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
October 22, 2010
Women On Fire Welcomes New Marketing Director
Women on Fire Founder and West Tisbury resident Debbie Phillips announces Jamie Eslinger as the director of marketing and communications.
Headquartered on the Vineyard since 2003, Women on Fire has connected women to one another to maximize their success.
With 15 years experience in marketing, Ms. Eslinger has led award-winning promotions…
Lombardi-Kiendzior
Lombardi—Kiendzior
Mary and Primo Lombardi of Chilmark are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Nina, to Dana Kiendzior. Dana is the son of Carol Kiendzior and Dana Kiendzior of Westfield.
A summer 2011 wedding is planned.
Patz-Medeiros
Patz—Medeiros
Shana Leigh Patz and Lwidy Medeiros of Peabody, announce their engagement.
Shana is the daughter of Anthony Patz of Harwich and Shaun and Gerald Maciel Jr. of Vineyard Haven. Lwidy is the son of Jose Medeiros of Brazil and Maria Zardo of Peabody.
A June 2012 wedding is…
Preschool Proposals
Preschool Proposals
The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation is accepting inquiries for its 2011 Social and Emotional Preschool Curriculum request for proposals. The goal is to fund effective curricula designed to enhance preschool children’s social and emotional skills.
The deadline for the preapplication is Dec. 1, 2010. Visit thetowerfoundation.org for…
Demos-Wikstrom Vows
Demos-Wikstrom Vows
Carey Demos and Matthew Wikstrom were married at Huntington Beach on Oct. 2, 2010.
The couple resides in Los Angeles where the bridegroom is a vice president at Wasserman Media Group and the bride is a financial advisor at UBS.
The bride’s parents are George and Mary…
Nancy Dince Weds Denis Howard Street
Nancy Ellen Dince and Denis Howard Street were married on August 21 at the Vanderhoop Homestead in Aquinnah.
The location of the wedding has special significance for the couple; the first picture that Mrs. Street ever saw of her now husband was a photograph of him standing in front of the Gay Head…
Lynsey Propeck Marries Jackson Eno
Miss Lynsey Alyn Propeck and Mr. Jackson French Eno, Jr. were united in marriage on July 10, 2010 in Edgartown. The bride was given in marriage by her father, Timothy Propeck. Rev. J. Howard Cepelak, of Trinity Church in Waltham was the celebrant. Following the ceremony, a dinner and reception was held on Tower Hill…
Kristen Lollis, Brendon Bates Exchange Vows
Kristen L. Lollis and Brendon W. Bates were married at the Federated Church in Edgartown on Saturday, August 14. The Rev. Richard Fenn officiated at the ceremony alongside the Rev. Jerry Fritz, pastor of the small church built in 1828.
Amanda Shallcross Weds Daniel Zane
Amanda Kate Shallcross and Daniel Arnold Zane were married on Saturday, August 21 at the Aquinnah Lighthouse. The wedding reception was held at the Beach Plum Inn in Menemsha.
Patricia Barrett, rector of the St. Barnabus Episcopal Church in Falmouth, and a college friend of the mother of the bride, officiated.
Rocking the Strings and Buttons
Rocking the Strings and Buttons
Many years ago, Brendan Begley read the following horoscope in a Dublin newspaper: Follow your heart. A moment of madness is better than a life of logic. Mr. Begley promptly quit his job as a Dublin schoolteacher and headed back to Dingle to start making music.
Architects to Present Library Plan
The architectural team chosen to design the expansion of the West Tisbury Free Public Library facility will present an analysis of potential library sites at a public forum on Monday, Oct. 25 at 5:30 p.m., at the library, with refreshments.
Watch a Concert, Join the Concert
Watch a Concert, Join the Concert
They’ve played for the Queen and now they’re playing for you.
This Saturday, Oct. 23 at 5 p.m. the London Gold Group will be performing at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown. This group of violinists and viola players is comprised of London’s finest musicians,…
Halloween Party
Halloween Party
Spook alert! The annual Halloween Party at the Ag Hall in West Tisbury will be on Sunday, Oct. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. with games, prizes, snacks and the scary hayride. It’s all brought to you by West Tisbury Parks and Recreation. For details, call 508-696-0147.
Vineyard Haven Ghosties
Vineyard Haven Ghosties
Once again Vineyard Haven businesses are getting into the ghoulish spirit this Halloween.
Beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31, Main street will be host to those things that go bump in the night. So come all you vampires and Voldemorts, you witches and warlocks, you ghosts…
Children’s Imagination Runs Wild in Animals A-Z
Once children begin connecting with the natural world, it can be hard to stop them. Perhaps that is why the lovely new book by the young artists of Featherstone Center for the Arts, called Animals A-Z, has 49 paintings despite the potentially limiting 26 letters of the alphabet.
Winter Farmers’ Market
Winter Farmers’ Market
Noses, for the moment, may be safe from Jack Frost, but still the air is getting chilly. So what’s a farmers’ market to do to keep the veggies safe. Head indoors.
This week the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market begins its run at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury.…
Community Suppers
Community Suppers
Edgartown community suppers begin on Monday, Oct. 25 and run through March 28. Dinners start at 5 p.m. and are held in the Baylies Room at the Old Whaling Church on Main street in Edgartown.
All are welcome.
For more information, call 508-693-4424.
Soup Is Good Food
Soup Is Good Food
Island chef Cathy Walthers, author of Raising the Salad Bar and the new book Soups and Sides, will present a soup-making demonstration and tasting on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Polly Hill Arboretum.
Begin the day with a staff-led tour of…
Hebrew Center Raffle
Hebrew Center Raffle
The Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center’s religious school is having a raffle, with three winning packages, each valued at more than $3,000 — an Up-Island Getaway/Adventure, a Travel/Sports package, and a Literary Soiree package.
Children at the Hebrew Center are selling tickets for $25 each, or you may purchase…
Art in a Barn
Art in a Barn
Art, music, dancing and hors d’oeuvres — what can you add to that? More art, of course. Robert Hall Parker will open a show of his recent works at the Dole barn off Rogers Path in West Tisbury on Sunday, Oct. 24, from 6 to 9 p.m. A southern-born…
Farm to Bank
Farm to Bank
Calling all foodies, from growers to eaters. On Monday, Nov. 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury there will be a panel discussion geared toward food entrepreneurs. The panelists will include Rebecca Miller of North Tabor Farm, Sarah McKay, manager for Cronig’s Markets, Wenonah…
Straight Shooters
Straight Shooters
Jonathan Gill captured the large caliber division of the annual Martha’s Vineyard Pistol Championships held on Sunday, Oct. 10 with a score of 290 out of 350, while Jim Dorsey captured the small bore caliber division with a score of 305 of 350 in that pistol class.
Competitors had…
Love, Pain, the Whole Thing In Island Grown One-Acts
Taffy McCarthy is solitary on stage in the literal whole-nine-yards of white satin bridal paraphernalia; the gown is too long for her customary hopping and bopping.
In this Island Theatre Workshop (ITW) rehearsal of the first of five short original plays — banded together under the title Pick of the Crop — Ms.…
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Library Lecture Series Organizer Was Former DNA Explorer
For the past decade Betty Burton has organized the Vineyard Haven Public Library’s evening lecture series. On Tuesday it was her turn to speak. Like many Vineyarders, when she came to the Island years ago, she left behind an impressive oeuvre on the continent: Mrs. Burton was a researcher on the cutting edge of the…
Ingredients to Success Include Bold Leap
The Limpopo is a river in Botswana. It is also the name of a doughnut served at State Road Restaurant in West Tisbury. But this is not just any doughnut as anyone who as eaten one, or 30, say, in a week-long binge will attest. It is the perfect doughnut.
Brown and slightly crispy on…
NSTAR to Begin Repairs on Chappy Cable
NSTAR received emergency permission from the Edgartown selectmen on Monday to replace a damaged submarine cable in the channel between Edgartown and Chappaquiddick. The cable failure caused a nine-hour power outage on Chappaquiddick in September.
Land Bank to Preserve State Road Meadow
A rolling meadow that has been used for sheep grazing off State Road in Tisbury will be protected thanks to the purchase of a conservation restriction by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank.
The land bank commission announced on Tuesday that it has signed a contract to buy a restriction on seven acres owned…
Real Estate Course
Real Estate Course
New requirements for obtaining a Massachusetts real estate license take effect in the spring of 2011 requiring three years of experience as a salesperson as a prerequisite for obtaining a broker’s license; currently one year is required.
The classroom requirements for a salesperson or a broker’s license will…
Voters Face Ten Questions: Edgartown Town Meeting
A 10-article warrant will come before Edgartown voters at a special town meeting next Thursday, with spending requests for fire truck maintenance and a new police cruiser, among other things.
The session begins at 7 p.m. at the Old Whaling Church on Main street; moderator Philip J. Norton will preside.
Two Charged in Vicious Summer Beating
Two West Tisbury men were arrested last week in connection with the brutal beating of a man at an August party in West Tisbury.
