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Edgartown Council on Aging: August 2024
The Anchors at 10 Daggett St. Please visit edgartowncoa.com for more information on programs and services. All are welcome to attend. You must register for programs in advance by calling 508-627-4368. Tuesday and Friday lunch information: The meal is served at 12 pm. Feel free to come anytime after 11...
Review: Three days left to see 'Little Shop of Horrors' showing in Falmouth or Cotuit
FALMOUTH — Your eyes don’t deceive you — there’s another exceptional performance of “Little Shop of Horrors” opening on the Cape this week. In Falmouth, the nationally renowned College Light Opera Company (CLOC) is taking on the horror comedy as one of nine productions this summer season. The result is a hilarious, sonically stunning, thought-provoking show featuring the best young performers from across the country. Name of show: “Little Shop of Horrors” by Howard Ashman; music and...
Oak Bluffs Council on Aging: August 2024
9 am, Exercise with Patience Campbell and Marilyn Miller. Coffee and tea all day, 9 am to 3 pm. Refreshments are served during all of our programs. Blood Pressure Clinic with Nurse Faith Laskaris, August 5 and 19, 12:30 – 1:30 pm. Tech Time with Clair Yi-Pellegrino, 11 am...
Jewel comes to the Campground
Working to sustain and maintain the beautiful Campground in Oak Bluffs, with its charming and colorful architecture and storied history, is part and parcel of Kelly Feirtag’s job as general manager of the MV Camp Meeting Association (MVCMA). No small task, but it’s not her first Grand Illumination by a long shot.
Built on Stilts celebrates 28 years
Built on Stilts exemplifies the shared language of dance through a beautifully egalitarian and inspiring six-night festival. This season features the work of performers from the Vineyard and beyond, with an amalgam of professionals, amateurs, young and old. What began in 1997 as a one-night concert featuring the work of seven choreographers has since ballooned into a Vineyard institution that reflects the Island’s remarkable artistic spirit.
*** AUDIO *** SHOOTING SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AFTER THURSDAY MORNING STABBING INVESTIGATION…
HN FILE PHOTO: Two Barnstable Police patrolmen escort Eric Randall toward one of their squad cars in September of 2022. Randall was under arrest for motor vehicle charges. Randall is no stranger to local police…. HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – [HN AUDIO NOTES] – [DEVELOPING] – As you will hear in the...
Dartmouth hosts inaugural Summer Scholars pre-college program
On July 28, the College will begin the third and final session of Summer Scholars, an inaugural pre-college program aimed at providing high school students with the opportunity to experience Dartmouth academics. Launched on June 30 and running until Aug. 9, the program will bring 165 high school students to...
Dartmouth Athletics upgrades sailing boathouse
Dartmouth’s sailing boathouse on Mascoma Lake, the varsity women’s and open sailing teams’ primary facility, is under construction. The project, which will replace the preexisting 70-year-old Allen Boathouse, began this summer and is set to finish in September or October, according to athletics director Mike Harrity. The...
Q&A with varsity golf player Sophie Thai ’26
Varsity golf player Sophie Thai ’26 will compete in the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship — an elite national tournament— in Tulsa, Okla., in August. Thai, who has been playing in golf tournaments since she was nine years old, was recruited to Dartmouth from Los Altos High School. After two years on the Dartmouth team, she earned the Championship seat at a qualifying competition in Newton, Mass., on July 16. The Dartmouth sat down with Thai to discuss her recent qualification, playing golf at Dartmouth and how she’s gearing up for the competition.
Here's What $1 Million Buys You On Nantucket
What does $1 million buy you on Nantucket these days?. A two-bedroom, one-bathroom standalone condominium off Surfside Road sold earlier this month for $1.1 million. Built in 1960 and renovated in 2022, the condo at 2 Anna Drive was on the market for 96 days with an asking price of $1.25 million.
Cape Cod Baseball League roundup: Y-D Red Sox beat Wareham Gatemen in clash of top teams
The Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox edged the Wareham Gatemen 3-2 in a shortened game at Red Wilson Field on Thursday night. The Red Sox (20-9-4) took a 2-0 first inning lead before the Gatemen (20-12-1) tied the game with a pair of runs in the fourth. Easton Carmichael (Oklahoma) then scored the go-ahead and winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom half of the inning. South Carolina’s Ethan Petry (two hits, one run) hit a two-run...
Swim Across America Nantucket Aims For New Fundraising Goal On Saturday
After a record-breaking event last year where over $730,000 was raised, Swim Across America Nantucket returns for its 12th year this Saturday to help raise money that will be donated to Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Palliative & Supportive Care of Nantucket, and the Mass General Hospital Cancer Center. “The buildup has...
As Hullonians use less water, sewer bills to jump 2.5% beginning next month
A townwide reduction in water usage means that sewer bills are going up, begnning next month. Ratepayers will notice a sewer rate adjustment of 2.5% on their August bills, along with a $10 a month base rate increase. “The typical increase will amount to about $144 per year, which includes...
Contaminated soil, decades-old gas tank removed from former 7-11 site
The building has been vacant since the 7-Eleven store closed in 2021. It previously housed a franchise of the Tedeschi Food Shops chain; A Street Liquors occupied the second unit before relocating across the street. In June 2022, surveyors discovered a gasoline storage tank near the Nantasket Avenue border of...
Cape Verde's Olympic athletes will take the field in outfits designed in Quincy
Friday evening, millions of spectators will witness the lighting of the Olympic torch. And as athletes from each country fill the arena, a Massachusetts clothing brand will make its debut as the clothing designer for the Cape Verde team. ISLNDZ is a clothing brand based in Quincy, founded in 2018...
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