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
July 4, 2008
African Artists’ Project Will Benefit Orphanage
The African Artists’ Community Development project will be selling crafts from Ghana, Niger, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe on Tuesday, July 8, at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury from 5 to 9 p.m. Items for sale include baskets, woven grass ceremonial cloth, Tuareg silver jewelry, malachite jewelry, carved wooden bowls and salad servers, animal and…
The Vineyard Gardener
By LYNNE IRONS
Vineyard Sailors Prepare to Cast Off for Summer
Sailing already is getting under way this summer. The Vineyard Haven Yacht Club is observing its 80th summer. The Edgartown Yacht Club is hosting more summer sailing events than it did a year ago. Sail Martha’s Vineyard is gearing up for its big sailing classic Vineyard Cup in mid-July. The Holmes Hole Sailing Association has…
Developers Agree to Pay $1.8 Million for Affordable Housing
The developers for the upscale Field Club and adjoining subdivision in Katama have agreed to pay the Edgartown affordable housing committee $1.8 million in lieu of designating three lots in their project for affordable housing as required by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission. The project was approved as a development of regional impact (DRI) in 2004…
Basic Training
Army National Guard Pvt. Tony R. Cortez has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Private Cortez is the son of Lisa Tilton of Oak Bluffs, He is a 2006 graduate of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
I ♥ Your T-Shirt: Island Designs Find Individual Ways to Signal Tribal Style
Can you imagine explaining the contemporary garment known as a T-shirt to George Washington? Picture the guy dressed in layers of scratchy underwear, breeches, dress shirt, heavy jacket, tights, boots and a hat like a complicated folded napkin.
Once-Sleepy North Tisbury Stirs to Life
The village of North Tisbury has long stood as a sleepy, rustic outpost at this Island’s midpoint. Beneath its tranquil exterior this summer are stirrings of a quiet revival in the neighborhood, as commercial, culinary and artistic endeavors are bringing new life to this State Road streetscape. A stroll through the neighborhood can be the…
Shearwater
It is very weird for this Island girl to spend a week at 8,000 feet and walk in snow in June. Last week I attended the American Birding Association Conference in Snowbird, Utah. The mountains were spectacular but so was Salt Lake. The variety of habitats I visited was mind-boggling.
Hottest Spot for Bird Watching? Try Oak Bluffs Pumping Station
At the southern end of the tidal waterway called the Lagoon, which has shores in both Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs, is a property which is home to the Oak Bluffs Pumping Station, a working 19th-century complex of buildings, machinery and wells which continues to provide a portion of that town’s water supply. Birders love…
Art, Music Will Celebrate a Girl Who Went to Sea
The original art and music from a book about the true adventures of a little Vineyard girl who lived aboard her father’s whaling ship will be featured at a West Tisbury gallery opening in July. Susan Convery Foltz, whose watercolors brought to life the story of Laura Jernegan in Thirty Dirty Sailors and the Little…
Accident Slows Traffic Flow in Vineyard Haven
A taxi owned by Adam Cab crashed into a utility pole on Lagoon Pond Road across from the Tisbury post office early Thursday morning, snarling traffic at the Five Corners intersection for several hours on one of the busiest days of the year. The accident occurred around 7 a.m., just as the early morning boats…
Alan Dershowitz Talks Up Right to Remain Silent
Alan M. Dershowitz will speak about his latest book, Is There a Right to Remain Silent? Coercive Interrogation and the Fifth Amendment After 9/11, at the Chilmark Public Library on Wednesday, July 9, at 5:30 p.m.
