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The annual Oak Bluffs tree lighting ceremony in Oak Bluffs will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Post Office Square. The community is invited to join in the caroling, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Vineyard Classic Brass Ensemble will perform a medley of traditional holiday carols and board of selectmen chairman Greg Coogan will officially light the town tree.
You step out of the drearily grey yet balmy November day into the cavernous anteroom of the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury, and you’re confronted with that symbol of country comfort: the black cast-iron soup pot. There are two actually: curried butternut squash or kale, brought to us by Morning Glory Farm. This reporter placed a five-buck bet on the butternut, and took the cup into the enormous hall, sat down, spooned up the ambrosial bisque, and reflected that the festivities spread out before her were more delightful than any event that operates here in the summer.
Organic Turkeys
The Farm Institute and Family Farms Organic have teamed up to bring you the most delicious turkey for your friends, family or your local food bank.
When you buy a 12 to 16-pound organic turkey from Family Farms Organic for $100, Family Farms will donate approximately 25 per cent of the purchase price back to the Farm Institute, and then they’ll deliver your turkey direct to your home or to any U.S. destination of your choice.
At a booth with working firefighter lights on top, the Edgartown Firemen’s Association and their Fire House Special Wings won, over 11 other hot competitors, at Sharky’s restaurant’s inaugural Wingfest last weekend, where hundreds of patrons ate more than 5,000 chicken wings to raise more than $5,000 for the Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club.
Dr. David S. Martin, deaf education specialist and Professor and Dean Emeritus at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, will speak at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 22 at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Martha’s Vineyard in Vineyard Haven. His talk, titled One World: Unity Among Differences, will focus on his research and teaching of problem-solving strategies. Dr.
A trio of ten-year-olds crowded the ticket booth of the Vineyard Playhouse last week, earnestly peddling imaginary tickets to playhouse employee Geneva Monks. This was their dress rehearsal, preparation for last Saturday’s production of Cave Critters Unite, the play created by Bridget Mello’s class at the Edgartown School for their part in the playhouse’s Fourth Grade Theatre Project.