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The sold-out screening of A Passion for Oysters at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center a locally produced film that highlights the restoration efforts of the Chesapeake Bay illustrated Islanders’ own passion for, as well as the struggles in growing, the bivalves. Hosted by the Tisbury Waterways, Inc. (TWI), the gathering attracted fishermen, conservationists, […]
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Hospital staff thanked with oyster giveaway
Shellfish group and farmers provide 5,000 oysters for nurses, doctors, staff.
Pam Harwood, right, receives a bag of 24 oysters from Jeremy Scheffer, left. Brian Dowd
In classic Martha’s Vineyard style, a group of oyster farmers and the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group organized an oyster giveaway for Martha’s Vineyard Hospital employees Friday afternoon to give thanks for the hospital’s workers during the pandemic.
5,000 oysters were provided by Jeremy Scheffer of Spearpoint Oysters, Ryan Smith of Signature Oyster Farm, Roy Scheffer of Roysters, Scott Castro of Blue Moon Oysters, and Noah Scheffer of Little Minnow Oyster Co. all donated oysters for the hospital employees. Each employee got a bag of 24.