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Susan Kimball, 71, of Oak Bluffs recently finished seventh in the Althea Gibson Cup at the Super Senior World Team Championships.
After a summer of nearly 20,000 visitors, the Gay Head Lighthouse will close on Columbus Day for the winter.
Cycle Martha’s Vineyard’s annual ride around the Island is Saturday, Oct. 1.
The Living Local Harvest Festival begins on Friday, Sept. 30 with a night of stories moderated by Susan Klein.
The all-Island flu clinic and health fair takes place Saturday, Oct. 1 at the high school cafeteria.
When Mary Stewart Hammond’s poem The Big Fish Story was published in The New Yorker 10 years ago, her husband “was so mortified,” she said, “He went down to the Stop & Shop (and) bought every copy so his friends wouldn’t see it.”