News
A well-known Cambridge businessman and prominent seasonal resident of Edgartown is a key backer of a bill quietly making its way through the Massachusetts legislature that has the potential to affect dramatically the ownership rights on barrier beaches around Great Ponds, the Gazette has learned.
Master of ceremonies Ed Jerome led a string of Vineyarders who paid tribute to veteran journalist Walter Cronkite and his love of the Island on Sunday, July 17, when the Stone Soup Leadership Institute held the second annual Walter Cronkite Awards at the Old Whaling Church.
Josepha DeSorcy DeLay was recently named the 2011 Laboratorian of the Year by the Canadian Animal Health Laboratorians Network.
Alpaca Shearing
Island Alpaca’s next baby alpaca shearing is scheduled for July 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at the farm at Head of the Pond Road near the blinker in Oak Bluffs.
This is an opportunity for all the family to experience the fleece-to-fiber transition first-hand. All are welcome to observe the expert shearers as they work their clippers through the alpacas’ fleece without any harm to the animal.
All are welcome to enjoy a 3-D evening — desserts, dancing and donations — plus music by Mike Benjamin and auctions (live and silent) of one-of-a-kind items on Saturday, July 23, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center.
Up for grabs are a James Taylor-signed guitar, Joan Nathan cooking class, Guy Webster photograph, Cuttyhunk boat and breakfast trip and a one-on-one basketball lesson with Junior Farrell.
The YMCA has a fantastic pool. All year long Islanders have enjoyed this new and incredible gift to the community. No need, really, to head south during February vacation now that we can escape the late winter blues with a simple trip to the Y. Okay, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but not much.