Patrolman Honored for Tenacious Arrest
Officer Frank Pacheco of the Oak Bluffs Police Department was recognized with an award for bravery at the Wednesday, Oct. 13 Southeastern Massachusetts Police Chiefs Association meeting.
Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention
Island Elderly Housing will host a community forum on suicide prevention on Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The forum, presented by the Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition, is open to all.
Suicide is a very real problem among our youth and elderly, particularly in the…
School Budget Increase Earmarks Summer School, Bridge Program
Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss presented his draft, a $3.8 million budget for next year to the All-Island School Committee last Thursday. The budget represents a 7.45 per cent increase over this year; the bulk of the increase can primarily be tracked to three new programs.
Mr. Weiss wants to expand…
Medicare
Medicare
All seniors who have Medicare Part D Prescription Drug coverage should review their current plan to see if it remains cost-effective and has all of their drugs for 2011. Medicare posts formularies, premiums and drug costs for all Part D plans for next year on the Medicare Web site, medicare.gov, on or…
West Dock Plans Meet Approval, As Tea Lane Farm Study Begins
The Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard and state officials have approved preliminary plans for the new West Dock in Menemsha. Engineer Kent Healy and a draftsman are finalizing bid specifications for the project to rebuild the car-way destroyed in the July 12 fire.
Chilmark executive secretary Tim Carroll told the selectmen…
Golfers Swing Big to Aid Big Brothers, Big Sisters
The 22nd annual Howard W. Leonard Golf Scramble to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Martha’s Vineyard took place on Sunday, Sept. 19, with beautiful weather for the 45 golfers who took to the Mink Meadows course following breakfast provided by the Black Dog Cafe.
Samuel Donegan
Samuel Donegan
Samuel Donegan of Vineyard Haven has been admitted to Bryant University in Rhode Island.
Nip ’n Tuck Farm Neighbors Say Dirt Bikes Are Noisy Nuisance
A rowdy pastime has become too rowdy for some residents of West Tisbury, who voiced their exasperation at Wednesday’s selectmen’s meeting about dirt biking on Nip’n Tuck farm.
Calling the activity “a disturbance of the peace” that contributed “toxic noise pollution” to the neighborhood and beyond, Wayne Greenwell of Yellow Brick Road produced…
Does My Pig Look Too Big In This Barn?
Driving down the dirt path leading to the Farm Institute in Katama, a sign urges you to slow down: “Caution, children exploring.” There are the belted Galloway cows grazing in the distance, bales of wrapped hay in the far field, and now there is a fully restored barn to complete the picturesque vista.
Sgt. Manter Withdraws as Police Chief Candidate
Police sergeant and West Tisbury selectman Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter withdrew his name for consideration for the position of police chief at Wednesday’s selectmen’s meeting.
A week after the board voted to refer the question of Mr. Manter’s eligibility for the position to legal counsel, Mr. Manter, sporting a medal from Sunday’s Bay State…
Denied Administration Post, West Tisbury Teacher Objects
Passed over for an administration job, a science teacher at the West Tisbury School whose students scored highest in this year’s state MCAS exams, has angrily and publicly appealed for an explanation, saying without one he would be forced to leave the Vineyard school system.
An impassioned Karl Nelson aired his grievance at…
Fishing Hard Makes for Winners, Easy Derby Fellowship Abounds
They came for prizes and they came to support each other. The 65th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby awards ceremony at Nectar’s on Sunday was a festival of storytelling, stories told by those who won and those who didn’t. And two anglers who were friends and relatives to many there walked away…
Vineyard Gazette Wins Top Prize in Annual Newspaper Contest
The Vineyard Gazette was named weekly Newspaper of the Year in its circulation category by the New England Newspaper and Press Association yesterday, the top prize in the annual newspaper competition among weekly and small daily newspapers in New England.
The Gazette also won a prestigious Publick Occurrences Award for Outstanding Journalism. The…
Towns Track Falling CPA Match Money
Despite a drop in the level of matching funds from the state, the Community Preservation Act has seen more than $825,000 directed from the state to Island towns this year, with the final installment delivered this month.
Combined with the local revenues, this means town community preservation boards have about $2 million for…
Warren Gosson’s Pitch for Sheriff Job
When Warren Gosson makes his pitch for the job of Dukes County Sheriff, he talks largely about one issue: addiction.
“This Island is loaded with heroin and prescription pills,” he said this week.
And no one, it seems to him, takes the problem seriously enough.
