Dylan Thomas
The birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses I rose in rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. – Dylan Thomas
August 20, 2010
David Flanders Goes Backcountry in Baja
David Flanders of Edgartown recently completed a 75-day course in Baja, Calif., with the National Outdoor Leadership School. Under the guidance of professional instructors, David and his fellow students hiked in the Sierra de la Lagunas mountains of southern Baja, and sea kayaked and sailed in the Sea of Cortez.
Fraternity Achievement for Richard North Patterson
Richard North Patterson was honored with an alumni achievement award from Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Mr. Patterson, a 1968 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, joined the fraternity as an undergraduate in 1965. The award was presented during the fraternity’s Karnea convention held in Washington, D.C.
Vineyard Girl Goes Batty in Boston
Growing up on the Vineyard, I long ago came to terms with finding wildlife in my house.
Ticks, spiders, mosquitoes and moths in summer; mice (both in traps and scurrying across dining room floors) in the winter. Once, a pair of baby raccoons camped out in our yard. Had I opened the backdoor,…
A Summer of Grace Heals the Soul
After a brutal three years working at a job I can only describe as the equivalent of placing my hand in a meat grinder, I took the proverbial leap off a cliff. I quit my job and fell into the abyss of unemployment. This action was precipitated by a call I received from my sister…
On Vacation Among the Wind Farms
My wife and I spent the last week of July relaxing at the southwestern tip of Prince Edward Island. There’s not much there except a small harbor filled with lobster boats, a lighthouse, an inn, a restaurant (we stayed in a sweet little apartment above the restaurant — from our balcony we looked at the…
Looking on the Bright Side With Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School profes sor, loves her Vineyard home not so much as a place to get away from it all as a place to think about it all.
“It’s a place to stand back and think big thoughts,” she said, seated on the patio of her home overlooking the…
Fair Puppets
Fair Puppets
Puppetoke, a five-time returning puppet troupe, will be performing once again at the Agricultural Fair.
Each year the Island-based troupe performs a new puppet musical created especially for the fair, a 10-minute story geared for children with wry asides for adults to enjoy. Shows will be Saturday at 10:30…
Tour D.C. Guston Exhibit Without Leaving Up-Island
Art historian Peter Miller will present a lecture on the artist Philip Guston on Tuesday, August 24, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Aquinnah Town Hall as part of the Aquinnah Public Library’s late summer speaker series.
Portrait of a Powerful Man
By Tyler Lewis The Carol Craven Gallery has on display a portrait of our country’s first black cabinet member, Dr. Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997), commissioned in 1968 to be painted by Island artist Stan Murphy. Mr. Weaver was the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Born into a middle-class family in Washington…
Harry Seymour Exhibits at Carol Craven Gallery
A new exhibition of paintings by Harry Seymour opens at Carol Craven Gallery with a reception for the artist on Sunday, August 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. and the public is welcome.
This will be Mr. Seymour’s second exhibition at the gallery, and he will present his most recent works of egg…
Painter Finds Comfort in Landscapes
As a landscape painter, Allen Whiting can feel the seasons. He has an eye for light and movement that can make you hear the wind howl in the dead of January at South Beach, or feel the spring sunshine bounce off the oak trees in Chilmark in April. Mr. Whiting has been painting for almost…
Marafanyi
Marafanyi
The Marafanyi beats go on, from Sunday, August 22, through Tuesday August 24: workshops where adults, children and families together can learn West African drum, dance and song will be held at the Chilmark Community Center. For details and registration, e-mail Mary Ambulos at mvmar@comcast.net or see online marafanyi.com.
Estate Auction
Estate Auction
An auction of estate items from several Vineyard homes will be presented by MV Auctions on Saturday, August 21 at 6 p.m. at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury, on State Road near Alley’s. The preview of fine antiques begins at 1 p.m. and the preview party with wine and cheese…
Gould Gallery
Gould Gallery
No need to be at sixes and sevens — the Wall Street World Cup sailor turned photographer, painter and gallery-owner Louisa Gould has not got the seven year itch. Rather, she’s hit lucky seven, and the grown-up gallery at 54 Main street, Vineyard Haven is celebrating with a seven-year anniversary party…
Grand Illumination Celebration Lights Up Porches And Hearts
Light rain hardly dampened the spirits of those attending the Grand Illumination in the Oak Bluffs Camp Ground on Wednesday night. The gingerbread cottagers were perfectly protected on covered porches that glowed and twinkled with light from strings of paper lanterns. The air was misty and magical.
