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âHerb was an amazing manâ
To the Editor:
Herb Foster passed away last week. He was a mentor to me, encouraging us to write the book about the Vineyard in World War II. He enjoyed Land Bank walks like Tiasquam Reservation and Peaked Hill. He supported community projects like the Island Food Pantry and the Edgartown Library staff tuition program. He always had his eye on public relations, sharing his research and literary efforts. He was mischievous, quick with a joke. He was always eager to meet new people. He was patriotic, participating in parades and military burials. Herb was an amazing man in many ways, a motivator and inspirator to those he met.
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Martha’s Vineyard mourns loss of Vera Shorter, Herb Foster
Both were civil rights icons on the Island.
Vera Shorter was a pillar for social activism on Martha’s Vineyard and beyond. Gabrielle Mannino
The Island lost two of its leading and longtime civil rights advocates Saturday, Vera Shorter and Herb Foster.
Shorter was born in 1923 in Huntington, Long Island.
Shorter’s life was devoted to family, career, and civil rights advocacy in New York. She attended business school, and became the first African American equal opportunity officer in the New York district of the IRS. Her activism led her to the Brooklyn chapter of the NAACP.
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Community celebrates Herb Fosterâs 93rd birthday
Friends, family, and former colleagues thank Island figurehead for decades of dedication to community betterment.
Edgartown FD showed up to extend good wishes. - Jeremy Driesen
Canine well-wisher. - Jeremy Driesen
Cars were decorated for the occasion. -Jeremy Driesen
Well-wishers held up signs going by the house. -Jeremy Driesen
Cars lined up to wish Herb a happy birthday. -Jeremy Driesen
Photo of Herb and his late wife in the window of his house. -Jeremy Driesen
Edgartown Police Chief Bruce McNamee helped direct all the cars that showed up. -Jeremy Driesen
WILDER – Three people were displaced after a fire damaged a mobile home in Wilder Monday morning, according to a news release from the Hartford Fire Department. Firefighters were called to the home at 22 Walnut St. around 6:45 a.m. after getting.