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Buddha's Birthday Bash (in Martha's Vineyard Patch)

Buddha's Birthday is celebrated on the 8th day of the 4th month in the Chinese lunar calendar. In the Gregorian calendar, the date falls from the end of April to the end of May, this year May 17th.

Oak Bluffs Has a Choice (in Martha's Vineyard Patch)

Why couldn’t Oak Bluffs replace the bloody shark tournament with an arts festival that would attract tourists and help rebuild its reputation which the shark tournament has done much to degrade?

Oak Bluffs Has a Choice: Please Vote Yes on Question 2 (in Martha's Vineyard Patch)

Is the shark-killing tournament how you want the world to view Oak Bluffs? In less than two weeks’ time, the town of Oak Bluffs will hold its annual meeting. Please Vote Yes on Question 2!

Meditation is the Key to Unified Mind (in Martha's Vineyard Patch)

Registration is underway for spring meditation classes eight consecutive Wednesdays beginning March 27, 6 to 8:15 pm., at the M.V. Hospital Medical Staff Library.

Unhand That Porbeagle, Buddy! (in Martha's Vineyard Patch)

This Just In: New International Limitations on Fishing Ocean White Tips, Hammerheads and Porbeagle Sharks

Shark-killing for Hedonistic Sport and Obscene Profit (in Martha's Vineyard Patch)

An Interview with the Pseudonymous Author of Xoc

Living

A Year-round Place to Live - An Interview with Philippe Jordi and Richard Leonard of the Island Housing Trust (in Martha's Vineyard Patch)

As John Abrams, president of South Mountain Company, says in his book The Company We Keep, "The story of affordable housing is the story of long-term community sustainability."

Living

Only Human (in Martha's Vineyard Patch)

It is the stuff of comedy on the screen, but when it happens to you, it can be hard to remember that what has just occurred is already in the past.

Government

The CokePepsi Election (Thanks, Adbusters!) (in Martha's Vineyard Patch)

It’s the Coke/Pepsi taste test all over again and again and again and again. Or should I say Koch/Soros? Or pro wrestling featuring Tweedledee and Tweedledum?

Awareness

Leather to Cover the Earth (in Martha's Vineyard Patch)

Meditation is a way of retraining your mind, so that the aggravations of the world lose their power over you.

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