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Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation announced it is awarding grants totalling $421,000 to 38 local nonprofits. This funding was made possible through the support of permanently endowed grant funds, and the generosity of donors. “This year, we witnessed extraordinary demand from our Island’s remarkable nonprofits, and the demand for our grants has never been greater,” Paul […]
A celebration of life for Carolyn Bernardin (“Lynie”) will be held on Friday, Oct. 13, at noon at Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society, with a reception and light lunch following. The family looks forward to Lynie’s friends joining them in this special gathering. For online guestbook and more information, please visit chapmanfuneral.com.
Martha’s Vineyard has a non-migratory Canada geese problem. Farmers say that flocks can destroy newly planted crops in a short period of time; the birds can also yank up fresh, native vegetation by the roots; athletes and golf clubs complain about the geese droppings dotting their fields; homeowners deal with the geese littering their yards. […]
“Youth is the hope of our future,” said 19th century polymath Jose Rizal. Rizal was on to something and so was educator and founder of 4-H, Albert Graham, who recognized that the youth in his township of Springfield, Ohio, were open and eager to learn. In 1902, Graham held the first meeting of the Boys […]