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
May 7, 2010
Big Night Out
Big Night Out
Big Night Out, the annual Montessori school fundraiser, is at Farm Neck golf course next Friday, May 14, from 7 to 11 p.m. There will be live and silent auctions, plus hors d’oevre and desserts from Rickard’s Bakery. Tickets available at the door and at ticketsmv.com.
Chilmark Okays Tour Vans, Tractor, Dockside Cleanup
Island van tour owner Ron Minkin can now count Chilmark among the towns on his route, after the selectmen approved his street license for the coming summer.
The approval stipulates that Mr. Minkin limit his Martha’s Vineyard Transport LLC fleet to 14-passenger vans, and that no tours run through Menemsha after 5 p.m.,…
Miles for Memories Walk
Miles for Memories Walk
The annual Alzheimer’s Miles of Memories Walk steps off next Sunday, May 16, at noon, along the bike path from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School to Dodger’s Hole and back. The walk is just under two and a half miles.
Keeping Up the Fight with a Little Help
Heather Jardin has been diagnosed with cancer again, and her friends refuse to take a backseat in the effort to get her on the mend. Next Friday, May 14, the Portuguese American Club in Oak Bluffs will host a huge evening event of music and food.
They are calling it Help Heather Beat…
Booming Library Needs More Room
Every day it is open, some 350 people walk through the door of the West Tisbury Public Library. The library draws patrons in droves, not just from West Tisbury but from other Island towns as well. It boasts the largest on-Island collection by more than 5,000 pieces, and had an annual circulation of 149,000, far…
Bands Play On
Bands Play On
Plug In, Shut Doors, Board Tells Shanty
The Seafood Shanty will have to keep the noise down this summer, the Edgartown selectmen decided Monday.
Responding to complaints from neighbors over the past five years, selectmen voted to require the harborfront restaurant to contain the volume of live music on the property.
West Tisbury
JOHN S. ALLEY
508-693-2950
(alleys@vineyard.net)
The weekend weather was toasty warm. Saturday an Islandwide bike race was held under a bright blue sky and near record warmth. Sunday found us under the same blue sky but with milder temperatures. The orioles (birds that is) have returned to town. The…
Rod and Gun Club Offers Introduction to Fly-Fishing
Fly-fishing and casting instruction for all levels is being offered in a workshop on Saturday, May 15, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club in Edgartown.
Learn the basics every fly-fisher needs, from knot-tying and fish-handling, to casting, techniques and tips, presented by John Kollett and Sandra…
Mexican Night
Mexican Night
The sixth grade class at West Tisbury School is hosting a Mexican Night dinner buffet fundraiser on Friday, May 14, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury’s village center.
All are welcome to enjoy a menu prepared by Tea Lane Catering with a beef…
Islanders Make Headmaster’s List at Falmouth Academy
Nine students from Martha’s Vineyard were named to the Headmaster’s List at Falmouth Academy for the second trimester of the 2009-2010 academic year. These students earned at least three As and had no grade lower than a B-minus:
Twelfth grade: Clea Baumhofer, of Vineyard Haven; Lily Cronig, of West Tisbury; and Lagan Trieschmann,…
Earth Hour Report Shows Vineyarders Left Lights On
The numbers have finally come through on Island energy savings during Earth Hour, the annual worldwide event that called for people to shut down all non-essential lights and electronics for one hour on the evening of March 29. But despite widespread publicity and verbal support on the Island, NStar reports showed that the Vineyard registered…
Temperatures
Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
April 30 62 36 .00
May 1 69 57 .00
May 2 73 52 .00
May 3 68 54 .04
May 4 71 54 .15
May 5 79 55 Trace
May 6 74 53 Trace
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Chilmark
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
(slaterjn@comcast.net)
Chilmark welcomes the flowering trees of spring. A ride around town includes views of pink, red and white flowering trees and shrubs . . . all a joy to the winter eye, used to seeing only gray and brown. It is a great way…
Edgartown
KATHIE CASE
508-627-5349
(kathleencase@comcast.net)
Well, how can we complain about our weather? I know there have been some showers here and there but overall it has been pretty nice. We were a little disappointed this past Sunday however as some of the beach gang thought about going out there…
Edgartown Man Appointed To Legal Assistance Program
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appointed Martin V. Tomassian of Edgartown to a five-year term on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation, which ensures that low-income people with critical, non-criminal legal problems would have access to legal information, advice and representation. It is the largest funding source for civil legal aid…
Drawbridge Plans
Drawbridge Plans
Preliminary plans for the permanent Lagoon Pond drawbridge will be on display in the offices of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for the next two weeks. The bridge will replace the temporary drawbridge now in place. The state Department of Transportation expects to begin construction in about two years; the permanent bridge…
Move Police Out of Downtown Is Oak Bluffs Revenue Proposal
Amid ongoing financial problems in Oak Bluffs, a group of town business leaders has proposed moving the police department from its current headquarters on the corner of Ocean and Lake avenues so the building can be rented out to a retail operation.
