Mary Oliver
The wind wags its many tails. And in the evening the piled firewood shifts a little, longing to be on its way. —Mary Oliver
June 14, 2011
News Update: Wednesday, June 15 – West Tisbury Board Refers Roundabout to MVC
West Tisbury selectmen have voted to refer the proposed roundabout at the Oak Bluffs four-way blinker intersection to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for review as a development of regional impact (DRI).
On Wednesday West Tisbury selectman Richard Knabel argued that the $1.1 million state project tripped article 3.701 of the commission’s so-called DRI…
Breaking News: Wednesday, June 15 – Bail Set at $50,000 After Vineyard Haven Stabbing
An Aquinnah man appeared in Edgartown district court Wednesday morning following a stabbing in Vineyard Haven late Tuesday.
The stabbing victim was airlifted to Boston Tuesday night and remained unconscious and in a serious condition at last report, at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, said Tisbury police chief Daniel Hanavan.
Chief Hanavan said…
Brazilian Dance Highlights Museum Opening
The architecture of the 18th century Colonial home enjoyed by four generations of the Cooke family won’t be the oldest art on display on Friday evening when the Martha’s Vineyard Museum opens its season with a free reception for members and guests: A traditional Afro-Brazilian dance that dates back to the 16th century will be…
James Joyce Returns to the Stage
James Joyce Returns to the Stage
“One by one we’re all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”
Oak Bluffs Harborfest Features Faeries Too
On Saturday, June 18 from noon to 5 p.m., the 20th annual Oak Bluffs Harborfest motors into town. Each year seems to surpass the previous one in terms of attendance and vendors participating. This year, in fact, faeries have gotten wind of the party and are expected to attend. More on that later.
Gravestone Girls
Gravestone Girls
The Gravestone Girls are coming to Vineyard Haven. Are you ready?
The girls are cemetery historians who claim as their mission to keep the dead alive. On Tuesday, June 21 at 7 p.m. they will appear at the Vineyard Haven Library to lead a virtual tour through the Vineyard’s…
O Negative Blood Needed
O Negative Blood Needed
The American Red Cross doesn’t care if you’re a Twilight fan or not; they’re about saving lives. To that end, every pint of blood makes a big difference.
Next Tuesday, June 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. the Red Cross will be at the Portuguese-American Club…
Past Lives Workshop Visits Past for Healing and History
Who’s to say you didn’t walk the earth before. Maybe you were Joan of Arc or Genghis Khan. Then again, the possibility that you were Robert Smith Nobody or Abigail Nevermind Never Did Nothing is also just as likely. So are scenarios of brief lives as grasshoppers or species of spiders. The possibilities are endless.…
Tuesday Chronicle: Making Bank
From a summer, 1962 Gazette:
History has much to say about Indian wampum, or “shell-money,” as it is sometimes called. Apparently all Indians east of the Mississippi used wampum for money or other purposes, and even some of those who lived far from the coastal areas but who prized this product of the…
Legendary Rocker Jorma Kaukonen Blazes Roots Music Trail to Vineyard
Baby boomers may shudder at the thought but Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna founding member Jorma Kaukonen is entering his sixth decade of performing. It may be somewhat reassuring, then, to know that Mr. Kaukonen, he of blistering licks and subtle fingerpicks, is still at the top of his game.
Vineyard Bookshelf
Don’t describe Gov. Deval Patrick’s book, A Reason to Believe, as a political biography. He takes issue with both words: political and biography.
For a start, he argues, the book is not political in that it isn’t “directed towards a political end, a prelude to another campaign or settling old scores.”
And…
Poetic Beauty of Island Living Includes Stanza to True Self
I guess I’ve been island hopping all my life. Born on the urban island of Manhattan, I grew up on Long Island, then went to the “mainland” in Boston and in the 1970s Joan and I bought a bit of land on this Island of Martha’s Vineyard. We then moved to the island continent of…
Dean’s List
Dean’s List
Daniel K. Kaeka 5th, of West Tisbury, has been named to the dean’s list at Western New England for the spring semester of 2011. Mr. Kaeka is a junior majoring in pre-pharmacy.
