Megan Dooley

Stephanie

Chappy Native Pens Kids’ Book, Talks About Growing Up Different

Megan Dooley |

As a student at the Edgartown School, a counselor once told Chappaquiddick native Stephanie Duckworth-Elliott that she wouldn’t go to college, and implied that Ms. Duckworth-Elliott would not achieve in life. The young girl had a background and home life that already separated her from other kids her age — she was a member of the only Wampanoag family living on Chappy at the time, and raised primarily by her grandfather — and the counselor’s prediction made her feel even more detached from her peers.

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Youth Task Force Meets and Mulls Over Substances, Consequences and Chowder

Megan Dooley

There’s nothing like a piping hot cup of New England’s finest potage to warm parents to the idea of talking to their kids about drugs and alcohol.

The Martha’s Vineyard Youth Task Force welcomed its highest turnout yet of seventh and eighth grade parents to this season’s final Chat and Chowder event at the West Tisbury School on Tuesday night. The dinner and discussion were held the previous week at four other Island schools.

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Life Coach Debbie Phillips Inspires at Women’s Lecture

Megan Dooley

The women of Martha’s Vineyard were ablaze with enthusiasm as they gathered at the Old Whaling Church on the night of Tuesday, May 19, to hear a talk entitled: Seven Secrets of a Woman on Fire.

The Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Network year-end event welcomed life and executive coach Debbie Phillips to promote her national organization, Women on Fire, and to offer personal and career guidance to professional women of the Island.

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Three Finalists Are Interviewed For Chilmark Head of School

Megan Dooley

Budget issues, administrative responsibility and educational philosophy were all topics of discussion at the final interviews for three Chilmark head of school candidates this week.

Hosted by Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss and the up-Island regional school district committee, the interviews took place on Wednesday and Thursday nights at the Chilmark school.

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Summer Reading List, Home-Grown

Megan Dooley

What better way to kick off a new summer chapter than by plunging into a new book?

On the Vineyard summer reading is more than just a pastime, it’s an experience. Well-read bookstore employees help guests make their perfect literary match. Book-signing events sprinkled throughout the season invite guests to engage their favorite authors. Perhaps best of all, this summer will welcome back a beloved book store on Main street Vineyard Haven after a year-long absence.

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Long Family Line Keeps Pizza Line Short

Megan Dooley

You might say that the restaurant business is in their blood. Perhaps success is a family trait, passed down through the generations by the grandfather who opened the Vineyard institution where they now spend all of their summer hours. Whatever the reason, as the Vineyard approaches an uncertain summer season, brothers Wilfred (Buster) Jr. and Richard (Richie) Giordano radiate carefree confidence that can come only from a combination of instinct and experience.

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