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
April 15, 2011
News Update: Wednesday, April 20 – Sengie Closes Again to Shellfishing
Sengekontacket Pond has been closed to shellfishing for another summer, Edgartown selectmen announced at their weekly meeting on Monday.
Landmarks Makes Mark
Landmarks Makes Mark
Coldwell Banker Landmarks Real Estate of Vineyard Haven is proud to acknowledge the designation of licensed real estate broker awarded by the Massachusetts state division of professional licensure to Diana Lynn, Karl Buder, Lynn Buder and Dave Federowicz.
Judy Federowicz is principal broker of Coldwell Banker Landmarks.
Two Arrests After Home Theft; Half of the $85,000 is Missing
A pair who robbed a well-known elderly Oak Bluffs man of his life savings last month have been arrested, although Oak Bluffs police said they have not recovered all the money. Police said $85,000 was stolen from the man, whose name is being withheld, but only about $37,000 has been recovered.
The robbery…
Welcome Esther
Welcome Esther
Luciana Brito and Fabio Coutinho of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Esther de Brito Coutinho, born on April 12, 2011, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Esther weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounces at birth.
Ocean Club, Surfside Motel at Odds
Two neighboring Oak Bluffs businesses squared off at the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last Thursday over plans to expand the Ocean Club restaurant to include a second-story 500-person function hall. Surfside Motel owner Jeff Young claimed that sound from the expansion, which he characterized as a nightclub, would drive him and his family out of business.…
10,000 Poetry Maniacs, And Other Literate Folk
Poetry can be called an esoteric art for but what homeowner can’t relate to Alan Dugan’s Love Song: I and Thou
Nothing is plumb, level, or square:
the studs are bowed, the joists
are shaky by nature, no piece fits
any other piece without a gap
…
Talk: The Artful Life of Vagabond John Ivory
He would fashion a paintbrush from a twig and some of his own hair, he would grab whatever was available — plywood, masonite, a seashell — and in this way, Captain John. J. Ivory created an eccentric artistic legacy befitting his legendary vagabond life.
Simon Gallery Party For Camp Safe Haven
Around this time every year, for the past 17, a group of children have come to Martha’s Vineyard for the same reason as many do: for refuge. The children’s need is usually greater than most, for they are children living with HIV/AIDS. Next week, Camp Safe Haven returns to the Island, where this now global…
C.L. Fornari Will Give Talk to Garden Club Tuesday
C.L. Fornari Will Give Talk
To Garden Club Tuesday
Artist, garden writer, host of the radio show Gardenline, and associate producer of PBS documentary Odyssey, expert gardener and landscape consultant C.L. Fornari is also the author of A Garden Lover’s Martha’s Vineyard. She will be speaking on the Island at the…
Bronx Boy Turns Cowboy Genius
Bronx Boy Turns Cowboy Genius
When Linda Ronstadt tells of someone with “an incredible power of history and tradition in his vocals,” you don’t expect she’s talking about a man better known for playing fiddle, banjo and guitar than for his singing, a man who didn’t even play music for a living before…
Model Boat Show
Model Boat Show
Take advantage of the break in the rain forecast for Saturday by taking the boat over to Woods Hole to see other boats — a special show of model boats, radio-controlled model boat races, talks about boats, and the chance for children to sail a wooden model boat, too.
Parents’ Night Out
Parents’ Night Out
With no school next week, parents may want to stop, breathe and regain their personal equilibrium — or perhaps prepare a strategy for entertaining the kids while keeping their day jobs — before things really get going. So parents, take tonight off and pack your children (with bathing suits and…
Named to Dean’s List
Named to Dean’s List
Clea Baumhofer of Vineyard Haven was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2010 semester at Johns Hopkins University. She is the daughter of Mark and Kimberly Baumhofer.
Tabor Academy Honors
Tabor Academy Honors
Headmaster Jay Stroud has named the following students to the honors and commended lists at Tabor Academy for semester one of the 2010-2011 academic year: William Kadison, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Kadison of Vineyard Haven; and Alex Nugent, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nugent of Edgartown.
