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Cape Cod League Teams
Will Play Game on Island
A Cape Cod Baseball League will be played between the Falmouth Commodores and the Wareham Gatemen at Tuesday, July 22 at 1 p.m. at the baseball field at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, Oak Bluffs.
The league annually presents some of the best baseball players in the country. An autograph session will follow the game.
The Holmes Hole Sailing Association continued its summer season of handicap sailboat racing from Vineyard Haven harbor with a Thursday night race on July 3 and two harbor races on July 6.
Thursday night was overcast with the threat of rain, and a 10-knot southwest wind. Six boats posted for the start at red nun 6 outside of the Vineyard Haven harbor breakwater.
Finishing first was Bob Jewett in his Soling, Andiamo II. In second was Dan Culkin in the Vineyard Vixen, Magic Time. In third was Jerry Goodale in the Pearson 31, Stormalong.
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
Black sea bass is one of the Vineyard’s best-kept secrets when it comes to good eating. The fish can’t be bought in the store, but if you know a sport boat fisherman, there is a chance you can get it if you politely ask.
Black sea bass are swimming around the Vineyard in fair abundance.
This weekend, the Oak Bluffs Veterans of Foreign War Post 9261 is hosting its ninth annual fluke tournament. The post is adding a small form of recognition to the black sea bass and to the anglers who catch big ones.
Red Cross Chapter Seeks
Professional Volunteers
The American Red Cross Cape Cod and Islands Chapter wants to cross-train nurses, paramedics, licensed practical nurses, emergency medical technicians and retired physicians for volunteer roles at the Red Cross.
Red Cross health services volunteers provide essential and preventive health services to ensure the highest quality of care to disaster victims in their time of need.
Diet Center Will Open
The Martha’s Vineyard Holistic Retreat, which gained national recognition with the release of the publication, 21 Pounds in 21 Days, The Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox, plans to open a new location at 4 Main street in Vineyard Haven in early July.
The new location is designed for walk-in therapeutic treatments as well as an offering of wellness and detox products. More information is available by calling 508-693-0001 or visiting mvholisticretreat.com.
Correction
A story in Friday’s Gazette contained two errors. Jon Nelson Jr., owner of the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven, has not yet sold his West Tisbury home. And Mr. Nelson’s father Jon Nelson is still living. The Gazette regrets the errors.