Dylan Thomas
The birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses I rose in rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. – Dylan Thomas
July 15, 2008
Gardener’s Diary
Gardener’s Diary The Polly Hill Arboretum welcomes HGTV host Erica Glasener for two programs. Horticulturist and author Ms. Glasener has hosted A Gardener’s Diary for 13 years. She interviews gardeners from all walks of life. On Wednesday, July 16, at 7:30 p.m. she will present On the Road with a Gardener’s Diary featuring stories of…
July Days
July Days The last of the summer hay has been cut and baled. Swallows swoop around the farm fields, feasting on crickets and insects in the grassy stubble. The terrier chases the swallows in endless wide circles. The midday sun is hot now, the ocean water cold and perfect for swimming after a dusty morning…
No State, Federal Funds to Help After Fire
There is no state or federal grant money available to offset the damage wreaked by an Independence day fire which destroyed Café Moxie and decommissioned Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, according to state representative Eric T. Turkington who traveled to Vineyard Haven meet business owners and town leaders on Friday.
Gazette Chronicle: Summer People
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of July, 1958: Certainly worth a first page position is the fact that James Thurber, the American humorist, whom the Vineyard proudly stakes a proprietary claim to because of his visits here, lunched in London with the editors of Punch. The significance of this event can be understood from the…
Shark Sighting Stirs Media Attention Around World
It was not so much a matter of life imitating art as of life contradicting art. More than 30 years ago, when they were filming the movie Jaws on Martha’s Vineyard, a young Jonathan Searle played the part of a kid who scared people out of the water by using a fake fin to pretend…
Letters to the Editor
HEART RENDING Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Moujabber Garage Will Come Down
After five years of lawsuits, appeals and bitter contention, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to approve a plan for an addition to the Oak Bluffs home of Joseph Moujabber, closing at least one chapter in the prolonged saga over the three-storey garage built without a permit back in 2003. The approved plan…
Mr. Perrotta Resigns Top Water Positions in Tisbury, Oak Bluffs
Deacon Perrotta, the water superintendent for Tisbury and Oak Bluffs who has come under scrutiny the past two years for an unusual contractual agreement with both towns, unexpectedly resigned from his job in both towns last month. Mr. Perrotta first announced his plans to step down in early June, and his last day on the…
Size No Drawback as Sailboats Battle in Race Around Vineyard
A Vineyard sailor in one of the smallest boats was among the winners of Saturday’s ’Round the Island Race. Roger Becker, in a bright red 24-foot sailboat called Gloria, was one of four first-place winners. The race was part of this past weekend’s 85th annual Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta. Thirty-seven sailboats participated in this year’s…
Police Charge Vineyard Haven Man With Theft, Vehicle Assault
A Vineyard Haven man was charged with felony assault and battery with a deadly weapon on Sunday after he allegedly tried to steal an item from an Edgartown store and then hit one of the store’s employees with his car in the parking lot.
Sailboats Prepare for Weekend’s Vineyard Cup
The third annual Vineyard Cup, one of the Island’s biggest sailing events, will take place this coming weekend. At last count more than 60 boats have registered to sail in Nantucket Sound over the weekend, but the event begins Thursday morning with windsurfing in Vineyard Haven outer harbor. The Cup starts with the two-day East…
Club Closes Store, Fires Employees
The board of the directors for the Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club abruptly closed the popular Second Hand Store on North Summer street in Edgartown yesterday, first firing the store’s two full-time employees and its entire staff of volunteers. Peter Lambos, executive director for the boys’ and girls’ club, said the board of directors…
Cape Cod League Plays Exhibition Game on Island
Just picture a clear and sunny July afternoon at the ballpark on the Vineyard. The home team is down in the bottom of the ninth when a lanky outfielder projected by many scouts to be a future major leaguer strides to the plate with a chance to win the game for the hometown nine.
