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The Cape Cod Foundation is seeking proposals from nonprofit organizations for the fall 2008 general grants program, the second of two grant-making cycles this year, to support projects addressing the region’s existing and emerging needs.
Approximately $33,000 will be dispersed to address a broad range of needs in the areas of health, human services, the environment, education, the arts and community development. The deadline for submission is Oct. 1, 2008.
For information call 1-800-947-2322 or visit capecodfoundation.org.
After losing $135,000 during a year of staff changes in 2007, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum announced last month that it is back in the black, thanks to an individual contribution from an anonymous donor.
Now with six successful grants obtained, including two from the prestigious, peer-reviewed National Endowment for the Humanities, the museum appears to have hit a purple patch.
The long-awaited West Tisbury town hall renovation will begin later this month.
The town hall will be closed at noon Sept. 18 and will reopen on Sept. 23 with offices relocated in trailers and the old library. All town offices will be closed between those dates. Anyone with questions may call executive secretary Jennifer Rand at 508-696-0102.
A Siberian husky named Storm is in trouble again after getting loose and killing several chickens — although this time the canine has crossed town lines.
Just weeks after Tisbury selectmen permanently banned the dog owned by Ken and Nina Garde from town, he escaped from a temporary home in Oak Bluffs and once again went on a chicken-killing spree at a nearby farm.
The artwork of Renée George O’Sullivan is timeless. Her watercolors depict the Vineyard as it is today, even though the paintings were done years ago. Her cartoons that have appeared in publications for generations still tickle the ribs, despite the fact that humor has changed so much over the years.
Ms. O’Sullivan is having an exhibition this week at the Old Sculpin Gallery on Dock street in Edgartown. Her opening was last Sunday and the work will come down in two days.
Art DeLorenzo of Vineyard Haven received the Castleton State College alumni association’s outstanding alumni award at the college’s convocation ceremony, August 28.
Mr. DeLorenzo was recognized for his strong support of Castleton, including his work on the Alumni Association Board as a member and a past president and his contributions to the college’s emerging leaders program. He mentored a group of more than 15 students over the course of four years, concluding in his keynote address at the 2005 commencement.