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Kids Adorn Arboretum
Polly Hill Arboretum youth educators Betsy Dripps, Gretchen Snyder and volunteer school guides have teamed up with the West Tisbury fifth grade to decorate the arboretum for fall.
Using natural materials the students created creatures to adorn the grounds. Perched on walls, peering from branches, and propped on fences these creatures will delight visitors, young and old alike.
Fifty-two walkers completed the Island’s eighth annual, four-mile Miles of Memories Alzheimer’s Walk on Sunday, Oct. 14. The fastest participants were Lara Uva and Donna Leon, who completed the walk in just over an hour. Willy Binks ran the race and came in first.
The slowest walker actually rolled across the finish line: Florence Bruder was in a wheelchair, pushed by her daughter, M.J. Bruder Munafo, and playwright Maureen Hourihan. The eldest walker, Josephine Spahr, age 100, also cruised along in a wheelchair, pushed by the Rev. Arlene Bodge.
In marking its 10th anniversary, the Spirit of the Vineyard award fittingly will be presented to its founder, Polly Brown, at a breakfast in her honor at the Up-Island Council on Aging in the Howes House in West Tisbury on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 8 a.m. Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard established the Spirit of the Vineyard award to honor the volunteers who have given their time, talent and energy to a wide range of Island charitable causes over a long period of time.
Dancing and Darjeeling
Belly dance is derived from folk dances and traditions of Middle Eastern and North African cultures. Like any dance form, it is great cardiovascular exercise. Find out more at the Tisbury Senior Center’s Tea and Talk on Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. The Vineyard’s own Belly Dance and Revue will dance and talk about the history of belly dance while you enjoy cookies and tea. Dancers are Pat Szucs, Betsy Smith, Jamie O’Gorman, Suzanna Nickerson, Shela Rayyan and more.
An eye-popping derby to be sure but no eyes popped wider than junior angler Chris Morris’s when his key sprung open the padlock that awarded him th
A Middlesex superior court judge ruled late last month that the town of Newton may not renovate two large recreational parks using funds from the Community Preservation Act (CPA) because the parklands were not acquired with CPA funds.