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Ilka Sabeva and Gustavo Batista of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Maria Isabella, born on May 23 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Maria weighed 6 pounds, 9.4 ounces at birth. She joins big brother Lucca.
Adriana Evaristo and Carlos Ferreira of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Lavinia Evaristo, born on May 28 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Lavinia weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces at birth.
A public hearing on a major expansion plan for the Stop & Shop store on the Vineyard Haven waterfront has been postponed, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission said this week.
The hearing, the first formal public review of the expansion plan, was set for June 6.
MVC development of regional impact (DRI) coordinator Paul Foley said this week that he was notified by the attorney for Stop & Shop that changes were being made to the plans, but that the applicant would not be ready in time for June 6.
Cell phone coverage in Chilmark and Aquinnah will get a boost, this time for Verizon customers, after the major carrier signed on to use the digital antenna system (DAS) in the up-Island towns.
Chilmark executive secretary Tim Carroll said on Wednesday that testing is in its final stages, and that full Verizon Wireless service could be available as soon as June 1 or July 1 at the latest. AT&T signed on to the DAS system as a carrier last year.
They met in Worcester when they were both in kindergarten. The 81-year love story of David and Doris (Swallow) Cron ended last week when Doris died Friday, May 24 and David died 28 hours later on Saturday, May 25, both at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. They had been married for 66 years and were respected real estate professionals on the Island.
Senior personnel changes are underway in Oak Bluffs, with the longtime town clerk retiring and a new acting fire chief in place.
Town clerk Deborah deBettencourt Ratcliff, who has worked for the office for 25 years and served as town clerk since 1997, announced her retirement this week. Her last day will be June 30.
The selectmen accepted her retirement with regret at their meeting Tuesday, and appointed assistant town clerk Laura Johnston as the acting town clerk.