JOHN S. ALLEY
508-693-2950
Trout fishing in the Mill Pond continues to increase each day and should really pick up next week. Monday the town buildings will be closed to observe the state holiday, Patriots Day and Wednesday is Earth Day nationwide. Louis Greene’s old greenhouse near his house in North Tisbury was demolished by Richard Olsen on Tuesday. The state street sweeper was busy early in the week clearing the roads in town of tons of sand and salt dumped on them this winter.
The annual town meeting was held Tuesday night and 245 people, just 11 per cent of the registered voters, attended. Muriel Bye, election warden, wants to thank each and every voter for participating in the annual election yesterday. Muriel reported that with the town election over for this year, she can devote more attention to her vegetable and flower garden.
Maria McFarland reports that the personnel board has one vacancy for an appointment to the board. Interested people can send a letter to the board.
Anna Alley, of State Road, reports watching three baby white tail deer walking down Music street last Friday morning before 7 a.m. She grabbed her camera but an approaching truck spooked the animals and they ran toward Newhall’s field. Cherrilla Brown spotted three otters in the Mill Pond Tuesday morning. The blue flowers in Paul Cook’s yard burst open in all of their glory last week transforming his lawn into a sea of blue and daffodils everywhere have opened up signaling spring is here.
Leor Alcalay better known us as Jim reports that starting today through Sunday the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts in Cambridge will hold an exhibit of his late father Albert’s paintings. Albert was a summer resident in this town for nearly 40 years. There will be a reception following tributes and film screening on Sunday.
Jeanne and Fred Barron, of Campbell Road, recently returned home from an extended stay in New York city. Fred reports that his wife, Jeanne, last weekend headed for the Ukraine with her brother for several weeks; and Dr. Gabriel Walker, of London, England and Paris, France, a family friend and frequent visitor, is in Bali to give a talk on global warming. She has written two books on the subject.
Last Thursday George Hartman, of Panhandle Road, drove his 1935 Ford pick-up to Pittsboro, N.C., (a 1640-mile round trip) to visit his daughter, Alexandra, and son in law, Dr. Miller Jones. He reports that the weather was spectacular with everything in full bloom, but soon the central A/C units will be roaring away in everyone’s yards as the temperature and humidity climbs into the upper 90s. He sure feels lucky here on the Vineyard with a perfect climate. The drive was fun and uneventful except when the 74-year-old vacuum wipers quit working in Delaware during a torrential downpour. George thought fast and was able to replace them with a boat wiper motor from a local West Marine store. His total delay? About half an hour.
Bea Phear reports that there will be a forum in the Public Safety Building on Tuesday, April 28, at 7 p.m. to view and comment on the draft landscaping plan and draft playground plan for the renovated town hall. Public comments will help the town hall renovation committee and the parks and recreation committee improve their plans for the site. For more information, call her at 508-693-3791.
Kaysea Cole, communications coordinator at the Vineyard Conservation Society, reports that tomorrow will mark the 17th annual Earth Day beach cleanup sponsored by the society. Volunteers are asked to go to one of the supervised beaches between 10 a.m. and noon. It might come in handy if you bring your recycled dog food and birdseed bags and gardening gloves. For more information, call 508-693-9588.
Deborah K. Silliman Wass, of the Martha’s Vineyard Cultural Council, reports that last fall the council awarded nearly $40,000 to local writers, visual artists, directors, dancers, film festival organizers, students, storytellers, naturalists, librarians and more. These are public funds, and so the community has input in shaping policy that will guide their funding decisions. The council’s annual community input session is Wednesday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Howes House. For more information, call 508-627-7837.
Marie Larsen, over at the charter school reports that last Wednesday the high school students gathered at the Island Elderly Housing community room in Vineyard Haven to prepare and serve dinner to the residents. The students served salad, salmon, asparagus and rice pilaf with a fruit tart for dessert. Thirty-five residents and a dozen or so charter school volunteers ended the evening with a rousing rendition of Take Me Out to the Ballgame, as it was opening day for the Red Sox. Special thanks to Linda Hughes for donating all the ingredients.
A graveside service for Stan Richards will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Abel’s Hill Cemetery.
Happy birthday to: Ann Maley, Brittany Stone and Tom Wetherall today; Norman Lobb, Lynne Whiting, Gretchen MacArthur and Marina Sharkovitz tomorrow; Mary Dinitto, Diane and Lucas Emin, Lee Revere and Lorraine Eldridge on Sunday; Ralph Jones, Kathleen Stevenson, Jeremy Berlin and Rebecca Ward on Monday; Joyce Maxner, Danny Segal, Elizabeth Greene and Robert Herman on Tuesday; Jeff Bryant, Brent Taylor, Dorothy Whiting, Chantale LeGare, Marshall Segall, Gary Rome and Sharon Gamsby on Wednesday; Hasty Runner, Anita Smith, Mike Diaz and Gordon Turner on Thursday. Belated birthday wishes to Diane Nolan.
Well, that is all of the social news for this week’s edition. If you have any news please call or e-mail me. Have a great week.
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