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The 23rd Annual CROP Walk is Sunday, Oct. 27 with walkers meeting at 1:25 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Church on Franklin street in Vineyard Haven. The walk route is to Oak Bluffs and back again.
Pledges benefit local organizations working to alleviate hunger on the Island. Last year walkers and supporters raised $23,447, which brought the 22-year total raised to $359,085. A group of generous Islanders are pledging 20 cents for every dollar raised this year.
For information or for forms for sponsoring walkers, call the Rev. Alden Besse at 508-693-3930.
Twenty years ago the Gazette had a story about the Flynn family having a great Island 100th anniversary. It began by saying, “This is not a story of a family. It is a story of an Island capable of bringing back, year after year, second cousins to romp with first cousins, sons in law to hunt and fish with fathers in law and grandsons. Also to bring brides and grooms to meet their new relations.”
Tyler McKay Sutherland, born May 25 in Newton, and Theodore (Teddy) Thomas McKay, born July 6 in Providence, recently made their first visits to Martha’s Vineyard. Tyler is the son of Julie McKay and Jon Sutherland of Natick. Teddy is the son of James and Jennifer McKay of Wrentham.
It’s the time of year when dressing up in your alter ego superman character is embraced, when candy corn makes an appearance and ghosts come out to play. And on the Vineyard, Halloween is a weeklong event, just as it should be.
Celebrations begin Friday night at Alex’s Place with a middle school dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Costume contests, prizes, black lights and a full light show are in order.
On Saturday, Oct. 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Edgartown businesses say yes to trick-or-treating.
The Martha’s Vineyard Bible Church will not hold its regular morning service this Sunday, Oct. 27. Instead, there will be a potluck supper with worship and testimony sharing at 5 p.m. that afternoon. The church meets at the American Legion Hall at 35 William street in Vineyard Haven. The congregation will return to its regular 10 a.m. Sunday service on Nov. 3.
For more information, call 508-693-4031.
An Island tradition for more than 100 years, the Neighborhood Convention will gather at the First Baptist Church in Vineyard Haven on Tuesday, Nov. 5, beginning at 11 a.m.