The Fishermen
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL The ninth annual fluke derby run by the Veterans of Foreign War Post in Oak Bluffs 9261 may be Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13, just over a week away, but anglers are already out there harvesting the fish. July is fluke season for most anglers. While there has been…
Chilmark
JANE N. SLATER 508-645-3378 (slaterjn@comcast.net) This week I was listening to the television rather than watching it and I heard a commentator telling us, “this island isn’t a paradise anymore, with gasoline in some places over $5 a gallon and a head of lettuce $2 and tomatoes often $4 a pound . . .” I…
Hurricane Maps Detail Vulnerable Island Places in Case of Severe Storm
Almost 3,200 buildings on the Vineyard sit on land which could be inundated by the storm surge of a category four hurricane. Even a category one storm would put almost 400 buildings at risk. The daunting statistics come out of work done by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, which plotted the location of structures on the…
St. Andrew’s Fair
The annual Summer Fair of St. Andrew’s Church will be held on the church grounds at the corner of Winter and Summer streets in Edgartown on Thursday, July 17. The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair will have many games and entertainment for children. Ample food and soft drinks will…
Breaking News: July 4, 11:45 am – Fourth of July Fire Destroys Café Moxie, Closes Main Street Vineyard Haven
A Fourth of July morning fire destroyed Café Moxie restaurant and severely damaged the Bunch of Grapes bookstore in Main Street Vineyard Haven. The blaze, the biggest on the Island in years, is believed to have started in the basement of the café shortly after 9 a.m. Owner Austin Racine was the only person in…
Chapter Seven: Town Garden’s Story
In this serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after many years in Manhattan to help her eccentric Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. Through Mott (Pequot’s general manager) she’s met Quincas (a Brazilian laborer) and the rest of Pequot’s staff. Uncle Abe…
June 27: Hot and Muggy Afternoon
Friday, June 27: Hot and muggy afternoon. Temperature reaches the mid-80s. A gentle breeze in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest. Bicyclists speed along the path. Daylilies and tiger lilies line the road in North Tisbury. Late-afternoon strollers on Main street in Vineyard Haven. Less hot. Fog late.
Chappy
JO-ANN TILGHMAN 508-627-7669 (tilghmanjb@aol.com)
Land Bank Revenues Continue to Decline
The real estate bust has cut sharply into the revenue of the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank for a second successive year, with land bank income more than 25 per cent lower than it was in 2006, the last of the good years for property sales. For fiscal year 2008, which just ended, the land bank…
Art Under the Stars Event Will Benefit Featherstone
Featherstone Center for the Arts presents its annual fundraiser, Art Under the Stars, on Monday evening, July 7, at Farm Neck on County Road in Oak Bluffs. The evening gets under way at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails and appetizers. The premier event is The Art of Living Auction. The invitation explains it this way: “There…
Fire at Cafe Moxie Sends Dreams Up in Smoke
The wheels on his bike stopped abruptly on Centre street behind Café Moxie when the pantry chef saw the flames breaking through the roof of the restaurant around 9:40 a.m. today, the Fourth of July. “I guess I don’t have work today,” he said sadly, and rode off.
New Releases Sing of Vineyard Sound
The folk trio of Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein and Michael Cicone have emerged after a 15-year recording hiatus to release Heartwalk, a collection of original songs and folk favorites. While the three may have spent the past decade and a half on other projects, the warmth and sincerity on Heartwalk demonstrates they’ve lost none of…
Frost Biters Conclude Spring Sailing Season
Frost Biters Conclude Spring Sailing Season The Frost Biters and Winter Guys concluded their successful spring sailing season June 19. Six boats turned out on a beautiful night. With winds from the southwest at six to eight knots, the sailors raced from Nun 6 in the Harbor, around Can 23A off East Chop, then across…
East Chop
RICK HERRICK 508-693-8065 herricklr@verizon.net Kate Hancock is one of those East Choppers that make the Island work. She is the production manager of the Island Playhouse. Kate is a lifelong summer resident of East Chop who moved here permanently with her husband Fred, a technical director and lighting designer, the principal behind Upfront Production Services,…
Wide Breach at Katama Sends Tidal Surge Through Edgartown
Rising sea level changes, together with changing geology, may be preventing the breach at Norton Point Beach from closing, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration oceanographer. Todd Ehret, an oceanographer with the National Ocean Service in Maryland, said he is aware of Edgartown’s problem. He said there is no assurance that the opening…
Island Elderly Housing Names New Director