At the selectmen’s meeting last week, members of the community development…
Peter Duart Faces New Rape Charges
New charges of rape and abuse have been brought against Vineyard Haven resident Peter Duart, who was indicted by a grand jury last month for sexual assault on a mentally challenged person.
Mr. Duart, 42, was arraigned in Edgartown district court on Friday on charges of rape and indecent assault. He has been…
Plan Would Shift to Schools Costs of Off-Island Field Trips
By the start of next school year, Island students could see a hefty price cut for off-Island trips, if the school committee approves a new pay structure in which groups pay only the direct costs associated with the trips. The new design would cut field trip costs in half, down to $200 per trip.
Oak Bluffs Concludes Warrant: Only Sparks About Park Funds
Oak Bluffs voters on Tuesday finished their annual town meeting after a three-week hiatus, easily agreeing to ban smoking on town beaches, regulate the construction of new windmills, impose restrictions on street performers and establish new rules for development in town flood zones.
Voters also approved $350,000 in Community Preservation Act funding, the…
Firemen Swiftly Douse Main Street Blaze
Tisbury firefighters quickly extinguished a fire outside 54 Main street on Sunday evening that started in a trash can behind the building. Owned by Larry Levine, the building houses the Peter Simon and Louisa Gould galleries.
The fire was first reported by Ms. Gould, who was in her gallery and smelled smoke just…
Vineyard Haven
NANCY GARDELLA
508-693-3308
(vhavenvgazette@yahoo.com)
A sure sign of spring — last week I found the first tick in my hair! The dogs, cat and I are still getting settled in from our long sojourn in White Plains. So nice to see my Island friends again. As good luck would…
Please Adopt Us
Please Adopt Us
American Story
American Story
Connor Gifford will read from and talk about his book, America According to Connor Gifford, tonight at 5:30 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven Public Library.
This Nantucketer’s book about the history of the United States covers 400 years of our nation trying to get it right. It also tells…
Skater Film Is Prelude to Casting Call
You’d think that with all the planning that goes into a new project — a feature film at that — filmmaker Taylor Toole might set aside his other work and focus on the task at hand. But fresh off a grand prize win for his 2009 feature Mow Crew at Connecticut’s Kent Film Festival, and…
Water Plan: 100 Gallons and Tools to Trade
All the panelists agreed with Ellsworth Havens — chairman of Rotary International’s program to find solutions to water and sanitation problems around the planet — that ensuring the fair distribution of potable water is “the greatest environmental issue confronting the world today.”
High School Athletic Director Resigns
Sandy Mincone, athletic director for the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, announced this week she will step down at the end of the current school year.
Ms. Mincone, who was appointed athletic director in August for a one-year period, is leaving the position to move off-Island. She said her decision came after much…
Jette Sets New High Jump Record, Girls’ Lacrosse Still Undefeated
As the high school spring sports season enters the homestretch, the girls’ lacrosse team remains undefeated in their conference and appears to be a lock for the state tournament, while the fates of several others still hang in the balance. The track and field team is flying high again — literally and figuratively — with…
Cape Wind Decision Sparks Wide Range of Opinion
Clarifying the Record
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The following is a copy of a letter sent to state historic preservation officers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and New York from the chairman of the National Advisory Council on Historic Preservation:
Chappy
BRAD WOODGER
508-627-4216
I’m still here. Margaret is still away. Searching for the Lost City of Gold in the jungles of the Amazon, I believe she said. Or maybe she’s just driving an El Dorado. I rarely listen to what I’m being told unless I’m being complimented.
In Nicaragua, Reach Out With Folded Hands
It only took one day for them to smile and reach out with folded hands. Our little group from the Vineyard was in Nicaragua to teach English in a village school, leave some much-needed supplies, and, we hoped, make positive connections with the people. We did not know that the local expression of respect is…
Views from the Roofs in Germany
I have been away for awhile, over here in Europe, learning a new language, adjusting to a new culture and finding out about the world. The Vineyard looks very different from here, giving a whole new perspective that I would like to share with you.