More Saving for Local Liabilities, Less Spending on National Troops
In sharp contrast to the previous night’s special town meeting, Tisbury breezed through Wednesday’s annual town meeting, approving all 38 articles, including the $20.45 million budget, in little more than two hours.
Only a handful of the warrant articles aroused any discussion at all, and among those the only significant disagreement was a…
In Republic for Which It Stands, One Town Honors Flag’s Values
In three of the four town meetings held on the Vineyard this week, proceedings began with a recitation of some fine words celebrating American values. In the fourth, it began with the actual exercise of the core American value — democracy.
But that decision in favor of democracy caused some grief for Tisbury…
Small Turnout in West Tisbury Election
With only one contest on the ballot for finance committee, turnout was extremely low in the West Tisbury annual town election Thursday, with just 296 voters casting ballots, 12 per cent of those registered to vote.
In a three-way race for two seats on the finance committee, Gary Montrowl and Katherine Triantafilou were…
Voters Oust Incumbent Library Trustees
Edgartown has three new library trustees. In the annual town election Thursday voters elected Julie Lively, Deanna Ahearn Laird and Bob Avakian to the board, knocking out three incumbents in a year when building plans for a new library have occupied much public attention.
The total turnout was 515 voters, or 16.6 per…
Attorney Vincent Settles Civil Claims of $700,000
Nearly a week after he was arrested at his South Water street home and briefly jailed on criminal charges of embezzlement, Edgartown attorney Edward W. (Peter) Vincent Jr. yesterday settled two separate civil cases alleging he misused client funds in real estate deals.
Criminal charges are still pending.
Beachgoers to Face Prospect Of a Summer Without Wasque
The Trustees of Reservations may be forced to close Wasque Reservation this summer if the erosion which has ravaged the southeastern corner of the Chappaquiddick reservation continues at the current rate, superintendent Chris Kennedy told the Edgartown conservation commission on Wednesday night.
Mr. Kennedy said there is a very real possibility that the…
Vineyard Bees Play Leading Role in Study Aimed at Finding Cause in Pollinator Crisis
Dr. Paul Goldstein did not get stung by a bee last summer. That’s unremarkable unless you account for the fact that he tried to catch every kind of bee on the Island, bagging some 10,000 samples.
Once as Player, Now as Coach, He’s at Center
On the walls of the regional high school gymnasium adjacent to two yellowing banners from 1985 and 1986, and below one hung just last year to commemorate the boys’ basketball team’s Eastern Athletic Conference championship, is an empty space where another E.A.C. championship banner will go. Mr. Joyce earned two of those banners as a…
Solar Plans Get Sunny Reception As Tisbury Votes to Go Green
Tisbury voters took big steps toward a future less dependent on fossil fuels at Tuesday night’s special town meeting.
A suite of four related articles pertaining to energy conservation and generation measures dominated the 16-article town meeting warrant — in terms of length they made up more than half of it — and…
Oak Bluffs Secures Slim Budget, More Spending Left to Ballot
Just months after having to cut nearly a quarter million dollars from its fiscal year 2011 budget at the insistence of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Oak Bluffs voters approved a nearly $25 million budget with little discussion at Tuesday night’s annual town meeting.
Edgartown Voters’ First Official Word on Library Move is Yes
After a year of planning, a series of setbacks and vocal community opinion, Edgartown voters unanimously agreed at the annual town meeting Tuesday night to move forward on a plan to locate the new library at the old Edgartown School site.
It was the first time voters had the opportunity to affirm the…
West Tisbury Searches Its Soul Amid Wine, Walkways Votes
A divided gathering of West Tisbury voters agreed on Tuesday night to take the first step toward allowing the sale of beer and wine in restaurants in this historically dry town in the rural agricultural heart of the Vineyard. And while the measure still needs another year of approvals, including at the state legislature and…
Challengers Mike Santoro, Walter Vail: New Selectmen
Oak Bluffs voters sent a loud and clear message about their desire for change on Thursday, voting out two-term selectmen Ron DiOrio and board chairman Duncan Ross in favor of two fresh-faced challengers, former businessman Walter Vail and restaurateur Mike Santoro.