Musicians assembled for a night of…
Vineyard Puts Out the Welcome Mat
Hay-laden pickup trucks headed to the fair, kids and parents eating their lunch on the bench, cyclists stopping for a cool drink of water. It was a regular August afternoon on the porch of Alley’s General Store in West Tisbury yesterday, all save for the fact that this crowd was waiting for President Obama’s motorcade…
Stolen Sign at Sandpiper Realty Appears to Be Professional Job
Sometime after dark on Sunday night or early Monday morning, someone carefully removed a hand-carved wooden sign that hung from a post outside the Sandpiper Realty office on Winter street in Edgartown. The thief used specialized tools, not force, to cleanly detach the signboard, which featured a three-dimensional carving of the emblematic Sandpiper bird, then…
Snapper Captures Dog of the Month
The new Vineyard Seadogs Calendar 2011 is available in Island stores. The fifth in a series, it features dozens of canine companions romping in the surf, jumping off of docks, frolicking in the sea, and even windsurfing, all indicating Martha’s Vineyard really has gone to the dogs.
Find these funny, furry, wet and…
The Name is Overt, the Game is Yogurt: Take a Lick at Tisberry in Tisbury
When Eric Johnson and his wife, Leslie, were trying to come up with a name for their new frozen yogurt shop, they were sure of one thing.
Comedian Promises Liberal Dose of Political Humor
New York political comedian Scott Blakeman presents A Liberal Dose of Political Humor, bringing his political humor from a liberal Jewish point of view to the Grange Hall in West Tisbury, on Saturday, August 28 at 8 p.m.
Military Munitions Search to Begin
A project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is making the rounds to notify Island towns of an upcoming project to locate unexploded ordnance on land and water around South Beach, Cape Pogue and the Tisbury Great Pond. On Monday, Carol Ann Charette outlined the preliminary project details to the Edgartown selectmen, and…
Rainforest Talk
Rainforest Talk
Stuart Davies, director of the Center for Tropical Forest Science at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, will report on the state of the world’s tropical forests, on Wednesday, August 25 at 7:30 p.m at the Far Barn.
Surfcasters, Swimmers Have Say On Oak Bluffs Fishing Pier Plan
A proposed recreational fishing pier in Oak Bluffs is causing divisions among fishermen and local residents who would prefer to see the pier elsewhere.
At a hearing on July 20 the Oak Bluffs conservation commission referred a proposal by the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game to build a 317-foot fishing pier off…
Chief: Markers Slow Cars to Safer Speed
By MEGAN DOOLEY
West Tisbury selectmen have sent a letter of thanks to the state highway department for installing reflective delineators along the center lines at the intersection of State and Old County Roads.
Police Warning
Police Warning
Oak Bluffs police have responded to several calls reporting a peeping Tom over the past several weeks. In two incidents a man also entered homes occupied by women and sexually assaulted one of them. Police believe the incidents all may be related.
Police are asking residents to be vigilant…
Boatline Hikes Ambulance Rates, Contemplates SSA Credit Card
The Steamship Authority this week decided to charge more for ambulances taking patients off-Island for treatment.
And the fare increases, which will take effect from Nov. 1, will be steep — nearly 100 per cent on some trips from the Vineyard and more than 100 per cent for some Nantucket trips.
…
Fluke, Bass Season Ends
Fluke, Bass Season Ends
Striped bass and fluke are a prime item this weekend in fish markets and in restaurants. And that will be it for the season. Due to the fact that state quotas have been met, the commercial striped bass season will close on Monday, August 23, and the commercial fluke…
Tanks Tell Story of Summer: Big Demand on Island Power
If consumption of water and electricity and outflow of sewage is an indication, this has been a busy summer on the Vineyard.
The three down-Island towns all report increased water usage, much of it tied to the drought and heat.
