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A former staffer for a Georgia senator who briefly made headlines when he was arrested and jailed following a fundraiser on the Vineyard in the summer of 2007 has filed a lawsuit against the Vineyard Gazette and The Boston Globe.
When you think of cranberries, no doubt visions of Thanksgiving dance in the head: cranberry orange bread, cranberry relish, cranberry-stuffed acorn squash. Or perhaps you think of the scarlet landscape of bogs you pass while driving through the famed Cape Cod cranberry towns of Carver and Wareham on your way to Woods Hole.
But biting into a freshly picked cranberry right off the vine is an experience all its own. The vitamin C-packed cranberry is intensely sour, so sour it makes your cheeks pucker.
It’s All in the Grout
Martha’s Vineyard Tile Company owners, Annie and Jeremy Bradshaw, are adding a new dimension to their tile business through television with a half-hour show devoted to the use of tile in homes and businesses. Tile Trends, hosted by Annie Bradshaw and Guinevere Cramer, begins airing Nov. 20 on MVTV channel 13 and can be seen on demand on MVTV.org.
Peacecraft at Pyewacket’s
From Friday, Nov. 26 through Friday, Dec. 24 Peacecraft will be holding their annual holiday benefit sale at Pyewacket’s on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven. The holiday store will be open every day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and feature Third World crafts and Haitian metalwork. Proceeds will go toward helping the poor throughout the world through medical, educational and food programs as well as offer a means of livelihood.
But Peacecraft needs your help. Volunteers are needed throughout the month.
Go Fly a Kite
This Sunday, Nov. 21 there is an opportunity to merge two activities that while seemingly perfect in their individual states, lift off into some magical realm of joy when merged. Eating an ice cream sundae while flying a kite. The event is the fourth annual Sundaes and Kites on Sunday brought to you by Miss Lani Carney and the folks at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs.
In its first full season, the Anthony H. Meyer junior golf trust provided financial assistance for junior golfers throughout the Island.
It was always Mr. Meyer’s wish to help the youth of the Island become interested in the game of golf because he was so passionate about the ideals and concept of the sport.
The concept of the trust is to provide equipment, promote education and to provide lessons for any youth on the Island and to work closely with Island golf clubs to foster continuing interest in the game.