Community
Longtime YMCA executive Jill Robie will relocate from Orono, Me., to become interim executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Y beginning Monday, Nov. 2.
Ms. Robie will take over from Margaret (Peg) Regan, the retired regional high school principal who has been acting in the role since August. Construction of the 38,000-square-foot center in Oak Bluffs began in May; the first phase of the complex is expected to be completed in May 2010.
Halloween at the Farm
Chappaquiddick singer-songwriter Kevin Keady will perform a musical rendition of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven at noon next Saturday as part of the Farm Institute’s Halloween activities in Katama. Admission is $10 a family ($5 single) for corn maze, hay ride, cider pressing, pumpkin carving and costume prizes.
WVVY 93.7 LPFM Community Radio and the Mediterranean restaurant have announced the first annual Halloween Hellraiser, a party to be held at Mediterranean in Oak Bluffs, off Seaview avenue, on Halloween night. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. With music from the Gypsy Sound System and featured WVVY deejays, a buffet dinner, and a costume contest with a $500 first place prize, this may be the go-to party for Halloween night, as well as a great opportunity to help support community radio on Martha’s Vineyard.
Felix Neck and Sharky’s Cantina are working together to educate people about the connection between what they eat or drink and the natural world around us. For example, bats pollinate the cactus and agave plants that tequila is distilled from, so without bats, there would be no margaritas.
Family Fall Farm Fest
Don’t Be Scared
The 10th annual Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School scarecrow contest is in full swing.
You can see scarecrows all over the Island in front of businesses which have chosen to sponsor the charter school with $75 donations.