The board of directors of Island Elderly Housing Inc. has appointed Ann Wallace of Chilmark as executive director. Ms. Wallace has served the organization as interim executive director since the retirement of Carol Lashnits last September. She formerly was director of Women’s Support Services at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services. In a prepared statement John Early,…
News Update: July 4, 3:30 pm – Smoldering Café Is Torn Down; – Fate of Badly Damaged Bookstore Building Unknown
Cafe Moxie came down this afternoon and weary firefighters worked through the day to separate the charred remains of the building from the Bunch of Grapes book store, to prevent further smoke and fire damage and to allow fire personnel to enter the building and begin to evaluate the overall damage. Speaking from the scene…
St. Petersburg Quartet Sets Tone
The internationally acclaimed St. Petersburg Quartet opens the 38th summer season of the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society with performances at 8 p.m. on July 7 and 8 — Monday at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown, Tuesday at the Chilmark Community Center. The concert program includes Alexander Glazunov’s Three Novelettes, opus 15; the String…
Reviving the Old Tashmoo Spring Building
Tuesday morning, Tisbury selectman Denys Wortman surveyed the old Tashmoo pumping station with his hands on his hips. The place smelled like a damp basement, with dank cement and fresh cut plywood. Each step was accompanied with the tiny crunch of dirt and concrete pebbles. The ceiling was patchy. Flies orbited a hanging light fixture…
Edgartown
KATHIE CASE 508-627-5349 (kathleencase@comcast.net) Here we are at the Fourth of July weekend. The Island is getting busier, the lines are getting longer at the Stop & Shop and the traffic is back at the Triangle. Happy birthday to all who celebrated their birthday this past week. Kim Carter, a student of Northeastern University, will…
Vineyard Celebrates Fourth of July Holiday
On the Fourth of July a couple of centuries back, the United States was founded on compromise, taking the good with the not so good. It’s appropriate that today on the Vineyard, the fireworks, parades, flags and cookouts are served up along with traffic, crowds and chance of rain. And for those involved with safety,…
Regional High School Summer Sessions Begin
Regional High School Summer Sessions Begin A dozen new classes and clinics highlight the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s summer program. Children’s creative drama with Phyllis Vecchia, clay pottery, arts and crafts, guitar, flash animation, science, and track and field are some of the classes and clinics that will be offered for the first time.…
News Update: Saturday, July 5, 3 pm – Tisbury Selectmen Say Street Fair Will Go on as Planned
Tisbury’s annual street fair will not only go on despite the Independence Day fire, it will go on because of it, to help raise money for those affected. An emergency meeting of the town selectmen Saturday morning appealed for a big turnout, and for people to come and donate. An annual celebration of the town’s…
Kim Nye Fashions a New Island Art Space
Kim Nye bought an old hardware store on Uncas avenue in Oak Bluffs back in 2000, with an eye to opening an art gallery. She renovated it the following year but waited until now, a likely recession period, to open the gallery.
Kayakers Get an Intimate View Of Sengekontacket Pond’s Beauty
Leading a tour of the Sengekontacket, Felix Neck guide Emily Smith rounded Sarsons Island Friday in her red kayak and stopped. Something in the pond had caught her eye. She backtracked, peered into the water for a few moments and then pulled out a horseshoe crab. The kayakers on the tour crowded around for a…
Oak Bluffs
BETTYE FOSTER BAKER 508-696-9983 (bdrbaker@comcast.net) Oak Bluffs has no rocky coastline, or well-heeled casinos, no four-star restaurants, or dapperly dressed regulars, except for a well known 91-year-old character affectionately known as CJ (Charles Jones), whose classy dress has been legendary in this town since 1942. This is not Marseilles, though we do have our understated…
Gas Price Sticker Shock
It wasn’t long ago that the price of a gallon of gasoline on the Vineyard reached the $2 mark for the first time, sending shock waves from Menemsha Texaco to the Edgartown Mobil station and prompting fears about the effects of higher fuel costs on the summer tourist industry and year-round economy. That was six…
Thrift Shop Will Install Security Cameras at Lot
Thrift Shop Will Install Security Cameras at Lot The Martha’s Vineyard Community Services Thrift Shop plans to install security cameras in an attempt to stop the practice of dumping television sets and other trash in its parking lot while the store is closed.
This Man Knows 88 Keys to Happiness
David Stanwood is back in business and invites his old friends and prospective customers to visit his piano shop off Lambert’s Cove Road this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a get-reacquainted open house. Mr. Stanwood, 57, runs Stanwood and Company, a piano restoration, piano tuning and repair operation that has been around…
Nevette Previd, John Guadagno
Nevette Previd and John Guadagno were married on Feb. 16 in Tulum, Mexico. The bride is the daughter of Delena and Franco Previd of Harwich. The bridegroom is the son of Sharon and Angelo Guadagno of Boston and Edgartown.
