Closing Sale

Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard’s Decorator Show House and Gardens at 105 Main street in Edgartown closed to the public on Sept. 27, and will be holding a closing sale on Saturday, Oct. 10 and Sunday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days. Sale items include designer furnishings, Island artwork, plants and shrubs and outdoor furnishings. For details, call 508-939-4114.

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers are needed to answer the phone in the mornings and some afternoons, make telephone reassurance calls and greet people when they come into the Tisbury senior center. For more information, call Joyce at at 508-696-4205.

Controlled Burn

The Vineyard Golf Club will be conducting a prescribed burn of native grass areas of the course. The purpose is to control invasive broadleaf weeds and woody material and to promote little bluestem and fine fescues in native grass areas of the course. The burn will be supervised by Northeast Forest and Fire Management LLC and will occur between Oct. 12 and next April, as determined by the Edgartown fire department.

Hello Eleonora

Ena Thulin and Plamen Dunchev of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Eleonora Plamenova Duncheva, born on Sept. 25, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Eleonora weighed 7 pounds, 10.5 ounces at birth.

Garden Club Meeting

The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation seeks to facilitate improvement in the academic outcomes of youth from birth through grade eight in ways that lead to academic success and enhancement opportunities later in life.

This initiative aims to help build the capacity of middle schools (grades six, seven and eight) by providing funds to purchase nonconsumable science laboratory equipment. Up to $10,000 per school district, or $2,500 per private school, charter school or organization operating a middle school located on the Vineyard will be considered.