With 1,163 voters turning out, a 35 per cent turnout, Mr. Santoro…
Burdening the Homebound By Way of Paperwork
For thousands of homebound and chronically ill older Massachusetts citizens, getting the home care they need just became more challenging in ways that will have cost implications for the entire delivery system and care implications for patients.
Planks Exposed Amid Wash of Memories
By SAM LOW
I remember jumping off the old little wooden bridge that used to cross over to get to the beach by Young’s old house. Also digging the best steamers in that little waterway.
— Polly Pease
Artemis’s Caution
Artemis’s Caution
When you look at a deer
what do you see?
Carrier of ticks? Raider of you garden? Meat for your freezer?
Pest, scourge, rodent with antlers?
When you contemplate a deer,
the only large animal left to roam wild
…
Heroes on the 911 Line, Achieving the Impossible
When an individual on Mar tha’s Vineyard dials 911 seeking assistance, a sheriff’s dispatcher answers the telephone, takes information and dispatches the appropriate emergency responder. This sounds like a fairly straightforward task, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Chief Thomas Wagoner of the Loveland, Colo., police department said it best, and…
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — and Refuse
As a photographer I am always keeping my eyes open for new things to shoot. Often subjects have a way of finding me.
Voice Demanding Justice Must Be Ours
In every generation each person should see him/herself as if he/she personally was liberated from Egypt.
April Days
April Days
Rain, rain go away — the familiar children’s rhyme runs through the mind this month. April showers? More like deluge with nearly five inches of rain dumped on the Island by Wednesday this week in a record storm that washed out roads and sent highway and emergency workers scrambling. Suddenly winter…
Treatment Required
Treatment Required
Who’s minding the store at the Edgartown wastewater treatment plant? The question has now been taken up by the Cape and Islands district attorney, who is investigating allegations of fraud in connection with shoddy accounting practices flagged by town auditors. Under investigation is the way the sewer plant has documented septic…
Up-Island School Lesson
Up-Island School Lesson
The Up-Island Regional School District dodged a bullet this week when West Tisbury voters refused to cut the district’s budget despite a strong argument to the contrary from both the town finance committee and the three selectmen; as a result school administrators may breathe a little easier knowing that they…
Plum Achievement
Plum Achievement
Plum Hill School and Island Waldorf Community, Inc. recently were awarded Waldorf certification by the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America. Plum Hill invites all parents of children who are or will be two years, nine months through five year of age to contact the school for enrollment possibilities, at…
Red Cross Classes
Red Cross Classes
The Cape Cod and Islands Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer an introductory class for prospective volunteers on Friday, April 29, from 6 to 9 p.m. The class is open to anyone interested in learning more about volunteering with the Red Cross.
On Saturday, April 30,…
Harland Gibbs
Harland Gibbs
Harland J. Gibbs, of Edgartown, a certified real estate appraiser, has earned the residential accredited appraiser RAA designation from the National Association of Realtors.
Mr. Gibbs, an appraiser since 1975, holds membership in the National Association of Realtors, and is the owner of Martha’s Vineyard Real Estate Appraisers in…
Trap Shooters Aim to Win Island Club Championship
The annual club Trap Championship will be held on Sunday, April 17, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club. Knolls Ward will be there to defend his 2010 title and give new contenders a run for their money.