Vineyard Haven
NANCY GARDELLA 508-693-3308 (vhavenvgazette@yahoo.com) I snuck away from the family last Friday night and had a grand time, first at Louisa Gould’s gallery attending a reception for four artists, and then at the Bunch of Grapes listening to Phil Dine speak on his new book, State of the Unions.
Traffic Headaches Persist on Vineyard Roads
The automobile has long been an integral part of American life; there are 40 million more registered motor vehicles in this country than licensed drivers. Yet on Vineyard sidewalks and bike paths this week, people cruised along on bicycles with no worries about traffic and congestion. The parking lots for the Tisbury and Edgartown park…
Independence Day 2008
Independence Day 2008 Small American flags flutter around the gravestones at the Westside Cemetery in Edgartown, where Bobby Hagerty has trimmed the old cedars and maples in time for the Fourth of July. The cemetery is a peaceful place to pass through on the short walk from uptown to downtown, all dusky grass and yellow…
Art Taught Well — It’s the Bee’s Knees
Elena De La Ville has just arrived home after a class at Featherstone Center for the Arts, still seemingly abuzz. You can hear the artist’s passion for teaching instantly as she describes the beeswax collage class as a complete success: “It was incredible!” For those unfamiliar with the artistic capabilities of beeswax, she explains, “It…
Ann Marie Healy Weds Dr. Bruce W. Herdman
Ann Marie Healy Weds Dr. Bruce W. Herdman Ann Marie Healy married Dr. Bruce William Herdman on May 10 at Wasque on the bluff overlooking Swan Pond, Chappaquiddick. Dr. Susan Herdman, the bridegroom’s twin sister, officiated. The bride was a resident of Glenolden, Pa. She is the daughter of Marlene and Frank Healy of Glenolden.…
West Tisbury
JOHN S. ALLEY 508-693-2950 (alleys@vineyard.net)
West Tisbury’s Katie Mayhew is Pops Diva, Winning Competition; She Sings Tonight
She was just a cute teenager in a sundress, sitting in a diner with her family and some family friends. Until her mother Deborah and Deborah’s partner, Todd Follansbee, settled the bill, and then suddenly Katie Ann Mayhew was on her way across the street to prepare to sing in Symphony Hall. As surely every…
Letters to the Editor
FOUNDATION GONE ASTRAY Editors, Vineyard Gazette: As a great nephew of Caroline Tuthill and a longtime supporter of Sheriff’s Meadow, I am completely aghast that this once well-respected, august conservation organization could have lost its way by straying from its core mission of preservation and conservation. It saddens me greatly that the efforts of so…
Granary Show Features Three Island Favorites
The Granary Gallery at the Red Barn welcomes all to an artists’ reception on Sunday, July 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. for new works by Alison Shaw, Scott Terry and Carol Maguire. Alison Shaw continues to pursue her “camera as paintbrush” notion and has created a variety of new images involving color, motion and…
Chanticleer Horticulturalist Will Lecture at Polly Hill
On Wednesday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m. the Polly Hill Arboretum kicks off its summer lecture series with Chanticleer Gardens horticulturalist and woodworker Dan Benarcik.
Freya Arrives
Freya Arrives Alison and Scott Stearns of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Freya Anne Stearns, on June 18 at Newton Wellesley Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces at birth.
Emily Bramhall Finds Milestone on Way Home
She is most at home in the water and on it. “My grandparents had a house on Morse street with a barn out back and they gave it to my parents when they got married. We called it The Shack and I was there from zero to ten. We would start coming Easter weekend and…
Gazette Chronicle: Ringing in the Fourth
Ringing in the Fourth From the Vineyard Gazette editions of July, 1983: Church bells rang at midnight on the Fourth of July when Gratia Harrington was a little girl. It was the Methodist Church in the village of Vineyard Haven that rang the bells, she remembers. She knows it wasn’t the Catholic Church, for those…
Through the Lens of Louisa Gould
WOODEN BOATS OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD: The Photography of Louisa Gould. Text and photographs by Louisa Gould. Flat Hammock Press, 2008. 64 pages. $19.95, softcover.