Edgartown reports the largest numbers for water use and sewage flow.…
Successor to Dr. King’s Church Gets an Amen in West Tisbury
The Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock strode acress the altar of the 333-year-old First Congregational Church of West Tisbury and surveyed the weathered, expectant faces of its Yankee parishioners. Mr. Warnock hails from Atlanta, Ga., where he leads the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr.
“Let the church…
Hot Dog Heaven
Hot Dog Heaven
Dinghy Dogs’ second annual Hot Dog Topping Contest is on: the deadline for bringing your recipes, pictures or descriptions of the top dog toppings to the Dinghy Dog House on the Oak Bluffs Harbor is August 24.
Bring your recipes, pictures, and/or descriptions down to Dinghy Dogs on…
Yiddish Folk: Growing Up Guthrie
All or none. That’s what is listed under religion on Nora Guthrie’s birth certificate. Even with folksinger Woody Guthrie as a father and a famous Yiddish poet for a grandmother in a densely populated Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y., Ms. Guthrie grew up in a household where religion was understood to be a personal connection…
What a Fluke! Combat Cooking To Spur Sea Change in Awareness
Warren Doty stood atop a small blue cooler, beckoning the crowd at the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market over to the side of the Grange Hall last Saturday like a ringmaster at the circus. As the crowd grew larger, people peered over each other’s shoulders, curious as to what the secret ingredient would be. Home Port…
Sharing Skins on the Sand at Sunset
At six o’clock on Tuesday, State Beach seems as it does any other day of the week at this time. Calm waves lap the shore as seagulls fly above and toddlers race through the sand.
The Hard Work of Being Funny: A Behind the Scenes Account
We sat in a circle trying to make each other laugh. The tent at the Yard in Chilmark provided a writers’ den for the 11 fledgling or developed comedy writers who signed up to take Anne Beatts’s comedy workshop last week.
Singing the Stories
Singing the Stories
Ulali, the Native American a cappella singing group. has performed nearly everywhere: the Smithsonian’s Folkways 50th Anniversary Gala at Carnegie Hall, Woodstock 94, the Hollywood Bowl, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, Madison Square Garden, even the Olympics. They have traversed the world too. From Fiji to New Caledonia; Portugal to…
Beaches Closed, Then Opened; High Bacteria Counts a Mystery
This week Island swimmers were greeted by the three worst words a vacationer can read: CLOSED NO SWIMMING. While sharks have garnered the regional headlines this has been a summer increasingly interrupted for beachgoers by much smaller animals: bacteria.
A number of beaches were closed in Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury on Wednesday…
All’s Fair in Four Days of Fun, Funnelcake
As a four-piece horn band serenaded the crowd to the tune of America the Beautiful yesterday morning, kids hurried over to the booth to buy ride tickets, parents applied sunscreen and food vendors began to fire up the grills. With a clear blue sky backdrop, the 149th annual Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society fair opened for…
Driver’s Safety Class
Driver’s Safety Class
An AARP driver’s safety class is offered on Tuesday, August 24, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Tisbury Senior Center. Melvin Thornhill will teach about new signage and traffic rules. If you are insured out-of-state, class certification may qualify you for a discount on your premium. Preregistration is required…
Multiple Sclerosis Seminar Will Be at Howes House
A free educational seminar on multiple sclerosis (MS) will be held Monday, August 23, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Howes House, on State Road in West Tisbury.
The program, Ask the Doctor: Symptom Management in MS, is presented by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and features Ann Cabot.
…
Uncovering Carnal Knowledge
Uncovering Carnal Knowledge
Carnal knowledge is a legal euphemism for sexual intercourse. It is also the title of a movie made in 1971 that included this bit of dialogue: “Boys begin life not liking girls, later they don’t change, they just get horny.”
Rough stuff but that’s the world so many…
Dog Parade Is Fetching Evening
The second annual Martha’s Vineyard Dog Parade is August 22 at 6:30 p.m. in Oak Bluffs’ Ocean Park, and its slogan is Welcome Back Bo, for First Dog Bo Obama.
Everyone is invited, dog or no dog, for a walk in the park.
