County commissioners interviewed three finalists for the county manager position on Saturday morning.
Each candidate spent one hour fielding two rounds of questions on management style, experience with budgets and grants and the changing nature of Dukes County.
Prostate Support Group
The Martha’s Vineyard Prostate Cancer Support Group’s next meeting is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21 at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services (across from the high school) in the Middle Building in the downstairs board room.
Any and all are welcome. Participants may bring family, friends and wives. A reference library is maintained for participants’ use.
More information is available by calling Emily Wetherall at 508-693-7900, extension 236.
The Dukes County charter study commission narrowed a list of seven possible recommendations for the future of county government to four in a straw vote at their regular meeting Thursday.
In a nearly unanimous vote, commissioners eliminated the options of recommending no change to county government, abolishing county government with no replacement and abolishing county government and replacing it with an alternative form of government. The vote was nonbinding, and in the future commissioners may choose to reconsider the options.
Holly Day Fair at Church
Benefits Worldwide Relief
The Grace Episcopal Church at Woodlawn avenue and William street in Vineyard Haven will hold its annual Holly Day Fair on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the luncheon served between 11 a.m and 1 p.m.
Harvest Papermaking
Fall is a great time to harvest and process plant fibers for papermaking. Seastone Papers, a teaching studio for hand papermaking, surface designing, and book arts on Christiantown Road, West Tisbury, will offer a workshop on Saturday, Nov. 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. using local plant fibers which will be prepared, cooked, and beaten for sheet forming.
Ethan Arrives
Lila DiBiaso and Owen DiBiaso of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Ethan Rider DiBiaso, born on Nov. 10 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Ethan weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces at birth.
Announcing Braylin
Jade Hattingh and Neylor Flavio Couto of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Braylin Kayl Hattingh, born Oct. 24 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Braylin weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces at birth.
A basic computer skills class will be offered at Oak Bluffs Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 10:45 a.m. to noon. Learn the different parts of a computer, general tips for using Windows operating systems, how to use the keyboard and mouse, and strategies to help you learn more. There will also be time to ask specific computer questions that you may have.
No prior computer experience is necessary, this course is for absolute beginners.
There is limited seating available for this program, so please call the library to sign up, at 508-693-9433.
Shifting Sands
Scientific study is yielding valuable insights into coastal erosion. Researchers have discovered that permanent structures built in attempts to contain and control erosion — jetties, groins and seawalls — vary in effect between futility and making things worse.
Government and private individuals build these structures in good faith: sometimes to protect roads and houses, sometimes as a strategy to catch and retain sand drifting in the water down the shoreline.
Saturday at McCarthy Field: The Big Game
Whoever said it was only a game had it wrong. Like so many of the great football rivalries across the decades — Harvard and Yale, Army and Navy, Ohio State and Michigan — the rivalry between the Vineyard and Nantucket is buried deep in the psyche of the people who live on the two Islands. The slumbering beast awakens once a year with an infectious burst of energy and rah-rah. In this case that means the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and this year the Big Game will be played at home.