Holmes Hole Sailors Embark On Summer Season of Races
The Holmes Hole Sailing Association has launched its series of handicap sailboat races from Vineyard Haven harbor. On Sunday, the association held its Robinson’s Hole Rendezvous Race. Robinson’s Hole is a passage from Vineyard Sound to Buzzards Bay at the west end of Naushon Island. It was a mostly sunny morning with a brisk southwest…
Hello, Milo
Hello, Milo Karolina Sullivan and Michael Sullivan of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Milo Alexander Sullivan, on June 25 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Milo weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at birth.
Slice of Life Owners Want to Relocate
“West Tisbury is a hungry town,” Toni M. Cohen said Wednesday as she looked across a packed meeting room where popular Island restaurateurs Mary and Jackson Kenworth were seeking approval to demolish, rebuild and enlarge the burned-out Deon’s restaurant on State Road. Most of those attending, including residents and town officials, voiced support for the…
Turkey Shoot Backed by Majority Decision
The recent decision by the United States Supreme Court that will in essence allow all members of the country to arm themselves “to protect themselves” has been met in some quarters with gloomy portents of a nation that will be scarred by increasing gun fire and the dire results thereof. Others have taken a much…
Simonized: Photographer, Jewelry Maker Open a New Gallery in Vineyard Haven
Simon. A famous name in arts and literature. Consider Neil Simon, simple Simon, Paul Simon, Carly Simon, Simon le Bon of Duran Duran, or the late and unlamented Simon Legree of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Now two Island Simons, Ronni and Peter, have splashed the national scene with their very different talents: Peter’s latest book, The…
Hello, Sophia
Hello, Sophia Vanessa J. and Dhionyo Sampaio of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Sophia Jahara Sampaio, on June 18 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Sophia weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces at birth.
Corrections
Corrections In an interview in Tuesday’s Gazette with John Potter and Todd Alexander, there was a mention about the young sailors’ sailing technique as youths more than 30 years ago. Mr. Potter said after the interview that he used the word sheet to describe their sailing technique, not cheat. Mr. Potter said on Wednesday: “We…
Land Bank Will Protect 52-Acre Knight Land on Chappaquiddick
Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank executive director James Lengyel describes the 52.2-acre property acquired by the land bank this week as a microcosm of the Vineyard. The Chappaquiddick land, he said on Tuesday, announcing the agreement which will protect it, “has open fields, rolling hills, wetlands, streams, a beach, long distance views. It’s got just about…
Coming to America as a Reporter, Finding an Island of Kindness
Today signifies the casting-off of the yoke of British oppression. The date we thumbed-off King George 3rd, denouncing his imperialist abuses and told him and his twit subjects to leave us alone. I say us — I mean you. You see, I myself am English scum.
She Can Stand the Killer Heat
KILLER HEAT. By Linda Fairstein. Doubleday, 2008. 384 pages. $26 hardcover. Killer Heat, like any good title, is a play on words. It refers to death by New York oven — the baking August temperatures that send the rich to the Hamptons or the Vineyard, and the poor to their fire escapes for a breath…
Hello, Micah
Hello, Micah Christopher Nolin and Nancie Nolin are proud to announce the arrival of Micah Clarence, who was born June 3 at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt. He is the grandson of Vineyard Haven resident Nancy Tarter Nevin. Micah Clarence weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces.
Vineyard Horse Council Announces Summer Shows
Vineyard Horse Council Announces Summer Shows The Martha’s Vineyard Horse Council has announced its summer schedule of hunter and dressage shows on the grounds of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society. The shows will begin about 8 a.m. Scheduled shows include July 6 and August 3 for dressage; July 20 and August 10 for hunter; Sept.…
Summertime, and the Eating is Pricey
Carolyn, from Rhode Island, one of the dozens of holiday makers who stood in line for fried clams one recent Sunday at The Bite in Menemsha, was taken aback at the prices. “This is pretty intense,” she said, looking down at the red and white take-out carton, roughly the size of a Tiffany’s ring gift…
History as it Was Written on July 4, 1776
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the…
Plot Twist: Australian Doctor Turns Out to Be Thrilling Writer
Many of today’s top writers of thrillers have spent untold hours in the actual forensics and crime fields, and Australian doctor and bestselling author Kathryn Fox is one of them. Dr. Fox will be signing her new book, Skin and Bone, in tandem with the Vineyard’s own celebrated maestro of the legal and police procedural,…
Hello, Ellery
Hello, Ellery Caitlyn Van Linda and Morgan Reitzas of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Ellery Maxwell Reitzas, on June 11 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Ellery weighed 6 pounds, 9 and 1/2 ounces at birth.