The opportunity to have your dog marshal the…
Smooth Jazz
Smooth Jazz
Enjoy an evening of contemporary chamber jazz in Vineyard Haven on Sunday, with a new jazz ensemble consisting of professional musicians from West Tisbury and Chilmark: Eric Johnson on electric and nylon-string guitar, Tauras Biskis on percussion, and Boaz Kirschenbaum on fretless bass guitar.
The concert is on August…
Yale Day at Harbor View To Engage Heart, Mind
All Islanders are invited to the Yale Day in the Sun at the Harbor View Hotel and Resort on August 21. Organizers promise an afternoon of intellectual stimulation, reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones.
At 1 p.m. Yale’s Jonathan Holloway, professor of history, African American Studies and American Studies, will present…
Same Crime Rates, More Punishment
The same proportion of white people as black smoke marijuana. So why are the incarceration rates for black dope smokers many times higher?
Why have incarceration rates overall in America quintupled in the past 30 years, while the nation’s crime rate has not changed substantially? And why does this country have the highest…
Republicans, Religion and Racial Profiling
Alienated and impoverished young African Americans are being recruited to radical Islam, and could yet produce black America’s version of 9/11, a Christian Community leader has warned.
“I’m telling you, it’s a ticking bomb,” the Rev. Eugene Rivers, pastor of the Azusa Christian Community, told a conference on Race, Religion and Reason at…
U.S. Coast Guard Defends Pace of Fire Investigation
The U.S. Coast Guard is still interviewing witnesses in the investigation of last month’s fire that destroyed the Menemsha boathouse, and spokesmen said Tuesday that plans for rebuilding the historic boathouse have been put on hold until all evidence has been collected and results of the investigation are released.
A Cappella
A Cappella
The Vineyard Sound’s two-hour Farewell to Summer final concert for the season will be Saturday at the Old Whaling Church, starting at 7:30. General admission is $15; reserved seats, $20. For tickets or details, call 1-866-VIN-SOUND.
Embattled on So Many Fronts: The Difference a Year Makes
When President Obama came to Martha’s Vineyard for a break this time last year, after just eight months in office, there were those who questioned why he was taking time off so soon. Surely, though, a year later few would doubt the man really, really needs a vacation.
By August 2009, the President’s…
Herbal Medicine
Herbal Medicine
Holly Bellebuono of Vineyard Herbs returns to the Polly Hill Arboretum for her popular salve-making workshop on Tuesday, August 17, from 1 to 3 p.m. The workshop begins with a walk to identify and collect medicinal herbs and weeds on the arboretum grounds. Next, participants make their own oil infusions and…
President Obama Begins Vineyard Vacation
With little fanfare, President Obama landed at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport yesterday afternoon to begin a 10-day Vineyard vacation as planned. Like last year, the arrival was completely closed to the public. The President traveled with the family dog, Bo, and a small group that included his close friend and senior advisor Valerie Jarrett and…
Exploring Library’s Past With Edgartown Historian
Mary Jane Carpenter will give a free public talk on the history of Edgartown’s Carnegie Library building, at the library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25.
Afghan Women to Share Stories Of Success in Business, Education
Prominent Afghan businesswoman Hassina Sherjan, who owns the textile company Boumi and is coauthor of Toughing It Out in Afghanistan, will be among the notable women speaking at Empowering Afghan Women, a panel presentation to be held on Monday, August 23, at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Pyrotechnic Storm Hits Ocean Park
Pyrotechnic Storm Hits Ocean Park
Did you know fireworks date back to seventh century China when they were used to scare away evil spirits? But that was just for the wealthy. The masses didn’t get their boom-boom on until the 14th century, thanks to the Ming dynasty’s populist embrace. Fast-forward to today and…
Mooncussers Plunder Funky Musical Treasure
The night Brad Tucker approached saxophonist Brian Nelson at the Ritz Cafe in Oak Bluffs, guitar slung over his shoulder, Mr. Nelson rolled his eyes. “Oh no, not another guitar player,” he thought to himself. Mr. Tucker only had to strum a few strings and sing a few bars for Mr. Nelson to understand that…
Letters to the Editor
SPARE THE SERMON
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Long before writer Peter Beinart’s birth, some felt that the influx of Holocaust refugees in the 1940s threatened the enlightened goals of Israel’s founders. Then it was the waves of Jew refugees from Arab lands in the 1950s, Jews from the Soviet Union in the…
Clarification
Clarification
A story in Tuesday’s Gazette about changes on the board of directors for the Quansoo Beach Association did not make clear that longtime association treasurer Bonnie George’s decision to step down was unrelated to pressure over the legal dispute with the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation. Mrs. George was asked to stay on the…
Welcome Truman
Welcome Truman
Summer White House 2010
Summer White House 2010
Chilmark
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
(slaterjn@comcast.net)
Chilmark is in the midst of midsummer madness but everyone is having a grand time and is out and about chasing fun at full speed. Several thunderstorms moved thru one night this week and managed to be gone by daytime. The roads are a…
Please Adopt Us
Please Adopt Us
Aquinnah
JUNE D. MANNING
508-645-2574
(lthslnks@gis.net)
Welcome to President Obama and the First Family as they begin their restful vacation on the Vineyard once again. Perhaps this year we will see them more around town, and perhaps I will get to see them if they venture up to Aquinnah again.
