The Hob Knob, an eco-boutique hotel in Edgartown, is pleased to offer Winter Wellness packages, beginning January 2010. These packages incorporate weekend stays at the hotel with a culinary and exercise program, providing a unique health and wellness experience. Katryn Yerdon, ISSA certified personal trainer and professional chef will offer cooking classes and guided nature hikes.

Crop Walk

The 19th annual CROP Walk will take place on Sunday, Oct. 18, beginning at 2 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Church in Vineyard Haven.

Social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube, have become household terms. And everybody seems to have their own blog these days. But despite the fact that everyone from age one to 100 seems to have joined the digital revolution, using it to effectively promote products and businesses is not yet common knowledge.

Hello, Jason

Denitsa Gancheva and Mark Alton of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Jason Donovan Alton, born on Oct. 12, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Jason weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces at birth.

Clarification

In a story in last week’s Gazette about the invasion of tunicates in Island ponds, Mary Carman of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution blamed the importing of shellfish from the Sea of Japan for the introduction of the animal. She said further this week that the restaurant industry is responsible.

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