Will Obamas Choose Farm Neck for Vineyard Vacation?

There's still no official confirmation, but the Boston Globe and Cape Cod Times are both reviving the widely-accepted rumor that President Barack Obama is bringing his family back to Martha's Vineyard for the first time since 2011 — perhaps to Farm Neck.

Will we be seeing President Barack Obama and his family at the Farm Neck Golf Club and Café this summer? The Obamas are reputed to be considering Farm Neck for their 2013 Martha's Vineyard vacation, the Boston Globe reports online. The Cape Cod Times also picked up the renewed rumor that the Obamas will be back for their fourth Vineyard vacation after skipping the Island last year. On their last sojourn here in 2011, the Obamas rented a rural getaway up-Island. That property, Blue Heron Farm, has since been sold to new owners.  As Martha's Vineyard has learned, White House vacation plans usually aren't confirmed until they're about to begin: In past years, official notification hasn't come until August for the Obamas' Vineyard vacations …

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Louisa Hufstader

10:13 am on Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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2013 Events on Martha's Vineyard

When is Illumination Night? The Fair? Parades? Fireworks? Bass Derby? Here's where to find all the important dates for 2013 events on Martha's Vineyard.

Photo of the Day!

Anna Marie D'Addari spins wool at the Agricultural Fair

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Poll: What is Your Favorite Part of the Fair?

Vote for your favorite MV Ag Fair activity

We’re only one day away from the 151st Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair and as you can tell, we’re pretty excited over here at MVPatch. Trying to decide what to do first or what is your favorite thing about the fair may be one of the hardest things to do, but we’re asking anyway. What do you love best about the fair? The food? The rides? The exhibits? The events? Vote for your favorite and then tell us why in the comments and we’ll see you at the fair!

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Photo Contest: Ag Fair Submissions

Not every submission will earn a blue ribbon, but they're all worthy of public adoration!

You grew it; you baked it; you created it; you tended to it. Now take credit for it! Before you drop off your wares for the Ag Fair today, snap a photo of your submission and send it into Patch. We want to catalogue our readers’ talents. Either email your photos to sonia.groff@patch.com or upload them yourself by clicking the “Add Your Photos & Videos” link under the main photo display. Be sure to include your name and any description necessary. While not everyone who enters an exhibit at the Ag Fair will win a blue ribbon, that doesn’t mean your hard work isn’t worthy of adoration from the Patch community. Readers can vote on their favorite submission in the comments section

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Have You Ever Won an Ag Fair Blue Ribbon?

Everyone who has ever won a blue ribbon remembers it for life

Everyone who has ever entered a piece of art, a pie or a beloved chicken into the Agricultural Fair, and won a blue ribbon for their efforts, has a story to tell. The only blue ribbon I ever won was for an "Island Wild Flower Book" I made with a family friend when I was six-years-old. It remains the only blue ribbon I ever won and I'm proud to say that I still have it and the wild flower book. We want to know about the time you won a blue ribbon. Are you one of those win-at-least-two-every-year kind of winners? Do your lambs take away the coveted blue prize each summer? Or are you a once-in-a-lifetime winner like me? Have you never been able to make your beach plum jam the same as you did the year it got you a blue ribbon? Tell us your …

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Lara Robinson

11:26 pm on Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Thanks Mathea, she's turned into more of a warrior than I had hoped, but brilliant none the less!   more ›

Time to Get Your Fair Entries Ready!

Everything you need to know to enter the 151st annual Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair

Time to get out the canning jars, the pie pans and the egg crates and put the best of what you’ve got forward. The 151st annual Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair entry blanks are available now at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury and due back by Monday August 13th at 5 pm. Here, care of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society, is all the information you need about entering your art, food, animals and more into the fair.   ENTRY SCHEDULE AND INFORMATION 1. Please fill out Entry Blanks and return them to the Fair Entry Clerk by Monday, August 13 by 5:00 p.m. E.S.T. No Entry Blanks will be accepted after Monday, August 13th. Requests for exhibits requiring special space must be made by August 3. 2. Please fill out separate entry form…

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Photo Contest: Ag Fair Submissions

Not every submission will earn a blue ribbon, but they're all worthy of public adoration!

You grew it; you baked it; you created it; you tended to it. Now take credit for it! Before you drop off your wares for the Ag Fair today, snap a photo of your submission and send it into Patch. We want to catalogue our readers’ talents. Either email your photos to vanessa.czarnecki@patch.com or upload them yourself by clicking the “Add Your Photos & Videos” link under the main photo display. Be sure to include your name and any description necessary. While not everyone who enters an exhibit at the Ag Fair will win a blue ribbon, that doesn’t mean your hard work isn’t worthy of adoration from the Patch community. Readers can vote on their favorite submission in the comments section and we’ll send the winner a Patch tote bag.   Good luck to…

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Patch Facts

Five Things You Need To Know Today: August 16

The first-ever Ag Fair Parade, Illumination Night crafts and a pick of concerts.

1. The first-ever Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair Parade—in celebration of the 150th annual fair—will take place at 5 p.m. in West Tisbury. The fair will begin at the Grange Hall, travel down Music Street and Panhandle Road, and end at the Ag Hall. 2. Soul meets gossip music tonight when Joshua Nelson and the Kosher Gospel Singers perform at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center. Tickets are $20, $10 for children 12 and under. 3. Illumination Night is almost here! Get a jump-start on festivities with a lantern-painting tutorial at 10 a.m. at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs. For $15, you can learn how to paint a custom lantern for Illumination Night on Wednesday. 4. The Oak Bluffs Library is also offering a lantern-painting craft workshop …

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Let's Go to the Fair!

The Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society celebrates its 150th Livestock Show and Fair.

When I was seven years old I spent a week walking through neighboring fields gathering wild flowers and then pressing them between the pages of dictionaries and encyclopedias. Each pressed flower and fern was then put in a book and labeled carefully, with the help of a family friend who was an expert on Island plant life. Upon finishing, I decided to enter my "Island Wild Flower Book" into the Agricultural Fair. To my delight, and genuine suprise, I was greeted with a blue ribbon the following day. It remains the only blue ribbon I ever won and I'm proud to say that I still have it. My story is one of hundreds of thousands of kids who have toiled and tried year after year to earn that coveted piece of blue cloth printed with silver …

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Maggie Dempsey

2:55 pm on Monday, August 15, 2011

This is my first year entering, very excited! I'm with Holly on this one, some things get old with time but the fair is *always* fun!   more ›