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 6, 2010
News Update: Tuesday, July 6 – Woman Cyclist Dies in Truck Accident
A 40-year-old woman cyclist from Melrose was killed in Vineyard Haven on Tuesday afternoon when she was struck by a tractor trailer owned by the E.C. Cottle Lumber Co., state police have confirmed.
This Old Tractor
Simon Bollin has given buying locally a whole new meaning. For him, it’s not about where the food comes from or how it’s grown, but what it used to be harvested with.
Adult Learners
Adult Learners
The Cape Cod Foundation has a new scholarship for adults returning to school. The Scarbrough Adult Learner Scholarship Fund is open to citizens of the United States pursuing an undergraduate education in an accredited program. Students must have at least 24 consecutive months as a nonstudent. Preference is for students pursuing…
No Fan of the Farmers’ Market, Cat Named Moon Finds Way Home
Moon, a seven-year-old Siamese cat who jumped from his owner’s truck at the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market June 23, is back home.
Promoted to Corporal
Promoted to Corporal
Corey Maciel, a Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School graduate and a graduate of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. has been promoted to the rank of corporal with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office in Texas.
Corey lives with his wife and two children in San Antonio, Tex., and is…
Beef Cattle Talk
Beef Cattle Talk
The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society will host a presentation and discussion of beef cattle production a 7:30 p.m. this Friday, July 9.
Murder Mystery, History Are Subjects of Book Talk
Two Island authors will speak at the Oak Bluffs Public Library this week.
On Thursday, July 8, at 6:30 p.m. Cynthia Riggs will read from her soon to be published book, The Bee Balm Murders.
On Friday, July 9, at 11 am, Tom Dresser will talk about his latest book, African…
Kid Critic Says Film EEP Soars, and Feels Friendly
By Alley Ellis
EEP is a movie about a creature that is half-girl and half-bird, or is it half-bird, half-girl? She goes on a series of adventures and meets new people and friends. Along the way, she is followed, appears on the news and is rescued by a firefighter.
Fairy Ballet
Fairy Ballet
A Fairy Ballet School by the Martha’s Vineyard School of Ballet will run from July 26 through August 6, Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Tisbury School. All children finish with a performance in the annual Summer Fairy Ball.
Class size is limited. For…
Summer Reading Series Goes Green
From the “oohs” and “ahhs” at the Agricultural Hall, you might have thought that the fair came early this year. Instead, about 100 youngsters were there for a close-up display of prestidigitation — that’s quick fingers — by Scott Jameson, the Martha’s Vineyard Library Association’s kickoff event for the summer reading program.
Pepperoni Disco
Pepperoni Disco
Family Dance-o-Ramas are back at the new Flatbread Pizza restaurant at Nectar’s (formerly Outerland).
Wednesday is the first of these weekly all-age discos, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. Flatbread’s family-friendly, wood-fired pizza and dinner menu will be available and the bar is open for mom and…
Wilfrid Dantis to Exhibit Colorful Paintings of Haiti
A special weekend art exhibition, Wilfrid Dantis: Images of Haiti, will open on Friday at the Vineyard Haven library with a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. The show will be hanging on Friday, July 9, from 1 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, July 10, from 10 to 4 p.m.
Wilfrid Dantis,…
Take Me Out to the Cape League
Take Me Out to the Cape League
Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Lowell, Mo Vaughn and Kevin Youkilis all started in the Cape Cod Baseball League. So it’s scouting time on Thursday when the Falmouth Commodores take on the Hyannis Harbor Hawks here, at 1 p.m. at the main baseball diamond at the high school.…
Street Fair Rocks the Block
Street Fair Rocks the Block
There will be more than just dancing in the streets at the Tisbury Street Fair this Thursday night. Pedestrians may rule the way, but fun is the true king as vendors open up their doors. Food, face painting, food, crafts. food, prizes, and some more food. It’s a…
Picnic With PigPen: Good Clean Fun in Setting Sun
With sweet harmonies, songs both charming and funny, a guitar, mandolin, banjo and accordion and more talent than you can fit on the band bus, the boys of PigPen Theatre Company will unpack their latest work for all ages this week, outdoors at Featherstone Center for the Arts.
Warming, Changing Habitats Is VCS Annual Meeting Topic
When it comes to climate change, coastal habitats are among the most vulnerable. Perhaps that’s why there was a full house at the Vineyard Conservation Society’s annual meeting Tuesday evening for a presentation on climate change habitat impacts. That and the fact that the Vineyard Conservation Society works hard to educate the Island community about…
Chilmark Flea Market Turns 43
Antique sellers, artists, glassblowers and jewelers basked in the morning light of the first Chilmark Flea Market last Wednesday, waiting on their folding chairs and backs of trucks for customers and fellow vendors to approach their tables of goodies.
After the Parade
After the Parade
Four Soliloquies, Still Secret, Tell of 40 Years
Gunther Schuller wastes no time. The noted American composer sleeps little and occasionally forgets to eat.
“Eight hours every night?” he said to an NPR reporter last year. “Life is too short.”
In fact, when Delores Stevens, artistic director of the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society, asked him last January to write a…
Court Hears Pleas in Jail Assault and Rape Cases
By JIM HICKEY
A 20-year-old inmate at the Edgartown house of correction has been accused of attacking another inmate after a disagreement over a washing machine in jail laundry facilities last month. James Mettelus was arraigned in Edgartown district court last Monday on a single charge of assault and battery.
Mr.…
Fireworks Go On Despite Power Outage
It was a busy but relatively smooth Fourth of July weekend for Edgartown police, who made several drunk driving arrests, assisted some intoxicated revelers who lost their way and handled crowd control during the jam-packed holiday parade and fireworks display on Sunday.
Officer Stephanie Immelt said police responded to 120 calls, not including…
Correction
Correction
The headline on a story in Friday’s Gazette about the role of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in research work on the Gulf oil spill was inaccurate. BP did not break a commitment on a $500 million fund set up for the research work, although the status of the fund remains unclear…
Vineyard Fishermen Join Forces Against Idea of Lobster Ban
A group of Island lobster fishermen plan to attend a meeting later this month in Warwick, R.I. to express their opposition to a proposed ban on lobster fishing in southern New England and beyond.
The fishermen dispute the findings of scientists that the lobster fishery has collapsed, and worry that a moratorium on…
Relic of World War II Ready For Replacement; But How?
In the fall of 1944, a hurricane swept through the Vineyard, hitting Katama and damaging beyond repair the two hangars used to service Katama Airfield. Out of scraps collected from the two destroyed structures, a group of Islanders fashioned a new hangar in 1945 to help get the tiny airpark up and running again. Almost…
Where Oaks Die, Blueberries Live In Ever-Changing Forest
For Polly Hill Arboretum director Tim Boland, the swift demise of his oak forest that spans the arboretum property has been literally startling. “I’d be outside in the collections this winter and I would just hear wha-BAM!” The trees, ravaged by a plague of caterpillar infestation that lasted just over three years from 2005 to…
Festive Fourth Filled With Flags and Sparkle
If nothing else, this July Fourth was a celebration the founding fathers would have approved of — a celebration of life, liberty, and above all, the pursuit of happiness. Parade-goers wore ribbons in their hair, held flags in their hands and were all smiles with ice cream dripping down their chins as they eagerly awaited…
Watch Out for Sharks, The Coast Guard Warns In First-of-Its Kind Alert
It’s been 35 years since the movie Jaws forever linked great white shark attacks and Martha’s Vineyard in the popular imagination of the world, yet in all that time no one has ever been attacked.
Then, long after all thought it was safe to go back in the water, along came the U.S.…