Lilies Bloom in Menemsha Pond, And Miracle of Marks Returns
They’re back! The humongous Aqua Velva pond lilies, indigenous only to Menemsha Pond, have arrived on schedule bringing joy to the intrepid racing sailors of the pond. These giant flowers have always appeared on July 1, except for last year. Their annual bloom is known locally as the Miracle of the Marks. For many years…
Couple Honored With Creative Living Award
Clarissa Allen and Mitchell Posin of the Allen Farm Sheep and Wool Company of Chilmark have been named by the Permanent Endowment Fund of Martha’s Vineyard as the 2008 recipients of the Creative Living Award. The fund will present the Creative Living Award on August 5 at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury beginning at…
Planets and Moon
After tonight’s fireworks, there is still plenty to see in the night. The planets Saturn and Mars are a close couple in the western sky. Mars is a dull red and it appears right below the yellow ringed-planet Saturn. Both are in the zodiacal constellation Leo and they are the two brightest objects in the…
Island Community Chorus Sings Americana and More
The Island Community Chorus will open the 2008 season of programs at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs with a concert at 8 p.m. this Saturday, July 5. The chorus of more than 100 voices, under the direction of Peter Boak and accompanied by L. Garrett Brown at the Tabernacle’s nine-foot Steinway piano, will present a…
Aquinnah
JUNE D. MANNING 508-645-2574 (lthslnks@gis.net) The annual Fourth of July Aquinnah parade will be held on Old South Road for all Aquinnah residents to enjoy. The festivities begin at 9:45 a.m. at the home of Tom and Christine Murphy to line up by age for the parade. Face painting and tattoos will take place from…
Participates in Updating Real Estate License Exam
Robert M. Sawyer of Vineyard Haven recently participated in a meeting of real estate experts to update the state licensing exam for real estate agents and brokers in Massachusetts. At the meeting, participants reviewed content, structure and performance statistics of the Massachusetts real estate exam questions based upon accuracy, level of difficulty and relevance to…
Temperatures
Temperature: Precip. Day Max. Min. Inches. Fº Fº June 27 78 64 Trace June 28 84 65 Trace June 29 84 66 Trace June 30 84 68 .38 July 1 79 66 Trace July 2 80 65 .00 July 3 81 65 .00
Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 73º F.
Sweet Peas
Pass the peas please! No one is happier than I am about the preponderance of peas. We are nearing legume lunacy — snap, sugar, English, snow and others adorn many gardens and many minds.
Streamlined for 63-Day Lunch and Dinner Stretch
In the food industry, it’s all about the numbers. Eight ounces in a cup. Three hundred fifty degrees to bake cookies. Seven o’clock dinner rush. This summer, Austin Racine and Katrina Yekel are keeping track of one more number: 63. It is the number of days straight that Café Moxie — the Main street Vineyard…
Dean’s List
Dean’s List Katherine Campbell of Vineyard Haven was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2008 semester at Emmanuel College in Boston.
Wins Accreditation
Wins Accreditation The Better Business Bureau of Eastern Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont recently accredited DP Canha Appliance and Repair of Vineyard Haven. Domingo Canha has operated the business for more than 35 years. Accreditation is given to businesses that meet BBB’s core principles, which include ethical business practices, honesty, integrity, reliability and trust.…
Aquinnah Approves Beer, Wine License for Inn
Aquinnah selectmen voted last week to issue the first beer and wine license in town to the Outermost Inn. Inn owner Hugh Taylor still must wait for a background check to be completed by the state alcohol beverages control commission, which is expected to take several weeks. Mr. Taylor was the sole person attending a…
License Plate Auction
License Plate Auction The online charitable auction for Cape and Islands license plate numbers 1 through 999 kicks off Tuesday, July 8 at capeandislandsplate.com. Bidding for the plates begins on Tuesday and continues through August 1, 2008. Closing times will vary by plate, so bidders should note the ending time on the website. The minimum…
