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This Sunday, Grace Church, home to many things including the summer tradition of Friday lobster rolls, is breaking the claws for a Super Bowl feast. The lobster rolls are available from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. One roll, chips and a beverage is $15. Hotdogs are $3 and a slice of pie is $4. The church urges those with big appetites to call ahead to 508-693-0332. Read more...

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Techniques to Make Sure That the Kids Are All Right

As a licensed mental health professional specializing in children, Jeanine Fitzgerald has seen her fair share of acting out in her 34 years of child behavior studies, everything from the “duck lips” stubborn pout to the “duck and cover” because that’s what’s required to avoid injury.

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Vineyard Week

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Love at First Set fundraiser for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute is today at the Vineyard Tennis Center Workout and Spa. Mixed doubles, players of every level are invited. Fundraiser is Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Register by Feb. 1st. Cost is $60 per player. For more information, call 508-696-8000.

Volunteer Build Day with Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard is from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 50 Bailey Park road off Great Plains road in West Tisbury. For more information, visit habitatmv.org or call 508-696-4646.

League of Women Voters Breakfast League of Women Voters of Martha's Vineyard hosts a breakfast in honor of black history month at 9 a.m. at the Howes House in West Tisbury. Natalie Dickerson, a former president of the MV branch of the NAACP, is the keynote speaker. For more information, call 508-693-7914.

Saturday Art Adventure: Sculptures That Fly for children ages three to eight with Lani Carney is from 9 a.m. to noon at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $45. For details, call 508-693-1850 or visit featherstoneart.org.

Watercolor or Acrylic Painting with John Holladay is from 9 a.m. to noon at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $50. For details, call 508-693-1850 or visit featherstoneart.org.

Mindfulness Meditation practice and instruction with Chas DiCapua of IMS is from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Howes House in West Tisbury. See life how it really is, and let go of thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of true happiness. All are welcome. For details, call 508-685-3605.

Junior Discovery Program Island Alpaca Farm Junior Discovery Program is from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Ages 8 and up. Younger children welcome with parent or guardian. Limited space available and pre-registration is required. For more information, call 508-693-5554, or register online at islandalpaca.com.

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News Update: Friday, Feb. 3
Commission Troubled by Public Silence on Cronig's Solar Plan Do Islanders like it, not know about it or just not care? A nearly-nonexistent turnout at the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday night for a public hearing on a new 12,200-square-foot solar canopy over the parking lot at Cronig’s Market in Vineyard Haven had some commissioners scratching their heads...
1 commentBy PETER BRANNEN
Trouble in Two Towns: Wastewater Plant Manager's Future Uncertain
Joseph Alosso, Subject of Investigation in Edgartown, Placed on Paid Leave A yearlong investigation into record-keeping practices at the Edgartown wastewater treatment plant came to an end this week with the release of a sharply critical report from a special town attorney, who found a long list of deficiencies in management practices at the plant and in the way the elected members of the town wastewater commission conducted themselves...
1 commentBy SARA BROWN
Trouble in Two Towns: Wastewater Plant Manager's Future Uncertain
Joe Alosso Ousted in Oak Bluffs – For Now The chairman of the Oak Bluffs selectmen said yesterday that the two members of the town wastewater commission who moved late last week to eliminate plant superintendent Joseph Alosso’s position had no authority to make such a decision...
1 commentBy SARA BROWN
Tisbury Man Charged With Child Assault A Vineyard Haven man who has worked as an assistant boys’ basketball coach at the Edgartown School and volunteered at Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club was arraigned Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old boy...
4 commentsBy JOHN H. KENNEDY
State Offers Big Loan for Small Fishermen Responding to the complaints of fishing communities throughout the Commonwealth on Tuesday, the Patrick administration agreed to implement a $1 million loan program to help small fishermen get back on the water...
By PETER BRANNEN
It May Be G’Day, Governor For Motley, Much-Traveled Ferry The freight ferry Governor’s term may be over. At the monthly Steamship Authority meeting this week, the fate of the humble vessel, which dates to the 1950s, was a subject for discussion...
2 commentsBy PETER BRANNEN
Young Island Artists Win Prestigious Awards Ten Island high school students have been awarded top prizes in the Boston Globe’s 2012 Scholastic Art Awards for work ranging from a ceramic pot with a snake on it to a photo of bare feet in the rain...
By SARA BROWN