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Chicken Alley is the place to be, rain or shine this weekend. The annual Art and Collectable Sale is preceded this year by a new event, the Needle Book Fashion Show Community Couture. Both events raise funds for Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.
What do skateboards, oysters and champagne have in common? That would be Art in the Park, a benefit for the Martha’s Vineyard Skatepark taking place this Sunday, August 18, from noon to 3 p.m. at Atria on Main street in Edgartown.
Grace Burton-Sundman, age 25, set off on a Rwandan adventure at the end of last year, a journey she was able to make with the support of her family and the Martha’s Vineyard community where she grew up. Grace, a 2006 graduate of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, is home for a visit and provided a glimpse into her life in Rwanda during a presentation, The New Rwanda, at the Vineyard Haven Library on August 6.
A Virginia woman was arrested in Edgartown last week for allegedly having more than $2,200 worth of stolen clothing in her car.
A medical examiner has ruled that a body recovered from Rock Pond on Monday afternoon in West Tisbury was an accidental drowning, state police said Wednesday.
Robert (Bob) Lee, a resident of 3 Rock Pond Road in West Tisbury, was unresponsive when he was pulled from the water. State police were called to the scene to conduct an investigation, according to Sgt. Jeff Stone.
Mr. Lee was spotted in the pond by neighbors who contacted authorities around 3 p.m. The medical examination revealed nothing suspicious, Mr. Stone said. Mr. Lee was 66.
Board-certified OB-GYN Dr. Terry Kriedman has moved her Vineyard gynecology office practice from West Tisbury to Vineyard Haven, she announced this week. The new office is located at the lower level of the Woodland Center at 455 State Road.