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Alaska-based fishing captain and poet Dave Densmore has seen it all in more than 50 years as a commercial fisherman, and on Wednesday evening, he shared it all with a standing-room-only audience at the Chilmark Free Public Library.
Alaska-based fishing captain and poet Dave Densmore has seen it all in more than 50 years as a commercial fisherman, and on Wednesday evening, he shared it all with a standing-room-only audience at the Chilmark Free Public Library.
Coast Guard Seaman Stuart D. Bangs, son of Margaret R. St. Denis of Edgartown, and Paul S. Bangs of Edgartown, recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N.J.
During the eight-week training program, Mr. Bangs completed a vigorous training curriculum consisting of academics and practical instruction on water safety and survival, military customs and courtesies, seamanship skills, first aid, fire fighting and marksmanship. A major emphasis is also placed on physical fitness, health and wellness.
Chilmark voters sped through a series of spending articles for fire repairs in Menemsha at a special town meeting Monday night, but bogged down heavily when a money article to restore the farmhouse at Tea Lane Farm came to the floor.
The chrysanthemums are out, Morning Glory Farm is a sea of orange with pumpkins on display, and there’s a little extra crunch under your feet as the first fall leaves begin to drift downwards. Juicy apples, hot cider and roasted butternut squash fill Vineyard kitchens, and the students at Island schools are busy harvesting corn for popping and potatoes for soup. Fall is in the air.
Stress Reduction Class
Grinding teeth. Biting nails. Living a life rife with road rage. It’s stress you say, the price of living in the must do, must have, must see, must be everything moment in our culture. But admit it, the whole race to nowhere has got you feeling down and out.
Well, this Sunday at 7 p.m. the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center is presenting a workshop specifically designed for you.
Branding Strategies
A panel discussion on succesful branding strategies for companies will be held in the Menemsha Room of the Harbor View Hotel on Tuesday, Oct. 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The discussion will be led by Carol Kolodny of Kolodny Dorr Media and include Cristin McGuinn, license executive, Vineyard Vines; JB Blau, owner, Sharky’s Cantina; Paola Fuller, owner, Menemsha Blues; and Sue Dawson, co-owner, Alison Shaw Gallery.