Energy Manager Rob Meyers Attends Solar Conference
Rob Meyers, South Mountain Company’s manager of energy services, recently attended the Solar Energy Industries Association’s PV [photovoltaic] America conference in Philadelphia, the heart of the largest solar market in the U.S. In fact, Mr. Meyers said in a statement, more solar was installed from Boston to Washington D.C. last year than in the entire…
Herd Here: All You Ever Need to Know About Alpaca
Island Alpaca’s well-decorated herd sire, Estrada, won a first place position in his age and color category for his fleece from the Empire Alpaca Association Fleece Event and Fiber Symposium in Syracuse, N.Y. recently. He also was awarded the highly coveted championship (all age groups) in a class of 36 alpaca. All but three alpaca…
Vineyarders Post Wins on Every Surface
Stormy, soggy weather forced the cancellation of several of this week’s games, but the Vineyarders made the most of their limited time on the fields and courts. Most teams have next week off for spring break, although baseball will take to the road for three games and boys’ lacrosse plays Monday and Wednesday at home.
Bouquet for Boatline
Bouquet for Boatline
The Steamship Authority on Tuesday received a 2011 Energy Star award for the Vineyard Haven terminal. Energy Star was introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 as a voluntary market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased energy efficiency.
Tall Dreams for Short Film Morning Copy
There’s something perfect and pleasing about lingering over a cup of coffee and a freshly printed newspaper early in the morning.
In a new short film, Morning Copy, Greg and Dan Martino try to capture the essence of those few hours before the rest of the world wakes up.
“This Island…
Spring Break Camp
Spring Break Camp
The YMCA will sponsor a full-day program for children during the upcoming April school vacation. Children will discover the Y’s four core concepts of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility in this weeklong program and visit Oak Bluff’s Ben and Bill’s Chocolate Emporium and the Flying Horses.
Greenhouse Restaurant
Greenhouse Restaurant
Facing objection from neighboring businesses, a public hearing for a new outdoor restaurant in Edgartown was continued last week after the zoning board of appeals asked the applicants to think through their seating plan more thoroughly.
Brothers Patrick and Theodore Courtney applied to convert a greenhouse tucked off South…
To Permit Plays at Grange or Not, That is West Tisbury Question
Selectmen stepped out of the deluge on Wednesday afternoon — with Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter 3rd wearing a life preserver for dramatic effect — to take care of town business. Police chief Dan Rossi updated selectmen on their submerged citizenry.
“You know the North Tisbury bridge near the old Humphrey’s?” he said. “The water…
Sweetened Water Lot Plan Prompts Neighborhood Concern
No further subdivision will be allowed in the Sweetened Water subdivision in Edgartown for now, the town planning board ruled last week.
At issue before the board was a Form A application from Sweetened Water resident Dwight Arundale to divide his 2.6-acre lot into two parcels. Technically called approval not required, the Form…
Patriots Day
The Vineyard Gazette office will be closed on Monday in observance of the state holiday which commemorates the battle of Lexington and Concord.
Announcing Italo
Announcing Italo
Marilene G. Queiroga and Flauber F. De Souza of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Italo Queiroga Fernandes De Souza, born on April 7, 2011, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Italo weighed 7 pounds, 9.2 ounces at birth.
West Tisbury
JOHN S. ALLEY
508-693-2950
(alleys@vineyard.net)
The weather was more than seasonably warm last weekend, allowing for lots of yard work.
Oak Bluffs
HOLLY NADLER
508-274-2329
(hollynadler@gmail.com)
Woke up to a storm this Wednesday morning with wind surging in nor’easterly gusts, rain pounding the roof, and thunder booming like one of those Civil War reenactments taking place right over in Niantic Park. As I look out my front window, a surge of…
Round and Round
Round and Round
From Gazette editions of April, 1986:
The Flying Horses, the famous and historic Oak Bluffs carousel which has delighted generations of children and adults on the Island, is for sale and an Island preservation group is working to save it for the Vineyard. The Martha’s Vineyard Historical Preservation…
Please Adopt Us
Please Adopt Us
Cages at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard are fast becoming empty, which is good news but soon kittens will be arriving so our volunteers will be busy again.
