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Chilmark Party
For the second year in a row, the Walsh family is opening their home on Middle Road in Chilmark for a fundraiser, on Thursday, July 23, to benefit Compassionate Care ALS, a nonprofit organization that helps ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) patients and their families.
There will be live and silent auctions, with dinner from the Oyster Bar Grill and music by Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish.
Tom (Dilly) Walsh was diagnosed with ALS in 2007.
Water Tasting
The annual Water Tasting to benefit Vineyard House will be tonight, Friday, July 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Captain Flanders house on North Road in Chilmark.
All are welcome at this ever-popular fundraiser. For a suggested donation of $50 at the door, patrons will enjoy hors d’oeurve by Jan Buhrman’s Kitchen Porch, music from Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish and from the Flying Elbows as well as silent and live auctions.
As many as 90 sailboats are expected to race this weekend in the fourth annual Vineyard Cup. Last night Vineyard Haven harbor was full of visiting boats for the three days of racing.
This is the biggest summer event for Sail Martha’s Vineyard and the number of boats scheduled is up from last year. The style of boats participating is as varied as the sailors who sail them. Vineyard Haven outer harbor is now full of masts, booms and rigging. And the shore of Owen Park will be the staging area for many sailors.
Gas
Quick, fill your car, fill your lawnmower, fill your boat, fill your weed whacker — the price of gas is coming down. Prices for regular unleaded gas as of July 15:
Edgartown
Airport Mobil $3.169 Depot Corner $3.199
Edgartown Mobil $3.259
Oak Bluffs
deBettencourt’s $3.219
Jim’s $3.269
Vineyard Haven
Citgo $3.189
Tisbury Shell $3.199
West Tisbury
Up-Island Automotive $2.949
Menemsha
Menemsha Texaco $3.229
Hello, Emma
Carrie Blair Waltersdorf and Kurt Waltersdorf of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Emma Blair Waltersdorf, born on June 30, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Emma weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces at birth.
Hello, Rhys
Tina Floyd and Colin Floyd of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Rhys Eleanore Floyd, born on June 8, 2009, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Rhys is welcomed by brother Drew and sisters Matti and Isabelle.