JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
Chilmark was reminded that it is still fickle springtime in New England as we endured a few cold days and nights this week. However, the lilacs are not delayed nor are the visitors as the early season gets into full swing. All were able to warm themselves with hot chowder from both Menemsha fish markets, or with an early breakfast from the Menemsha Café that is now open for breakfast. The sign on the Galley says they’ll be open May 20. The Bite will be opening next weekend and the Home Port will open to the public on May 27 with Sunday brunches beginning May 30. So, cheer up, Chilmark, eating out is an option again!
The Home Port Restaurant will host the dinner meeting of the Martha’s Vineyard Commercial Fishermen’s Association on May 26.
This weekend, May 15 and 16, is the Boston Avon Walk for Cancer, and Susan Larsen is fit and ready to prove she is a survivor and a dedicated worker for the cure of breast cancer. She has walked 755 miles in training and raised $11,000 and she is humbled and grateful to all her supporters who will be eager to hear of the success of her weekend walk. We send her off with many good wishes and cheers for a job well done.
There will be a change of guard at the United States Coast Guard Station Menemsha on May 27th at 11:30 a.m. Senior Chief Boatswain’s Mate Stephen L. Barr will be relieved of his command of the Menemsha station by Chief Boatswain’s Mate Jason L. Olsen. The Barr family will relocate to San Francisco. He has made many friends here and we all wish him well in his new assignment.
The Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard will benefit from the 17th annual Oak Bluffs Memorial Road Race on May 30. Please call Roger Wey at 508-693-7887 for information. To register, please go to hospiceofmv.org.
Congratulations to Kyle Darling of Downington, Pa., who received his Eagle Scout award at a special court of honor held on April 25. His proud grandparents, Peter and Della Darling of Stratham, N.H., and Chilmark, were in attendance. Kyle is the son of Scott and Linda Darling. His aunt Susan Greeley also attended the ceremony. Kyle came in 40th in last year’s Chilmark Road Race. He is off to Germany in July for a three-week exchange program and then, after a Chilmark visit, to the Scout Jamboree in Washington, D.C. The Darling families have all been summer residents of Quitsa for many generations. Cheers from us all!
There will be two community forums held to discuss ideas about the most pressing medical needs on Martha’s Vineyard. A citizens’ planning committee has been working for the past five months and is welcoming input from the public at these forums. Please plan to attend and to offer your priorities and suggestions for meeting the future medical needs of the Island. The first forum is May 18 at Howes House in West Tisbury from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The second forum is at the Vineyard Haven Public Library on May 20 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. There is a questionnaire for those unable to attend, available online at surveymonkey.com/s/m7KR3D2.
Karen Ogden, a certified pet dog trainer, will be the speaker at the Wednesday afternoon program, May 19, at the Chilmark Public Library. She will offer help in positive dog training with her talk, Positive Rewards. Karen is well known to many Vineyard dog owners and has much experience in training dogs. The public is welcome, and there is no charge.
The Menemsha Inn hosted the Stone Soup Leadership Institute’s Youth Summit in April when Island youth were nominated to serve as youth delegates for sustainable development. The orientation for all youth delegates nominated will be on Thursday, May 20, at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School library at 2:15 p.m. The institute is grateful to the Menemsha Inn for hosting the summit. To learn more about Stone Soup go to www.soup4world.com
Andy and Ellen Jacknain have come from Washington, D.C., for a spring visit to their Larsen Lane home.
The Menemsha Inn and the Beach Plum Inn will both open for the season on May 21. We welcome Dennis Bar-quinero as the new general manager for the inns, who, with his family, is here for the summer.
We send condolences to the family and friends of Paul Langmuir, who died last week at his home in Providence. The Langmuir families have been summer residents of Quitsa for several generations, and he will be missed by his many friends here.
Chilmark resident Peter Simon will be a speaker at the delayed graduation of his Class of 1970 at Boston University. The actual graduation never happened because of the general upset at many colleges at the time of the shootings at Kent State. So Boston University will host a graduation ceremony for the class of ’70 and Peter will be speaking and showing some of the pictures he took at the time while a photojournalist for the Boston University student paper, BU News. The lecture will be on May 15 at the COM building on Commonwealth avenue in Boston at 3:30 p.m.
And how about this: Susan Whiting reports on Facebook this week that she and friends saw what looked like coyote scat at Menemsha Hills. How do we make sure? Never mind, just make sure to get the cat in at night.
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