Please come in and consider adopting one of our long-term cats. And the sweet little bunny C.J. was adopted…
Vineyard Haven
NANCY GARDELLA
508-693-3308
(vhavenvgazette@yahoo.com)
Sorry I missed you last week; I was under the weather. And what weather we have been having! As I splashed through Five Corners last Tuesday I was reminded of back in the day when Five Corners regularly flooded and the fire department had to…
Edgartown
KATHIE CASE
508-627-5349
(kathleencase@comcast.net)
I hope everyone enjoyed themselves last weekend. I know a lot of gardening got done, and in my yard the mulch was put down. It was so beautiful and warm. Then on Wednesday we thought we would surely need a boat to get around. But…
Aquinnah
JUNE D. MANNING
508-645-2574
(lthslnks@gis.net)
Community Baptist Church of Gay Head will have a business meeting following worship on Sunday, April 17; all members are encouraged to attend and to participate.
Eggsciting egg coloring will take place this Saturday and Sunday at the Duck Inn from 2…
Temperatures
Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
April 8 50 28 .00
April 9 50 28 .00
April 10 53 32 .00
April 11 58 39 .01
April 12 52 46 .01
April 13 62 44 1.45
April 14 56 43 1.40
…
Moon and Saturn
Two of the brightest nighttime celestial objects will rise together in the eastern sky tonight. Saturn and the moon are in the east and closest on Sunday night when it is full. On the Vineyard, we call that full moon the Daffodil Moon, to coincide with the seasonal arrival of the Vineyard’s favorite spring flower.
Leads Symposium
Leads Symposium
Dr. Bryan Graham, a certified chiropractic sports physician, cochaired this year’s American chiropractic board of sports physicians’ national symposium held from April 8 to 10 in Boston. The board promotes the highest standards of excellence and clinical competence for chiropractors specializing in sports medicine and physical fitness. Dr. Graham practices at…
To the Fourth Dimension With a Sympathetic Guide
The title was potentially daunting: A Lecture on Relativity and Related Topics for a General Audience.
And while the topic was well outside my bailiwick, the phrase “for a general audience” assured me I was in good company.
Horticulturalist Returns to Polly Hill Arboretum
The Polly Hill Arboretum has appointed Alyssa Janilla as their 2011 collections management intern. This nine-month internship is intended as an opportunity for interns to gain valuable hands-on experience as they embark on their horticultural careers.
Taking on Oceans of Trash
L ast month during a discussion of an expansion of the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG) bottle bill that provides for redemption centers around the commonwealth, Oak Bluffs selectmen half-jokingly suggested lobbying the state to include in the bill what are known as nips, a particularly popular denomination of hard alcohol on the Island.…
Tisbury Students Earn Places on the Honor Roll
The Tisbury School announces the honor roll for the second quarter of the 2010-2011 academic year.
Grade five high honors: Margaret Burke, Casey McCarron, Elizabeth Williamson.
Grade five honors: Carolyn Duarte, Curtis Fisher, Emily Hewson, Cole Houston, Alexis Hughes, Sophia Kent, Coralee LaRue, Graham Lewis, Dillon McAndrews, Evelyn Medeiros, Michael Moore,…
September Triathlon Attracts Top Talent
What do Mark Allen and the tall ship Providence have in common? They’ll both be on hand for the inaugural Vineyard Warrior Triathlon in September. Race director Matt Brackman says he is pulling out all the stops to make this one of the most memorable races in the country, and, he hopes, an annual stop…
April Brings New Breeders
T. S. Eliot wrote that “April is the cruelest month,” and he was right about the first part of April if you are a birder. In short, lots of winter birds have begun to leave or have left, and few of our summer residents have arrived. In part, the slow arrival of many breeding species…
Advice From Helen
My friend, the late Helen McGrath of Oak Bluffs, used to offer up three bits of advice. Affectionately known as Nurse Helen, she was endlessly cheerful.
Bog Bound
Peat and re-peat.
This spring, many gardeners will be doing just that to prepare their garden beds and landscaped areas for the season. However, one might want to ask whether this treatment is advantageous or even necessary.
I brought a package of the ubiquitous, plastic-wrapped square of peat last weekend to…
