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College Names Vineyard
Teacher an Unsung Hero
Dr. Elaine Weintraub, a teacher at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, has been named an Unsung Hero by St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt.
Matthew Seklecki, a graduate of the high school and now a student at St. Michael’s, nominated Ms. Weintraub for the award.
Winners for the annual Heritage Trail project were announced at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School this week. The project involves sophomore history students who go out and trek the African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard, and then do a research project which is judged. Projects fall into categories: writing, art, physical projects and electronic projects.
The winners this year are as follows:
Club Slates Black Powder
Shoot for This Sunday
The Martha’s Vineyard Rod & Gun Club’s annual Black Powder Shoot will be held Sunday, Dec. 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is the day before the primitive firearm deer season opens on the Island.
The club invites the public to participate. The club is off the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road at 3rd street in Edgartown.
The Edgartown library is suffering from furnace puffback and will be open only during emergency hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday next week. Staff have set up temporary quarters in the selectmen’s meeting room at the town hall, with a limited stock of borrowing material.
The library closed its doors Monday.
In a win for the democratic process, a proposed bylaw to lower the quorum requirement was unanimously rejected by Edgartown voters at a special town meeting at the Old Whaling Church Tuesday.
A healthy quorum of 185 registered voters (37 more than the required number) attended the meeting to vote down the proposal which would require fewer of them to vote at any town meetings in the future.
Jack Arrives
Tracy Ann and William Oteri and big sister Danielle announce the birth of Jack Anthony Oteri, born on Nov. 26 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Jack weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces at birth.