News Briefs
Registration Open for Boys & Girls Club Third and Fourth Grade Basketball
October 8, 2015
Calling all third and fourth grade basketball players: it’s time to register for the Martha’s Vineyard Boys & Girls Club basketball league.
Honors for Island Alpaca
October 8, 2015
Island Alpaca had a strong showing last week at the 99th annual Eastern States Exposition held in West Springfield.
Big Brothers Big Sisters Golf Tournament Is a Success
October 8, 2015
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Martha’s Vineyard hosted their annual MV Big Golf Fore Kids tournament, sponsored by Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank and Mink Meadows Golf Club, in blustery weather on Oct. 4.
DCLA Drops in Again
October 8, 2015
DCLA plays this weekend with two Falmouth groups, Crooked Coast and the Taxidermists, to help out a couple of local skateparks.
Sweet Art of Chocolate
October 8, 2015
This weekend Featherstone celebrates its 12th chocolate festival with tasty chocolate concoctions made by Island bakers, artists and chocolate lovers.
Wild Food Challenge: Go Loco for Local Foods
October 8, 2015
The Wild Food Challenge, now in its sixth year on the Island, is Sunday, Oct. 11, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Portuguese-American Club in Oak Bluffs.
Martha's Vineyard Food and Wine Festival Is Almost Here
October 8, 2015
The annual fall festival that embraces all things wine and all things delicious returns to the Vineyard on Thursday, Oct. 15 through Sunday Oct. 18.
Please Adopt Us
October 7, 2015
The cat room has one lone resident. Miss Kitty is an approximately one-year-old affectionate black and grey tabby..
Tisbury Sets Scallop Season Dates
October 5, 2015
Tisbury selectmen this week set dates for the bay scalloping season. Recreational scalloping opens Oct. 17 outside ponds and in the Vineyard Haven harbor; the commercial season begins in those areas on Oct. 19.
Please Adopt Us
October 5, 2015
Team orange has won the cat room competition. Nike has been adopted. Six-year-old black brothers, Bubba and Forrest, who comprised team black, are wondering when their time will come.
Community Build at Niantic Park
October 5, 2015
A community build for the playground at Niantic Park will be held from Wednesday, Oct. 14 through Sunday, Oct. 18.
Farm Neck Foundation Opens Grant Cycle
October 1, 2015
The Farm Neck Foundation has issued a call for applicants for the foundation’s 2015 grants. Eligible are all Island nonprofit organizations whose goal is to improve the quality of life in the Martha’s Vineyard community.
The Farm Neck Foundation, Inc. is a charitable organization created in 1989 and funded by contributions from the membership and supporters of Farm Neck Golf Club. The Foundation does not award grants two years in a row to the same organization.