Gazette Chronicle: Salty Tales
From Gazette editions of May, 1935:
Remembering Mary Fuller, Mother to All
It has been two years since Mary Fuller died. She was my mother, and there are still some people around who remember her as the director of the Vineyard Haven Library from 1980 to 1990. She had stated long before her death that there was to be no obituary, and in grief and confusion, two…
May Days
May Days
Watersheds
Watersheds
Against a backdrop of national headlines over the massive and spreading oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that appears to have no end, regional headlines over the city main break that left two million residents in the greater Boston area having to boil their drinking water, it was a weekend where…
Scorched Earth
Scorched Earth
From the wide, grassy sweep of Katama Plains to the rolling wooded hills of the north shore, the charred smell of smoke hung in the air throughout March and April this year in many of the Island’s outlying places.
Dean’s List
Dean’s List
Megan Moynihan, a freshman at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, has made the Dean’s List for the first two trimesters. She is a 2009 graduate of Greater Lawrence Technical School. Her parents, John and Debbie Moynihan of Andover, and her grandparents, Martin and Gloria Mard of East Chop, are very…
Cooking With Bella
Cooking With Bella
Mabelle Felipe, more commonly known as Bella, is bringing some of her native country’s cuisine to the Vineyard Haven library on Wednesday, May 12, at 5:30 p.m., for a cooking demonstration. Bella was born in Mineira, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
For more details or to…
League Potluck
League Potluck
The League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard welcomes all to its annual meeting and potluck lunch on Sunday, May 16, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Whaling Church in the Baylies Room. Children in Crisis is the theme of the meeting’s discussion.
Venus, Mars and Saturn
Sunrise Sunset
Fri., May 7 5:31 7:45
Sat., May 8 5:30 7:46
Sun., May 9 5:28 7:47
Mon., May 10 5:27 7:48
Tues., May 11 5:26 7:49
Wed., May 12 5:25 7:50
Thurs., May 13 5:24 7:51
Fri., May 14 5:23 7:53
Johnson & Wales Equestrian Champion
Jessica Forend of Oak Bluffs has competed in the Intercollegiate Dressage National competition for the past last three years as part of Johnson & Wales Intercollegiate Dressage Team — and she is the first rider to ever win her division each year.
Ms. Forend was champion in the first level division in the…
Caitlyn Francis Joins Champion Equestrian Team
It’s an NCAA Division I team that has won has five championships in eight years — that’s better than Ohio State University’s Rose Bowl record. This team has one of the finest training facilities in the country, with expansive practice fields, personal trainers and individual tutors. Reigning national title holders, the team recruits only…
Director of the E.R. Leaves Unexpectedly
A spokesman for the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital confirmed yesterday that Dr. Timothy Tsai is no longer director of the hospital emergency room, although the hospital could not provide further details about the circumstances that led to his abrupt departure this week.
“Dr. Tsai is on leave from his position as director of emergency…
Board Readies Beer, Wine License Rules
Tisbury selectmen are expected to finalize regulations for the sale of beer and wine, and also to set a date for a special town meeting when they meet next Tuesday.
If all goes according to plan, town restaurant owners will be able to apply from next Wednesday to have their establishments licensed. And…
Same Place Next Year? Scientists Wonder if Whales Will Be Back
The rare right whales sighted last month off Block Island and off Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket have left — but their presence has brought about a shift in thinking in the scientific community.
Last weekend, only one right whale was spotted off the Rhode Island shoreline by the Coast Guard. It is believed…
Aquinnah Town Meeting Sees Walter Delaney Give up Gavel
The Aquinnah selectmen expect a swift and easy special and annual town meeting on Tuesday, citing a noncontroversial warrant despite a long list of articles, and plenty of free cash to cover all the spending.
“I don’t see a single thing that’s controversial,” said selectman Camille Rose at Tuesday night’s selectmen meeting.
War Chest of $20 Million Spent to Fight Cape Wind; Legal Maneuvers Begin
More than $20 million was raised for the campaign against Cape Wind before Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the wind farm project last week.
And it has all been spent, as Audra Parker, the president and chief executive officer of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, told people this week while doing the…
Duty Takes Anthony Sullo to Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti Before Home
Four months ago 22-year-old Anthony Sullo, a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, had just returned to the Vineyard after a four-year tour of duty, during which he served as an infantryman and team leader in several different countries, including Afghanistan and Iraq, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Ariel Arrives
Ariel Arrives
Patricia Meyer and Marcelo Meyer of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Ariel Maeda Meyer, born on April 30, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Ariel weighed 6 pounds, 11.8 ounces at birth.
Kaya Arrives
Kaya Arrives
Tnisha Chandler and Charles Rutkowski of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Kaya Marie Rutkowski, born on May 4, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Kaya weighed 6 pounds, 15.8 ounces at birth.
