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On Friday, August 3, the Chilmark Community Center is hosting a community service event for Soaringwords, an organization that helps children with long-term illnesses and their families. Premade blankets and pillows can be decorated by community members with inspiring words and pictures. No need to bring anything — fabric pens will be provided. The finished blankets will be distributed to hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses.
The Sixth Annual Edgartown Board of Trade Sand Sculpture contest is Wednesday, August 1, at Right Fork, South Beach in Edgartown, to the left of the guard house.
Contestants may bring any building materials they wish, but none can be used for structural support in the final product. In other words, no sneaking in rebar foundations.
Decorations are fair game, though, but any non-biodegradable items must be cleaned up at the end of the contest.
This spring Kristen Palma decided to buy a little house for sale on Ocean View Farm Road in Chilmark.
“We rented a house just down the street right before Paul got sick,” she said. “It was a strange coincidence that this house came up for sale. I think it was one of those things that was just meant to be.”
Cole Bilodeau of Oak Bluffs has been named to the dean’s list at Bentley University for the spring 2012 semester.
Ethel Skakel Kennedy declined interviews for more than 35 years. But when her eleventh child, Rory Kennedy, asked her to be the protagonist in a full-length documentary for HBO, she agreed.
“If you asked her, I think she would tell you it was because I asked her to do it,” Rory said. Ms. Kennedy is an experienced documentary film-maker but she was also hesitant about making the movie.
The Vineyard House, the Island's only sober housing facility, will host its annual Water Tasting by the Sea fundraiser on Thursday, July 26 at the Boch family estate on Katama Bay from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Gourmet water varieties, such as Nestle's blood orange and grapefruit sparkling beverages, as well as L. Knife and Son’s Saratoga Spring water, will be available for sipping. The fundraiser also features music by Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish, food by Tea Lane Caterers and a silent auction.