Here Comes Maisy

Children’s author Lucy Cousins’ story-book character, Maisy, is making the rounds to all the Island libraries. Children are invited to come and meet Maisy during the following story times:

Chilmark Public Library, Saturday, Jan.24, 10:30 a.m.

West Tisbury Public Library, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 10:30 a.m.

Edgartown Public Library, Saturday, Jan. 31, 3 p.m.

Vineyard Haven Public Library, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 10 and 11 a.m.

In this year-long serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after two decades to help her eccentric Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. His staff includes Quincas, a Brazilian. Abe has a paranoid hatred of Richard Moby, the CEO of an off-Island wholesale nursery, Broadway. Convinced that Moby wants to destroy Abe personally, and all Island-based landscaping/nursery businesses generally, Abe is obsessed with “taking down” Moby.

Real Estate Classes

Beginning this month January, Dukes Academy, the Vineyard’s only licensed real estate school, will add to its existing continuing education curriculum in response to the current socioeconomic issues confronting the marketplace. New courses include Foreclosures and Commercial Real Estate Basics, Massachusetts Consumer Protection Law, 93A, Commonly Used Real Estate Forms, Massachusetts Real Estate License Law and Brokerage Relationships.

Class Registration Open

Adult and Community Education Program registration is now open online at www.acemv.org, or you can find out more and register in person at Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 14 and 15, at 6 p.m. at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. You also can register on the first day of the class with a $5 late registration fee (used as scholarship fund for GED), but you run the risk of missing a canceled or limited size class. For details and course offerings, see online acemv.org or e-mail [email protected], or call 508 693-1022 ext 240.

The Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club fly-tying program will be held every Monday night at The Anchors, Council on Aging, in Edgartown, while the clubhouse on the shore of Sengekontacket Pond is being rebuilt.

The Monday night fly-tying session had been on hold this winter because the clubhouse was unusable. It was suggested that the The Anchors might be a good temporary winter site and director Laurie Schreiber agreed.

All About Edgartown

Edgartown 101, a six-week series of Wednesday evening programs exploring how Edgartown’s town government works, will open on Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Edgartown Public Library.

Panelists for the opening program are Philip J. (Jeff) Norton Jr., town meeting moderator, and Pamela Dolby, town administrator. The format will be informal, with ample time for questions from the audience.