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The parade is a lesser known but well-loved Island tradition. At least 150 marchers and spectators turned out for the parade on Saturday, which marched down Old South Road and ended at Philbin Beach, where kids followed a treasure map and dug up a chest full of candy.
They rode on creatively crafted floats, walked, danced, rollerbladed and drove antique cars, trucks and bicycles. Children raced to collect candy hurled into the streets. Fire trucks sprayed water to cool down the crowd. And the Fourth of July celebration in Edgartown was declared a great success.
On a hazy, warm Monday morning in June, the Edgartown harbor master pulls into his parking spot adjacent to his office on Morse street in Edgartown. Charlie Blair has barely parked his battered blue Suburban before he jumps out and asks: “What kind of shape are we in?”
An air of satisfaction prevails at the animal shelter these days due to the outstanding success of the garden party last Monday.
On Saturday, July 19, Alysha Norbury of Oak Bluffs, and Leigh Bauer of Edgartown, will support returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families by participating in the 5th annual Run-Walk to Home Base.
While Rhonda Backus was working inside Alley’s General Store last weekend she noticed a crowd gathering outside.
“It was a vibe of when the president drives by,” she said.
But instead of watching a motorcade, the crowd had gathered to see a procession of black and white baby skunks.