Bone Marrow
Next weekend offers two opportunities for Vineyarders to test their ability to donate bone marrow, in the Save Giovanni’s Friends Bone Marrow Drive.
A simple cheek swab procedure will be performed by Caitlin Raymond International Registry. According to state law, your health insurance must pay the donor fee, and if you don’t have health insurance, it’s free.
Last Saturday at Martha’s Vineyard Shipyard, amidst the swirl of bagpipes and the boom of cannons, Rick and Chrissie Haslet launched their 42-foot ketch Destiny. Joining them were hundreds of Vineyard residents, friends of the couple, Rick’s dad and sister and Chrissie’s father who flew in from New Zealand.
Commission Will Sponsor
Planning Workshop Series
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission will host three workshops offered by the Citizen Planner Training Collaborative to provide planning and zoning officials and members of the public with tools to make effective decisions regarding the community’s current and future land use.
The workshops will be at the commission at the Stone Building, New York avenue, Oak Bluffs.
Pistol Champions
Jonathan Cristea of Edgartown captured the small-caliber division of the annual Martha’s Vineyard Pistol Championships on Sept. 16 with a score of 340 out of 400. His brother, Joel Cristea, captured the large-caliber division with a score of 340 in that class.
In the non-member division, first-time shooter Heather Mead captured first place while her friend Jeannie Pierson took second place.
Important changes came last week in the effort to bring cod back to New England waters.
The New England Fishery Management Council at its meeting in Plymouth established a protective zone for juvenile cod in the Great South Channel.
While it will take up to three years to come up with protective rules for that area, the decision sets aside a portion of open ocean where it is known that undersized fish need to be protected.
Up-Island Pottery is having a moving sale on Sunday, Oct. 7, selling discontinued styles, patterns and colors.
Candy Shweder is opening a new studio on the Island. She has been selling her wares for more than 20 years at both the Chilmark Flea Market and more recently at the Vineyard Artisans Shows, where she will continue to sell.
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Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard will host its second annual hole-in-one and putting tournament at Farm Neck Golf Club, County Road, Oak Bluffs on Sunday, Sept. 30 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
This year the shot will be about 60 yards instead of 168. A cash prize will be offered.
Participants may take as many shots as they like, and as many trips around the putting course as they can handle without frustration. Clubs and balls will be provided for those who do not have their own.
The former West Tisbury library director who abruptly resigned in April after less than a year on the job has been charged with two counts of sexually abusing a child while he worked as the director of the Haverhill public library more than 20 years ago.
Howard Curtis, 57, who worked as the library director in West Tisbury from June 2006 to March of 2007, was indicted by a grand jury in Salem superior court in June and pleaded not guilty to two charges of sexually assaulting a child.
Benefit Yard Sale
The girls field hockey and girls lacrosse teams are holding a benefit yard sale, Saturday, Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center. A wide variety of items will be available.
Both teams are raising monies for uniforms and team travel for the current season. This is a collaborative effort with both girls’ sports sharing all proceeds to support field hockey and lacrosse.