Temperatures
Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
August 13 79 64 .00
August 14 76 55 .00
August 15 79 55 .00
August 16 78 66 .00
August 17 79 70 .16
August 18 81 67 .00
August 19 78 64 .08
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East Chop
Rick Herrick
508-693-8065
(herricklr@verizon.net)
In graduate school I read Plato and learned that old men can’t learn new things. It wasn’t scary then. It’s a little different now. Because conventional wisdom seems to agree with Plato that cognitive decline occurs as we age, I decided last winter to learn…
Welcome Elizabeth
Welcome Elizabeth
Sara and Thomas Guice announce the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Diane Guice, born on August 10, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Elizabeth weighed 8 pounds at birth.
Announcing Charlotte
Announcing Charlotte
Michelle Veit and Keenan DeLaney of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Charlotte Rai DeLaney, born on August 13, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Charlotte weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces at birth.
Here’s Maybeline
Here’s Maybeline
Lisa Brown and Brent Brown of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Maybeline Anne Brown, born on August 4, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Maybeline weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces at birth.
Moon
Tonight’s gibbous moon appears low in the zodiac, in the constellation Sagittarius. The moon spends the night in the South. For those who visit South Beach at night, the moon marks a sparkling trail from the viewer to just under the moon. The size of the sparkles will be guided by how turbulent the sea…
Edgartown
KATHIE CASE
508-627-5349
(kathleencase@comcast.net)
Warm days and cool nights — we seem to be having the best of both worlds. Now if this weather keeps up for the rest of the week, everyone will be happy and the fireworks will go off tonight as scheduled.
Happy birthday…
Chappy
BRAD WOODGER
508-627-4216
(ibwsgolf@aol.com)
Chappy doesn’t ask a lot from us. Just stay out of her poison ivy and ticks, and we’re good. But she gives a lot in return. More than one soul has been healed on a cool summer night, the stars, the owls, the salt breeze…
Precious Screenwriter Tackles Attica Prison Uprising in Next Film
Shearer Cottage in Oak Bluffs has a history of being part of history. The 103-year-old summer inn was a haven for African American families in the early part of the 20th century during a time when few establishments would offer hospitality services, and has continued to be part of a vibrant community tradition.
Shearer…
Precious Producer Preview, Discussion at Harbor View
Meet the executive producer of Precious, the Academy Award-winning film directed by Lee Daniels, on Saturday, August 21, at 10 a.m. at the Harbor View Hotel. Hosted by the Weekend Renewing America’s Promise, the event includes a preview and discussion of a new movie underway led by Lisa Cortes, executive producer of Precious, and filmmakers…
Crab Hunt
Blue crab is a Vineyard seafood delicacy. For many years, the idea of eating blue crab here was kept quiet among those who knew where to find them. They were the Vineyard’s secret seafood.
But increasing awareness of the health of the Island’s great ponds has moved the topic above a whisper; the…
August 13: Hazy Morning
Friday, August 13: Hazy morning. East wind. Temperature rises to the high 70s. Sunny. Fair weather cumulus clouds over Telegraph Hill. Starry night.
