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Celebrate your emergency personnel as they take to the catwalk in support of The Island Autism Group (IAG) on Martha’s Vineyard. The Respond in Style Charity Fashion Show is Saturday, April 28, from 6 to 10 p.m. at Dreamland in Oak Bluffs. Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, raffle, live auction, music and dancing.
The Martha’s Vineyard Chapter of the International Order of St. Luke, the Physician, is holding a day of healing on Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven. The day of workshops, worship and laying on of hands will be led by Rev. Kit Tobin of the Diocese of Rochester, N.Y.
Longtime regional high school field hockey coach Lisa Knight will be honored by the state of Massachusetts this Monday as she is presented with an Unsung Heroine Award by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women.
On Thursday, April 25, an order of nachos and a quesadilla can support a worthy cause. One hundred per cent of all food sales at Sharky’s Cantina in Edgartown and Oak Bluffs between 3 and 11 p.m. will be donated to The One Fund. The foundation helps those affected by the recent bombings at the Boston Marathon.
Eli Dagostino stands out. But it’s not the shock of well-groomed bright red hair. And it’s not the ankle-skimming plum-colored chinos, cream-colored waffle tee and elegantly-tied brown chukka shoes.
It’s his energy.
It’s that time of year when seasonal businesses are taking down the shutters and the summer workforce is beginning to arrive.
In recent years Eastern Europeans and Jamaicans have been filling a growing share of summer jobs. Foreign workers wait tables, greet guests, pour beers, make hotel beds, bake peanut brittle and fudge, serve lobster rolls and fry quesadillas. About 5,000 people come to the Island to work each year, according to a recent Martha’s Vineyard Commission report on housing needs.