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Harry Potter Party
For those who haven’t been able to score a ticket to the latest Harry Potter movie, or who have seen the movie eight times already over the weekend and are driving your family nuts and need now to immerse yourself in the arena of fellow fanatics, the Edgartown Library has just the ticket.
A Harry Potter party is being held Wednesday, July 20, from 4 to 6 p.m.
The event is for children of all ages and will include snacks, wand making and games. Costume dress is also encouraged.
All of Norton Point Beach, on the Edgartown side, has been reopened for oversand vehicle access, The Trustees of Reservations announced Saturday. The piping plover chicks which had been using the eastern end of the beach for feeding have successfully fledged, so under state shorebird guidelines vehicle access is allowed again to this beach.
The Edgartown side of Norton Point Beach stretches for two miles from Left Fork to the Breach in Norton Point.
Swimming in the breach on either the Chappaquiddick or Edgartown side remains strictly prohibited.
M. Emmett Carroll Jr. has seen change on the waterfront, from the days when lobsters were bountiful to now when they seem scarce. He has kept his faith by dancing with new ideas, shifting his attention to raising oysters. He runs Menemsha Oysters, pretty much a one-man aquaculture operation which involves raising and harvesting some of the Island’s tastiest oysters.
For the second time in a row, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services has received three-year accreditation for its Island Counseling Center, Disability Services and the CONNECT-to-end Violence programs from CARF International.
CARF accreditation represents a high standard of performance for health and human services providers. To receive accreditation an organization must undergo a three-day, on-site visit by a team of surveyors and meet exacting standards.
The Steamship Authority will meet on the Island on Tuesday, July 19, at 9:30 a.m. to discuss, among other items, the proposed closure of the Martha’s Vineyard reservations office.
The meeting is at Katharine Cornell Theatre on Spring street in Vineyard Haven. It is open to the public.