure there will be a benefit to all the Island towns,” he said.
The Island Grown Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting locally grown food and its farmers on the Vineyard, has been granted $10,000 to improve and expand its poultry program.
The grant was awarded by Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education from its sustainable community innovation category, which fosters connections between sustainable agriculture and rural communities. Northeast Sustainable is a grants program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Sarah Mello Trudel of Oak Bluffs has been named superintendent of the Chappaquiddick properties of The Trustees of Reservations.
Mrs. Trudel will succeed David F. Belcher, who leaves the job after 19 years on May 11.
The announcement was made Monday by Chris Kennedy, Islands regional director for The Trustees of Reservations.
The Trustees own some 784 acres on Chappaquiddick, including Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge, Wasque Reservation and Mytoi, a Japanese garden founded many years ago by the late Mary Wakeman.
Surfcasters Film
The Martha’s Vineyard Surfcasters will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 15 at the Chilmark Public Library. They will view the film The Lonely Dorymen, a 16-millimeter-format documentary.
The Dukes County Charter Study Commission will host three public sessions across the Vineyard this month. The commissioners are inviting members of the Island community to come and participate in their continuing discussion of county government.
MARGARET KNIGHT
508-627-8894
Despite the cold and drizzly weather, I see more and bigger flocks of robins around the island. In the morning there are lots of birds busy at work on my lawn and in my gardens, but the robins are the ones that seem the most industrious. They have such an earnest attitude as they find a worm and pull it out in their capable beaks.
Geography Bee
Conor Smith, an eighth grade student at the Edgartown School, was a semifinalist in the Massachusetts Geographic Bee. On April 4, he competed in the state bee at Clark University in Worcester, answering five of the eight questions correctly. “It was a great experience,” Conor said. He is the son of Alison and Thomas Smith of Edgartown.
Horse Lovers Needed
Rising Tide Therapeutic Equestrian Center needs help with horses — grooming and tacking up, barn cleaning, sidewalking in lessons, pasture raking, public relations and other jobs. Potential volunteers ages 16 and over are invited to find out more on Sunday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to noon at 40 Red Pony Farm Road, off the Edgartown-West Tisbury Road, a quarter-mile towards West Tisbury from the airport on left. For details, call 508-693-6112.
