Emma Kilbride
Some wore high heels, some wore cutoffs and others arrived in their bathing suits for the first Dock Dance of the season Tuesday night.
This year’s parade begins at 5 p.m. on July 4. Marchers old and new, along with their floats, will line up in the Edgartown School parking lot earlier on Thursday, and when the bell tower strikes five, they will all proceed down a well-worn path.
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services officially renamed its early childhood center in honor of Paul and Sandra Pimentel.
On Tuesday night, nonprofit leaders from all over the Island gathered to celebrate the Martha’s Vineyard Nonprofit Collaborative’s 20th anniversary, and Gerald Jones, who has long served as board chair of the organization.
Juneteenth became a federal holiday just a few years ago, on June 19, 2021, and ever since events around the Island to commemorate the day have grown.
This Sunday, the Katharine Cornell Theatre will be vibrating with rap, hardcore and more from three rising Vineyard musical acts.