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On May 9 Island Grown Schools coordinator Noli Taylor will join radio host Mindy Todd on WCAI’s The Point. Ms. Taylor will discuss the use of local food in school cafeterias, the proliferation of school gardens, and a series of events pegged to Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day, scheduled for May 19. Ms. Taylor’s segment on The Point can be heard from 9:30 to 10 a.m.
Aquinnah voters will gather at the old town hall at 6:45 p.m. tonight for an eight-article special town meeting, followed by a 23-article annual town meeting at 7 p.m. Moderator Michael Hebert will preside. Voters will be asked to approve a sizeable increase in the annual town operating budget.
Aquinnah town elections will take place Wednesday, from noon to 7 p.m.
The new tribal community center in Aquinnah could become a gaming hall with table games and bingo under a proposal endorsed Sunday by members of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
Thimble Farm is now expected to go on the market after a community coalition that had formed last year to buy the farm failed to raise enough money.
The group was called the Martha’s Vineyard Farm Project and the goal was to buy the 37-acre farm that is currently leased by Whippoorwill Farm owner Andrew Woodruff.
But farm owner Eric Grubman, a seasonal resident of Katama, confirmed that the coalition was unable to realize a plan to buy the farm and turn it into a nonprofit food-producing operation.
On Wednesday, May 16, in conjunction with the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812, a replica of the Privateer Lynx is coming to the Tisbury Wharf. The 76-foot schooner is equipped with cannons, and will feature a crew in period costume.
Tours of the boat are between 5 and 7 p.m. The cost is $25 per person with children 12 and under free. Reservations are required, and available by calling 508-627-4441, extension 110.
Did you catch sight of the moon last night? The so-called "super moon" was the closest to Earth it will be all year, making it appear bigger and brighter. Last night's moon was 222,802 miles from Earth, about 15,300 miles closer than average. Unfortunately, cloud cover made it difficult to see from most locations on the Vineyard.