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Tonight marks the unofficial grand finale of Vineyard summer: the Oak Bluffs fireworks, a dazzling display of light and noise that fills Ocean Park to capacity every summer.
The first-ever Martha’s Vineyard dog parade will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 23 in Ocean Park, to welcome the four-legged member of the First Family, Bo, the Portuguese water dog.
The parade marshal will be the handsome yellow labrador Chappy Homlish, whose family won the honor at the Possible Dreams Auction.
The Island plein air artists in Dragonfly Gallery’s Summer Visions show raised $400 for Martha’s Vineyard Habitat for Humanity. Sixteen artists each paid an entry fee of $25 as a contribution to Habitat: Monte Becker, William Buckley, Traeger di Pietro, Mary Emerson, Valentine Estabrook, Nancy Furino, Susan Johnson, Magi Leland, Ellen Liman, Kanta Lipsky, Thaw Malin, Marjorie Mason, Don McKillop, June Schoppe, Elizabeth Taft and Linda Thompson. A portion of the sales from the show will be donated to Island Affordable Housing Trust.
On an overcast and windy Sunday afternoon, which was once a sunny beach morning, the last of the diehards are filtering off of State Beach. Most daring of them all are those who decide that after a day of sunning they will accept the traditional challenge of jumping off Big Bridge, the second bridge on Beach Road from Oak Bluffs to Edgartown.
Despite the grey skies, seasoned swimmers recognize this sort of weather: the air is cool, the water is a clear, dark green, and the August sea is warm.
Hebrew Center Services
The following special services will be held at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center: Friday, August 14, family Shabbat service at State Beach near Camp Jabberwocky parking area, 5:30 p.m.; Friday, August 28, Shabbat by the sea service with guest speaker Fred Hotchkiss, Experiencing the Horseshoe Crab. Saturday Torah services will start at 9:30 a.m. through Labor Day. For questions please call 508-693-0745.