Not the media, which…
Ten-Year Comcast Deal Set to Expire, Opening New Negotiation Points
With the agreement entered into a decade ago between Martha’s Vineyard towns and Comcast coming up for renewal, Island residents now have their chance to pass judgment on the performance of the cable company.
“What this is,” according to MVTV’s executive director Julienne Turner, “is a review of how the company has performed…
Mediums Provide Glimpse of Larger World
Karen Coffey is tiny, but she packs a huge wallop psychically. Her clear eyes do not look away when she speaks to you. When I encountered her in her shop, Pyewacket in Vineyard Haven, I immediately felt the connection of a person who spoke from somewhere outside of her own ego.
House Spirits Are Always Welcome
Last week, I had a visit from old friends John and Michelle Mackin who live in Greensboro, Vt. John is a carpenter and we spent three days together restoring two large bureaus in my home, me painting the drawers and John redoing the countertops. As John worked, I immediately noticed a sound I hear often…
Waiter, There Are Snails on My Pizza
Need a French-themed fundraiser for language students hoping to travel to France next spring school vacation? How about pizza night at the Orange Peel bakery in Aquinnah?
If you think pizza isn’t particularly French, consider this: France is the second-biggest consumer of pizza in the world. (The U.S. comes first; Italy only a…
Little to Fight About
Little to Fight About
It began with an idea, a concept really, followed by a fight, the ordinary course of doing business on the Vineyard, where good things are rarely accomplished without a fight.
Castaways
Castaways
Library Sundays
Library Sundays
The Vineyard Haven Public Library will be open on Sundays beginning Oct. 31. To celebrate, the library will hold a Halloween open house on Oct. 31 from noon to 4 p.m.
There will be cider, cookies and other Halloween treats as well as a special drop-in crafts program for…
College Bound
College Bound
Harry J. Cipolla, son of Mr. James Cipolla of Oak Bluffs, began his first year at Saint Michael’s College in September. Mr. Cipolla graduated from Cohasset Junior Senior High School before coming to Saint Michael’s, which is located in Burlington, Vt.
Seed Savers
Seed Savers
All are welcome to join the Nature Conservancy staff in collecting, cleaning and sorting seeds from their native plant nursery. Seeds are currently ripening on plants in the nursery and are in need of harvesting. This is an opportunity to learn about native plants and help preserve the unique natural character…
Second Annual Business Awards
The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the second annual business awards, the Martha’s. Winners were determined by a vote of the membership and are as follows:
Frosty Rescues
The last act of my day is watching the “Local on the 8’s” on the Weather Channel. Last Wednesday (a week ago now) the temperature was 38 degrees.
Dark-eyed Junco
Eek, what do I call this winter visitor — black chipping bird, white-bill, slate-colored snowbird, eastern junco, slate-colored junco or dark-eyed junco? Presently the ornithologists are calling the junco that visits the Vineyard most commonly the dark-eyed junco.
Please Adopt Us
Please Adopt Us
The nine little kittens that were born at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard a few weeks ago will be ready to find homes on Oct. 27, so if you would like a kitten, come early on that day and pick your kitten. Some of them, have double paws. The…
Fatal Fungi
Rose knows.
Island seaweed artist, centenarian, naturalist and amateur mycologist Rose Treat periodically sends letters to the editor of our hometown newspapers. And she does us a great public service by doing so. Every year or two, she writes a note to remind us to take care around wild mushrooms, and to watch our…
West Tisbury
JOHN S. ALLEY
508-693-2950
alleys@vineyard.net
Last Friday we had high winds, a lot of rain and several ferry cancellations to the Island. But the weekend weather was seasonable and allowed for a lot of outside chores to get done before the first frost. Linda Alley, manager of the Farmers’…
Chilmark
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
(slaterjn@comcast.net)
Chilmark is a busy place this season of the year. Town hall is buzzing with activities, many surrounding the emergency work on the docks and many projects that had to wait for the summer to end. If you are new in town or are…
Edgartown
KATHIE CASE
508-627-5349
(kathleencase@comcast.net)
This is the time of the year when it is colder inside than it is out. And if you are anything like us, you’ll be determined not to turn the heat on until Nov. 1. But you dress in the morning for the cold, then…
Full Moon
Tonight’s full moon rises in the east at the same time as the sun sets. The moon is in the zodiacal constellation Aries, one of the smallest constellations in the sky.
Temperatures
Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
Oct. 15 62 51 1.22
Oct. 16 60 46 .07
Oct. 17 59 46 .00
Oct. 18 62 44 .00
Oct. 19 59 44 .00
Oct. 20 57 40 .00
Oct. 21 62 41 .00
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