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Moon, a seven-year-old Siamese cat who jumped from his owner’s truck at the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market June 23, is back home.
Promoted to Corporal
Corey Maciel, a Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School graduate and a graduate of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. has been promoted to the rank of corporal with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office in Texas.
Corey lives with his wife and two children in San Antonio, Tex., and is the youngest son of two former Vineyard residents, Gerald F. Maciel of East Falmouth and Norma Cohite of Cataumet.
Adult Learners
The Cape Cod Foundation has a new scholarship for adults returning to school. The Scarbrough Adult Learner Scholarship Fund is open to citizens of the United States pursuing an undergraduate education in an accredited program. Students must have at least 24 consecutive months as a nonstudent. Preference is for students pursuing a two-year degree or professional certificate and/or attending a technical school.
Pepperoni Disco
Family Dance-o-Ramas are back at the new Flatbread Pizza restaurant at Nectar’s (formerly Outerland).
Wednesday is the first of these weekly all-age discos, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. Flatbread’s family-friendly, wood-fired pizza and dinner menu will be available and the bar is open for mom and dad.
Former Outerland co-owner Mona Rosenthal (Deejay Shizz) will be spinning nonstop dance tunes as disco lighting and bubbles play on the dancefloor.
Street Fair Rocks the Block
There will be more than just dancing in the streets at the Tisbury Street Fair this Thursday night. Pedestrians may rule the way, but fun is the true king as vendors open up their doors. Food, face painting, food, crafts. food, prizes, and some more food. It’s a family free-for-all that celebrates the town’s founding. Most of the proceeds go to Island causes.
The festivities kick off at 6:30 p.m. on Main street in Vineyard Haven.
Take Me Out to the Cape League
Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Lowell, Mo Vaughn and Kevin Youkilis all started in the Cape Cod Baseball League. So it’s scouting time on Thursday when the Falmouth Commodores take on the Hyannis Harbor Hawks here, at 1 p.m. at the main baseball diamond at the high school.
Batting practice begins at 11 a.m. Entry is by donation (say, $4).