Goldfarbs Grow a Place to Care For Everyone and His Brother
They are their own Jewish farm parable of sorts — one cast in the role of Moses, the youngest brother and prophet, the other cast as Aaron, the elder brother who speaks for them both. Rob Goldfarb, development director for the Farm Institute in Edgartown, is the older brother. Matthew Goldfarb, executive director, is the…
Take Cottagers’ House Tour on Thursday
The Cottagers’ 26th annual House Tour will be held on Thursday, July 17, rain or shine. In the fine tradition of distinctive homes associated with the event, five cottages will be on tour. Two cottages are on Ocean avenue across from Ocean Park, and two houses and the historical Shearer Cottage are in the area…
No Slowing Down: Dilly Walsh Mixes Up a Big Benefit Party
Tom (Dilly) Walsh grew up in the Bronx. He’s been going fast all his life. Now he’s going even faster because time is running out for the 60-year-old former Island bartender and real estate professional, afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. On Thursday night, Mr. Walsh will host Vineyard Night,…
Locavore up to the Challenge
Last Tuesday, Janice Perrin stood in her West Tisbury kitchen frantically packing. She had a reservation to leave the Vineyard that evening, but before that she had to dash to Edgartown for an interview and play a game with her volleyball league. And she had to finish packing. Deciding what to put in her suitcase…
Rotary Antiques Show Features Rare Tapestries
The 37th Annual Martha’s Vineyard Antiques Show, benefiting the Rotary Club of Martha’s Vineyard, opens Thursday for a weekend program in the Edgartown Elementary School on the West Tisbury Road in Edgartown, The show kicks off Thursday, July 17, 6 to 8 p.m. with an hors d’oeuvre reception. Admission to the preview is $40, and…
Singer-Songwriter Greg Brown Will Perform at Union Chapel
Popular American singer-songwriter Greg Brown will perform at Oak Bluffs’ historic Union Chapel on Wednesday, July 16, at 8 p.m. He is nationally known as a familiar presence on Prairie Home Companion and for his deep, thundering voice, unpretentious musical vision, humor and warmth. Fellow Iowan Bo Ramsey will open the concert and continue to…
Raising Boys, Raising Girls: Scholars Talk for Parents
Queen Bees and Wannabes author Rosalind Wiseman will square off with psychologist Michael Thompson in a discussion on the do’s and don’ts of raising girls versus boys on Wednesday at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven. Ms. Wiseman’s reputation has been built on striving for justice and empowerment for girls, and she has…
Abstract Art Course
Abstract Art Course This afternoon, July 15, Roberta Gross introduces a new course at Featherstone called Exploring the Elements of Abstract Art. The course delves into the creation of abstract art, a process using the very basic elements of lines, geometric and biomorphic shapes, texture and color. Ms. Gross designed the workshops for anyone willing…
Aerosmith Players Join Stones’ Horn Section
The Kramer Montgomery Band with Aerosmith’s Joey Kramer, James Montgomery and special guests Jim Belushi, James Cotton and The Rolling Stones horn section The Uptown Horns, will take the stage at Outerland on Thursday, July 17. One of rock’s top drummers joins forces with a legendary blues master and a killer backup section for this…
Reverend Wallace Will Speak at Union Chapel
The Rev. Shawn Wallace, associate pastor at African Methodist Episcopal Charles Street Church in Roxbury, will speak at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs on Sunday, July 20. The service begins at 10 a.m. All are welcome.
Tennis Games, Art Sale Benefit Haiti Fish Farm
The Martha’s Vineyard Fish Farm for Haiti Project hosts a benefit tennis tournament from Thursday to Saturday, at the Martha’s Vineyard Resort 111 New York avenue in Oak Bluffs, open to all ages and levels. The entry fee is $50 per player. To sign up, call 508-693-0368.
Cancer Support Group
Cancer Support Group The Martha’s Vineyard Prostate Cancer Support Group is set to meet at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 16 in the downstairs board room of the middle building at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, off the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, Oak Bluffs.
Night Hikes and Moonlight Kayaks on Chappy
Tonight The Trustees of Reservations offers a family night hike from 8 to 9:15 p.m. at Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge on Chappaquiddick. Families with children ages 4 to 8 can strap on headlamps and take a guided hike in search of night time creatures. Preregistration is required. Transportation from the Chappy ferry is available. The…
Welcome Jean
Welcome Jean Caroline and Frank Flanders of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Jean Eleanor Flanders, on July 12 at Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Jean weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.
Kid Critics Review Summer Films; Special Polanski Producer Night
Truth comes from the mouths of babes — or rather kids, or young adults, or the future of humanity. Whatever you label them, these pint-sized pulse-takers of youth culture are back this summer with their own reviews of movies for young viewers screening every Wednesday at the Chilmark Community Center. The organizers of the Summer…
Eamonn Arrives
Eamonn Arrives Nancy and Matthew Hawksbee of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Eamonn Martin Hawksbee, on July 9 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Eamonn weighed 9 pounds, 8 ounces at birth.
Time and Timing
Time and Timing
