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Bank Awards Six Grants
The Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank charitable fund held its quarterly meeting recently and awarded grants to six local nonprofit organizations and community groups.
Recipients were the Aids Support Group of Cape Cod for expanded services to Islanders, the American Red Cross, BravEncore and the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School theatrical program, the Friends of Edgartown Council on Aging, the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust and the group Women Empowered.
Candy Shweder of Up-Island Pottery will have a sale in her pottery barn in Chilmark on Saturday, Oct. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon.
The traditional end of the summer season will be marked by deep discounts on one-of-a-kinds, seconds and discontinued patterns and colors as well as a wide array of her current styles and glazes.
Candy has been selling her pottery on the Vineyard for 25 years. Known for her floral patterns and cheerful colors, she describes her work as art for the table.
Run the Race, Support the Cause
Lace up the running shoes — even if you’re walking — it’s almost time for the Oak Bluffs Columbus Day 5K Road Race. The race gives runners and walkers a healthy fall activity (and, for a few, first-place trophies), plus the opportunity to help families find a safe, decent affordable home they can call their own on Martha’s Vineyard — race proceeds benefit the Island Affordable Housing Fund.
Garden Club Meeting
The rain gods doused the Island with heavy showers Saturday morning, perhaps in a nod to the themes of growth and sustainability represented at the Vineyard’s third annual Living Local Harvest Festival. The mud crept under the three activity tents that stood over the soggy fields surrounding the Agricultural Hall, but that did not stop Islanders from coming in droves.
Controlled Burn
The Vineyard Golf Club will be conducting a prescribed burn of native grass areas of the course. The purpose is to control invasive broadleaf weeds and woody material and to promote little bluestem and fine fescues in native grass areas of the course. The burn will be supervised by Northeast Forest and Fire Management LLC and will occur between Oct. 12 and next April, as determined by the Edgartown fire department.