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It’s that time of year. Autumn. On Martha’s Vineyard, that means Potluck Season has begun.
Natives and longtime washashores probably think that potlucks are, if not a universal, at least a widespread American phenomenon. This is not, in fact, the case. Consider these two contrasting anecdotes, taken from real life (or whatever it is I’m living).
Island Alpaca Farm welcomed more than 100 members of the public last Friday to see the shearing of the newest additions to their herd: nine baby alpacas, or cria, as they are known to alpaca farmers.
Fun and informative, the shearers, who visited from Unity, N.H., explained the process to onlookers: “You start from the top of the back and work towards the belly,” said Jozi Best, who has been shearing alpacas for over a decade, or more than 2,000 alpacas each year. “Shearing the alpaca stimulates the growth for a strong winter fleece.”
Well Done, Dr. Atwood
Dr. Steven W. Atwood of West Tisbury has been elected to the Falmouth Academy board of trustees.
A deliberately small, academically rigorous, independent day school, Falmouth Academy serves students in grades 7 to 12 from Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod as well as the South Shore.
Dr. Atwood is hospital director/owner of Animal Health Care Associates, a general veterinary practice on the Vineyard.
Pan-Martha Challenge
Care about the Island’s future? Next weekend there will be a fun way to help shape it: the Island’s third annual Living Local Harvest Festival.
Dutch Wind Trial
The company behind a plan to build a floating wind farm in deep water southwest of the Vineyard applied this week for a permit to place a demonstration unit about 23 miles southwest of the Island.
Dutch-owned Blue H has plans for 120 turbines floating between the Vineyard and Block Island. The company is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to put a structure below the high tide line of navigable waters.