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Seastreak high-speed ferry service is now providing a daily motor coach connection service linking Boston with the Vineyard by partnering with Tremblay’s Bus and Motor Coach Company to take riders from South Station in Boston to the ferry terminal in New Bedford.
A round-trip ticket from Boston to the Vineyard, including bus service to and from Boston, costs $68 for adults and $40 for children aged two to 12. A daily and weekend schedule offers a choice of departure times and runs from May 24 to Oct. 14.
The Martha’s Vineyard Whole Health Alliance board of directors invites Island holistic practitioners and those interested in what they do to a potluck get-together on Wednesday, May 29, at 6 p.m. at the Island cohousing community room on Rock Pond Road in West Tisbury. If you plan to attend, bring a dish to share.
Call Paul Farrington at 508-693-0561 for more information.
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services is offering a seminar on special needs planning for a family member with a developmental disability on Thursday, May 30 at MVCS in the board room of building B from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Frederick M. Misilo Jr., chair of Fletcher Tilton’s Special Needs and Elder Law Practice Group, will present the seminar. The workshop will address the unique needs that families have in planning the financial and legal future of their relatives with a disability.
Chris Hathaway and Michael Sellitti Jr. stood at the ready on the slab at Up-Island Automotive this week, waiting for the next customer to pull in. The slab is home base for the gas attendants at the West Tisbury station, bouncing off the center aisle from pump to pump attending to customers.
The Dukes County Health Council Youth Task Force will expand its services into career counseling for young adults thanks to a three-year grant totaling $212,800 from the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation. The funds will be used to facilitate Project Next, which will provide support to the young adults population on Martha’s Vineyard through a variety of programs and initiatives. The project will begin with a series of focus groups and assessments as well as open office hours to provide financial and career counseling.
In a home known for fostering literary talent and housing traveling artists, conversation at the Cleaveland House has been consumed lately with talk about place settings, tablecloths, decorations and flowers. A how-to book on marrying at an older age lies on the entry table amongst works of great authors.