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10 to 10:45 a.m. Home Energy Options: What’s Right for You?
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1 to 1:45 p.m. Island Fisheries:
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
The best of the fin fishing season is far from over, but already attention shifts to the start of the bay scallop season. Oct. 1 was traditionally the start for the recreational season. Not so anymore, except in Edgartown.
Beach Cleanup
On Saturday, Oct. 4, please join the Eastville Point beach committee in the removal of an invasive species from the Eastville Point beach bird sanctuary area, from 9 a.m. to noon. Spotted knapweed is taking hold at the beach and it is time for a volunteer effort to remove it and to prevent its spread. This will promote nesting activities of various tern species as well as piping plovers in the plateau at the beach. Bring gloves (knapweed can cause skin irritation) and a weeding tool (hoe, rake, etc.).
AARP Tax-Aide, the nation’s largest free volunteer-run tax assistance and preparation service, is seeking Cape and Islands volunteers to be part of tax assistance and preparation and to become leadership coordinators. Volunteers of all ages and backgrounds are welcome; you do not have to be an AARP member or a retiree to volunteer.
It was a full house at derby headquarters Wednesday night. There were anglers bringing fish from all over the Island, there was a movie playing in Edgartown, but a seal managed to steal the early show at the water’s edge.
There is an official derby seal. Or, it could be more than one.
Derby enthusiasts who go and weigh in their fish from 8 to 10 p.m. at the foot of Main street in Edgartown have noticed a smart big seal swimming nearby.
Derby president Ed Jerome thinks the seal may be the same one that has come to swim off the weigh station for years.
Mr. Jerome said the “big guy” swims up when local anglers slap the water with a fish carcass. “He is there every night,” Mr. Jerome said. Even youngsters have fed the animal.