Community
Pumpkin Picking
It’s fall, yes, even officially and not just in the urge to get out the duvet on these chilly nights. This means Halloween is not far away. And if it’s Halloween, it’s time to start thinking of creating a bunch of little orange demons to welcome the would-be witches and skeletons to your doorway.
We’re talking about jack-o-lanterns here.
Permaculture Farm
The Native Earth Teaching Farm in Chilmark is about to embark on a permaculture project to build a self-sustaining food garden.
The idea is to establish an edible forest by mimicking the structure and function of natural ecosystems while producing perennial food crops and many other products. The community is invited to participate through a series of spring and fall planting parties.
Free Soul Food
Soul food, Southern food . . . whatever you call it, enjoy it free and fresh from the students of the Martha’s Vineyard Ecumenical Youth Group, who have returned from Tennessee with a slide show of the mission work they did there.
A southern dinner and auction on Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Federated Church in Edgartown.
The Martha’s Vineyard Boy & Girls Club received a pledge of $90,000 from a New Orleans philanthropist last Saturday night as part of a big 90th birthday celebration for Fred B. (Ted) Morgan Jr. The announcement came near the end of festivities at the private party held at the Field Club in Edgartown. Gary Solomon, who made the donation, told the crowd how much regard he had for Mr. Morgan, his family, and the youth club that serves the Island.
A community organization has formed calling itself Island Climate Action Network (ICAN). The purpose of the group is to promote awareness about the local effects of climate change and to educate and act to:
• Adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change.
• Create greater community resilience regarding climate-related issues that affect our community’s well-being and economic future.
• Support policies at the local, regional, state, and federal level that contribute to a sustainable future.
The seventh annual Aquinnah Powwow at Aquinnah Circle began Saturday at noon with the Grand Entry, a procession of dancers and drummers. Members of 10 nations were in attendance, and the powwow also honored tribal veterans and elders.
Members of the Narragansett Tribe certainly had the most representation, with Hiawatha Brown as the arena director, head dancers Christian and Leah Hopkins, Dean Stanton, who always has a remarkable style of dance, and members of the Hazard family in attendance.