High School Lunch to Include Local Flavor
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School has joined Michelle Obama’s Chefs Move to Schools program, run through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Island caterers Jan Buhrman and Jamie Hamlin have partnered with the school lunch chef Leslie Floyd to create healthy, delicious meals that meet the school’s dietary guidelines and budgets. They will…
Youth Summit has Space
Youth Summit has Space
The 2011 Youth Leadership Summit for Sustainable Development begins June 18 at the Captain Flanders Inn in Chilmark.
It continues through June 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is no charge for Vineyard youth to attend and rides are provided each day from all local…
This Little Piggie
Squeals had been echoing through the Katama Barn at the Farm Institute for 14 hours while three mamma pigs labored last week. Mariah, Carrie and Rhonda, the large sows who together produced 23 piglets, began farrowing Thursday afternoon and by Friday morning were not pleased with all the commotion.
“It’s okay, mamma, it’s…
Aw Shucks, Oyster Party for a Good Cause
There were plenty of clams shelled out on Saturday afternoon at Nancy’s Snack Bar in Oak Bluffs, and all for a good cause. It was the fifth annual quahaug and oyster shucking contest, and this year the cause was the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard, which collected a lot of clams — $1,000 to be…
New Owners Take Helm At Edgartown Marine
Edgartown Marine will shortly have new owners.
George and Sheryl Roth Rogers of Lexington and Vineyard Haven will take over the town-owned boat yard in the next few days, pending bank approval from the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank. The boat yard is at the end of Morse street on the Edgartown harbor.
…
School Improvement Plan Aims to Quantify Success
With the school year drawing to a close, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee began a review of the annual school improvement plan and prepared for a year-end financial review.
Principal Steven Nixon presented the committee with a school plan that aims to quantify success through a data-driven point system and…
Correction
Correction
A story in the June 7 Gazette about the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School graduation incorrectly named a scholarship awarded to senior Hannah Vanderlaske. It is the Lumina Darrell scholarship. The Gazette regrets the error.
Windemere Raises $17,600 for Recreational Programs
Windemere Raises $17,600
For Recreational Programs
Charges Follow Seawall Crash, After Six Are Sent to Hospital
A 32-year-old Holyoke man was charged with drunk driving and other motor vehicle violations after the Ford F-350 pickup truck he was driving flipped over on Seaview avenue in Oak Bluffs on Saturday night, sending six people to the hospital.
Vineyard Sharks Take Three in Row
It was practically a feeding frenzy at the regional high school this weekend when the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks defeated the Seacoast Mavericks in their season opener on Friday and again in a rain-soaked game on Saturday. Red Sox Hall of Famer Bob (The Steamer) Stanley threw out the first pitch on Friday night after a…
Social Circuit for the Soil Set: Real Farmers, Eaters Go to Market
Considering the chilly spring, some might have made dour forecasts for the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market season opener, but they would have underestimated the resilience and enthusiasm of both this Island’s growers, bakers and artisans, and the community that supports them.
Saturday dawned grey, but the rain held off for the morning, allowing…
Scottish Bakehouse Owner Wonders What’s the Flag Fuss
The banner of the king of Scots depicts a lion rampant, red on a gold background. In heraldic terms, that lion represents bravery, valor, strength and royalty.
But as it has fluttered on a pole outside the Scottish Bakehouse on State Road in Vineyard Haven over the past week or so, it has…
Boys’ Tennis Best Season Ever Ends
And then there were eight.
Eight tennis teams left playing in the MIAA Team Tournament as the section finals got underway last Friday afternoon. Eight teams, the best in the state, fighting to extend their season at least a few more days — maybe even an extra week if they made it all the way…
Hail to the High School Graduates, Ready, Willing to Take Their Chances
The band played the Pirates of the Caribbean theme as the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School class of 2011 milled about the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs on Sunday, ready to line up for their final procession as high school kids. In the Tabernacle, it was standing room only with hundreds of friends, family, teachers…
Long View from the Waterfront
The Vineyard has changed a lot since 1975. The landscape, the people and the place have all changed.
But if there is one constant in a sea of change for the past 36 years, surely it is William Wilcox. He was the face of the county extension service for so many years people…