Saturday, August 14: Cool morning. Air is crisp. Temperature starts in the mid 50s. A bright-clear-sunny, late summer day. The air is dry. High flying cirrus clouds move slowly over…
Graceful Black Skimmers Find Island Brood-Friendly
Nesting terns have for quite awhile been under pressure to find appropriate and safe nesting habitat on the beaches of New England. The coastal waterbird program at Mass Audubon and the Island’s management unit of The Trustees of Reservations both dedicate a lot of manhours and resources to the task of protecting tern colonies over…
Share Shearing Celebration, See Alpacas’ First Haircut
Bring the family to the next Shearing Day celebration, when Island Alpaca Farm shears their newest alpaca babies, or cria, from their summer birthing season on Friday, August 27 from noon to 3 p.m. at the farm near the blinker.
In this fleece-to-fiber transition, observing expert shearers work their clippers through the baby…
Magazine Covers All Angles — Even the Dog’s View
Martha’s Vineyard Magazine highlights a diversity of subjects in its August 2010 issue, including the fate of retired ferries, where to spot migrating shorebirds on the Island, and the winners of the magazine’s second annual photo contest.
Eat, Fish, Love: Shore Up on Wild Food
FOUR FISH: The Future of the Last Wild Food. By Paul Greenberg. Penguin Press, New York, N.Y. July 2010. 304 pages. $25.95, hardcover.
The title is too narrow. Don’t think for a moment this is a book only about salmon, cod, bass and tuna. The book goes beyond the history and plight of…
Twenty Years of Wonder: Artists At Camp Celebrate With Record
This is a place where bare feet and imaginations run free.
Showing the View from Inside on Loneliest Job in the World
It was the beginning of what would be a long day for the then-future president of the United States, Barack Obama. He’d finished up on the campaign trail about 1 a.m., then returned to his hotel to steal a few hours of sleep with Michelle, who had been busy campaigning separately from her husband. Now…
Encountering Barack Obama Amid Vineyard’s Black History
In the late summer of 2004, Barack Obama agreed to participate in a forum on race relations held at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown.
Vineyard’s Sultan of Swing Tony Grillo Tips Lay of the Links for Duffer-in-Chief
Few people know their way around the Island links like local wunderkind Tony Grillo. As President Obama settles into a vacation in West Tisbury that is almost certain to include a few rounds, Mr. Grillo leaves for Seattle to compete in the U.S. Amateur Championship. Before leaving, though, he spoke with the Gazette at his…
Architect Completes Exam , Has Edgartown Family Ties
Elizabeth Morgan has become a licensed architect in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, following completion of the architectural registration exams, according to Kuhn Riddle Architects, located in Amherst.
Sheriff’s Patrol is Old Hand on Water
Thomas (TJ) Mello, 49, of Tisbury is a familiar Vineyard face. For 29 years he worked as a clerk for the Steamship Authority. He would check people in as they lined up to board the boat in Vineyard Haven, always offering a smile.
He retired last May, turning his attention to his love…
Let’s Dance!
Let’s Dance!
Island Salsa will be represented at the Let’s Move Festival on August 24 in Waban Park in Oak Bluffs. From 1 to 1:15 p.m. there will be a demonstration followed by a brief introductory class with David Vanderhoop. There is no charge. The rain date is August 25. And it’s not…
The Vineyard Gardener
BY LYNNE IRONS
Let’s Move Together: Vineyard Fitness Has Distinct Challenges, Common Goals
Fit to win: Coach Philip Dwayne led the Celtics to a 2-1 victory on Wednesday over Monto Orthopedics in the Martha’s Vineyard Football Association competition. The game, a mid-season championship contest, was hard-fought. Eduardo DaSilva scored on a penalty kick early to put Monto ahead 1-0 at half-time. But the Celtics came back with two…
A Willet is a Willet
Dick Jennings sent me a photograph of a shore bird he found out on the shore of Cape Pogue Bay. The caption was “What is this, it looks like a willet, but it is the wrong color?” Dick was correct, it was a willet and his confusion was legitimate. There are two subspecies of willets…
Heavenly Hoax
“NO ONE ALIVE WILL EVER SEE THIS,” screamed the subject line in all capital letters.
Don’t believe the hype. Though this title sounds as if it is forecasting a very exciting occurrence, I can assureyou that it is just hoax-us pokus.
