Community
The Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living will hold its first in a series of fall and winter cultural luncheons on Saturday, Oct. 20, from noon to 2 p.m. at The Grill on Main street in Edgartown.The featured speaker is David R. White, executive and artistic director of the Yard.
For reservations call Leslie Clapp 508-939-9440.
Years ago, in Whitinsville, the Rev. Alden Besse was asked to participate in a Memorial Day parade. “I thought, what can I carry? Lots of people carry guns and I’ll carry a pruning hook,” he recalled.
A new Edgartown Public Library, approved by town voters and hinging on state funding, took a giant leap toward reality Thursday.
Edgartown was awarded a $5 million grant Thursday from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, one of eight towns to receive $41.8 million in construction grants from the state.
We have kittens! The Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard has a cage full of darling kittens already to go to new homes. Three are nine weeks old and one is about 13 weeks old; they are all black or black and white. There are two males and two are females and all are as cute and playful as kittens should be. Come soon to get your choice or they will be gone.
In May, Richard (RJ) Cage and his two sons built a handicap accessible vegetable garden at the Farm Institute. They used old barn wood to create the raised bed, making sure it was tall enough for wheelchair users to be able to lean over and pick crops easily. Over the summer more than 10 participants from the Seven Hills Foundation, a year-round day program for adults with developmental disabilities, worked in the garden two to three times a week.
Some folks look at a piece of corn on the cob and think, “tasty.” Others think of pygmy goats and natural dyes.