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Curry College at Plymouth offers a certificate in Substance Abuse Counseling. This program is for those who are interested in careers in substance abuse services, or work in areas where an understanding of substance abuse is a critical part of job performance, such as nursing, health care, social work, psychology, law enforcement and criminal justice, college counseling and youth services.
In this serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after years in Manhattan to help her eccentric Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. Abe loathes Richard Moby, chief of the off-Island landscaping business Broadway. He is irrationally convinced that Moby wants to destroy Abe personally, and Island-based nursery businesses in general.
Dear P:
When Featherstone Center for the Arts launched its annual autumn appeal, the focus was on family members of multiple generations who participate in the arts at Featherstone.
Newly nominated board member Andrea Quigley’s granddaughter Ashley Biggs has enjoyed the Magic Garden summer camp for two years. Ms. Quigley herself has participated regularly at gallery openings and watercolor classes.
In this yearlong serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after two decades to help her eccentric Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. Abe has a paranoid hatred of Richard Moby, the chief executive officer of an off-Island wholesale nursery, Broadway. Convinced that Moby wants to destroy Abe personally, and all Island-based landscaping and nursery businesses generally, Abe is obsessed with taking down Moby.
Message To A Widow
In a small, protected inlet of the evening pond,
loud white in a strong shaft of final, flaming sun,
one swan lies on quiet water,
(not the two of daily habit),
head buried into breast,
asleep on the movement of a gentle swell.
It is as though this radiant path of sun
were heaven sent
specifically,
to sanctify,
The annual December used book sale at the Chilmark Public Library will continue through the end of the year. From now through Dec. 24, everything is half price.
From Dec. 27 through Dec. 31, everything is free. The sale is held during regular library hours, as follows.
Mondays 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Tuesdays 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Saturdays 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Wednesdays Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Sponsored by The Friends of the Chilmark Public Library.