Olivia Arrives
Olivia Arrives
Kate and Benjamin McCormick of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Olivia Marie McCormick, on April 18 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Olivia weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces at birth; she joins her sister Hannah Lee.
Welcome Jose
Welcome Jose
Kamilla Santana and Tiago Mendes of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Jose Neto Mendes, on April 7 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Jose weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and joins his big brother,Thiago Fillio Mendes.
Clara June Arrives
Clara June Arrives
Rebecca and Anthony Rabeni of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Clara June, on April 29 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Clara weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces at birth.
Welcome Gabriel
Welcome Gabriel
Jennie Slossberg of West Tisbury announces the birth of a son, Gabriel David Slossberg, born on March 11, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Gabriel weighed 5 pounds, 3.8 ounces at birth.
Hello, Gabriel
Hello, Gabriel
Isabel Dias and Claudio De Oliveira of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Gabriel Oliveira Dias, on April 29 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Gabriel weighed 8 pounds, 15.6 ounces at birth.
Lyme Fair
Lyme Fair
The Southcoast Lyme and Tick Borne Disease Awareness Group will present an educational fair on Lyme disease on Sunday, May 16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Westport Grange at 931 Main Road, Westport. This event is free and open to the public.
Bruce Ellis Doten Elected University Reunion Chair
The University of Colorado alumni recently elected Bruce Ellis Doten of Vineyard Haven as 50th anniversary reunion chairman of the class of 1960. Mr. Doten, who also served as 45th Class reunion chairman, is presiding over two days of golden anniversary alumni activities on the Bouldercampus surrounding the university’s 121st commencement on May 6 and 7, and…
Little Anglers Land Big Catches
The Island’s youngest fish ermen were treated to a quiet, still morning last Saturday. The anglers came early to Duarte’s Pond in West Tisbury to compete in the annual spring Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club trout tournament. The club hosted the event with a large crew of volunteers. Youngsters were treated to hot dogs…
How to Find a Ghost
How to Find a Ghost
Island ghost-hunter Holly Nadler will be speaking about After Life Encounters, subtitled How to Invite Communication From the Spirit World; What to Look For; How Not to Be Afraid, at Vineyard Haven Public Library, Tuesday, May 11, at 7 p.m.
Promising Young Poets Program Finds Vineyard’s Finest Verses
The walls of the Unitarian Universalist Society church were lined with anxious teenagers last Friday night, as the group of 10 high school poets sat waiting to take the podium to read their work aloud to friends and family filling the pews.
Church Rolls Win Choice
Church Rolls Win Choice
Yankee Magazine has recognized Grace Episcopal Church’s lobster rolls with a 2010 Editors’ Choice designation in its Travel Guide to New England, which was released on April 27.
It lets visitors in on Islanders’ Vineyard Haven eating secret: “Join the happy throngs at the parish hall for…
Remembering Peg
Remembering Peg
A gathering of family, friends and community to celebrate the life and art of Peg Thayer will, be at Featherstone Center for the Arts on Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs next Saturday, May 15, between 1 and 4 p.m. Many of her paintings, including some never shown before, will be on…
Featherstone Flower Show Exhibits Art in Full Bloom
For years Holly Alaimo celebrated Mother’s Day weekend with a flower show at Dragonfly Gallery. Now Featherstone Center for the Arts is continuing her tradition with The Art of Flowers show in Featherstone’s Virginia Weston Besse Gallery, opening with a reception on Sunday, May 9, from 4 to 6 p.m. which is free and open…
Mayfest
Mayfest
Mayfest will be held next Saturday, May 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Island Children’s School, on 5 Halcyon Way, off Old County Road in West Tisbury (next to the elementary school). Activities for children include pony rides, bouncy house, face painting, lots of games and prizes, while adults…
Very Violet
So much for love!
I wouldn’t have been flattered to have received the token of love that Zeus bestowed on his mistress Io. In his haste to hide his affair from his wife, Hera, he turned his beloved Io into a heifer. Holy cow — what an unromantic move!
The Vineyard Gardener
By LYNNE IRONS
What I wouldn’t give for a crystal ball. The weather has been just beautiful and unseasonably warm this past week. My peppers and eggplants are more than big enough to go into the ground but I am somewhat hesitant. It still seems early for crops that love warm nights. Since…
Migration Mania
Lanny McDowell, famed artist and photographer, whose photographs of birds have graced the pages of the Vineyard Gazette, and in particular the Bird News, is in the hospital in Tucson, Ariz. Lan suffered an abdominal aneurism, from which few survive, while birding in the mountains of Arizona with birding friend Porter Turnbull. Lanny is a…
