Community
Nominations for the Spirit of the Vineyard Award are open. The award honors those who have served nonprofit organizations on the Island, and whose work has made a difference to individuals and to the community as a whole.
The Farm Neck Foundation announces a call for applicants for its 2014 foundation grants. All Island nonprofit organizations whose goal is to improve the quality of life in the Martha’s Vineyard community are eligible to apply.
ACE MV hosts its annual Course Sampling Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
At a time in their lives when most couples are weighing options for retirement, Tom and Dianne Wilson gave up their jobs and made a three-year commitment to missionary work in El Salvador. The Wilsons lived on the VIneyard for 17 years and found their inspiration for missionary work here.
Children from all over the Island converged on the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority dock at first light Sunday for the annual Kids’ Derby. Nine-year-old Myles Sprague took home the top prize for a 17.25-inch bluefish he caught, the largest fish of the day.
Islanders experiencing mental health and substance abuse crises are expected to benefit from a Martha’s Vineyard Community Services crisis stabilization unit that will be run on hospital grounds. The so-called red house will be renovated to house the program.