Tower Grants

The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation recently awarded $12,265 to Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools. One of the goals of the foundation is to enhance service delivery for children, adolescents, and young adults up to age 26 with developmental disabilities.

This initiative was designed to provide funds for the purchase of specialized equipment and/or assistive technology for use by kids in school programs.

Richard North Patterson was honored with an alumni achievement award from Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Mr. Patterson, a 1968 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, joined the fraternity as an undergraduate in 1965. The award was presented during the fraternity’s Karnea convention held in Washington, D.C.

David Flanders of Edgartown recently completed a 75-day course in Baja, Calif., with the National Outdoor Leadership School. Under the guidance of professional instructors, David and his fellow students hiked in the Sierra de la Lagunas mountains of southern Baja, and sea kayaked and sailed in the Sea of Cortez.

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Here’s Maybeline

Lisa Brown and Brent Brown of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Maybeline Anne Brown, born on August 4, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Maybeline weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces at birth.