Community
At an open house last week, leaders at the Island's only residential facility for recovery from addiction showcased the new modular Vineyard Haven complex. The $3 million project is due to be completed by the end of the year.
Classic vintage automobiles, custom trucks and and polished hot rods lined Main street on Sunday for the Tisbury Firefighter Association’s Annual Car Show. The show is in its eighth year and raises money for the fallen firefighter fund.
Stories of the distant past came to life during archaeology ID day at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Whale bones and arrowheads were among the treasures brought in by people from around the Island.
On any given day the owner of Cronig’s Markets can be found sweeping the parking lot of his stores, pulling bull briar and poison ivy at Thimble Farm or expanding his myriad evolving business interests. Steve Bernier says at heart he is just an old-fashioned entrepreneur.
In the 1980s Mitchell Kapor designed Lotus 1-2-3. Today, he and his wife, Freada Kapor Klein, devote much of their time to investing in startup companies that promote social change. Many of their projects were inspired through Vineyard connections.
Reverend Lillian Daniel will close out the summer series at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs.