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
December 16, 2011
Parade Extra
It was great to see the Gazette represented in this year’s Christmas Parade. Thanks for participating and being a part of the Island community. Jim WynnEdgartown
Calling All Alumni Athletes
Dust off your sneakers, sharpen your skates and get ready to burn off that eggnog. Or just round up the family and cheer on the hometown boys, girls, men and women of present and years past.
All He Wants for Christmas Is a 25-Foot Finished Boat
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News Update: Thursday, Dec. 22 – SSA Freight and Lobster Boat Collide
There were no injuries and no damage following a brief collision between the freight ferry Katama and a Vineyard lobster boat on Wednesday afternoon, the Steamship Authority said in a statement.
In an e-mail to the Gazette Thursday morning, SSA general manager Wayne Lamson wrote:
News Update: Wednesday, Dec. 21 – SSA Searches for Missing Whistle, Debates Suing Longtime Employee
The steamship Martha’s Vineyard hasn’t set sail from Woods Hole since 1956 but its steam whistle is still causing a headache for the Steamship Authority.
At their monthly meeting this week the boat line governers met in executive session to discuss whether to sue current SSA Capt. Bruce Malenfant to recover what may…
Winter Solstice Brings Longer Days
Though the temperature might imply otherwise, Dec. 21 marks the first day of winter, as well as the shortest day of the year. Going forward, daylight will start to increase by mere seconds each day.
News Update: Tuesday, Dec. 20 – Up-Island Schools Opt out of Chartwells, Will Make Own Food
The Up-Island Regional School District committee voted on Monday to part ways with food service provider Chartwells at the end of the school year and instead will opt for its own meals program based at the West Tisbury school.
Winter Solstice Poetry Gathering
Want to see Edgartown’s first poet laureate in action? Steve Ewing, recently appointed to the post, will join a host of other Island poets for the Martha’s Vineyard Poetry Society’s Winter Solstice gathering on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at the Vineyard Haven Library. The reading will take place from 7 to 9 p.m.
News Update: Monday, Dec. 19 – Charges Expected in Edgartown Wastewater Fraud Investigation
A nine-month investigation into fraud at the Edgartown wastewater department came to a head on Monday when the Edgartown district court issued a criminal complaint against a septic hauler who repeatedly failed to properly record his deliveries at the town treatment plant. The investigation, conducted by the Cape and Islands district attorney’s office, as well…
Bourne Bridge Fully Re-Opened
All four traffic lanes on the Bourne Bridge have been reopened following a weeks-long steel repair project, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has announced.
Steel repair work will continue below the road deck on the Bourne Bridge until the fall of 2012, resulting in occasional one-day lane restrictions during…
Aquinnah Pulls the Plug on Commercial Scalloping Season
Only family scalloping will be allowed in Aquinnah this season, per the advice of the Aquinnah shellfish. Research into the pond’s beds showed an abundance of seed, but not a significant amount of adult scallops for commercial fisherman to harvest.
If an area is discovered to have and abundance of marketable scallops, the…
Stuff a Bus for Food Pantry
The boys’ hockey teams are sponsoring a Stuff-A-Bus drive throughout the weekend, with proceeds going to benefit the Island Food Pantry. Bring canned goods to the Martha’s Vineyard Arena today from 4 to 10 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to midnight (with a break for the teams’ games against Bourne), and Sunday from 9 a.m.…
Running on Empty
Oil and natural gas are found in two different varieties, conventional and unconventional. Conventional oil is liquid crude oil. Conventional natural gas is free untrapped gas. Each can be found uniquely. Both can be found together. Colonel Drake struck conventional oil with a well drilled to a depth of 69.5 feet at Titusville, Pa., in…
Look Again
What gives, honestly, with our representative’s stonewalling of the many scientific and intuitive questions which are being asked of the 9/11 Commission Report, and the (mainstream) media’s apparent total lack of curiosity or interest? If our own government isn’t guilty of some sort of cover-up you wouldn’t guess it from the arrogant, ad hominem way…
Beautiful Gift
The beautification committee in Edgartown has received two gifts in memory of Marie Sbardelli of Chestnut Hill, who died on Oct. 24. These gifts were given by friends of her family. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Sbardelli visited every summer for many years with the Thomas Chirgwins, and later with Carol and Dick Fligor. Edgartown was…
Fan Letter
Sharks fans: I just wanted to inform all of you before you found out before the summer started that I will not be returning for a second season on Martha’s Vineyard. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you personally for an amazing summer in 2011. Being a member of the Martha’s…
Under the Roundabout
When I had a tunnel permit bumper sticker on my car, I said it eliminated waiting in the standby line for the steamship. Now I propose eliminating the issue of the roundabout by simply digging a tunnel under the intersection. The tunnel would start by Goodale’s pit and emerge just past the high school. Exits…
Keep Pantry Full
I work at the food pantry as a volunteer. I now get it about the hardship on Island that justifies support for the food pantry. It’s real to me, now I see that it’s more that just putting some groceries in the purple boxes in the supermarket. The need is real. I see the elderly,…
Recovering From Injury, Athlete Discovers His True Personal Best
In 1992, Charlie Shipway took to the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, sailing in the Barcelona Olympic games as a representative of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The competition was world-class; the stakes raised to a near-peak. Mr. Shipway and catamaran captain Jean Brauer placed 22nd in the 22-boat field—somebody has to, after all.
Headed to Zucotti Park (Again), Mas Kimball Packs His Ideals
Yesterday morning Mas Kimball of Oak Bluffs packed his bags for a three-day trip to New York. Specifically, Zucotti Park. It’s his fourth trip since October.
“You get the criticism, oh you’re just being idealistic,” he said one day earlier. “We love the way children are free-spirited and idealistic but then it’s beaten…
West Tisbury Takes Ownership of Field Gallery
The whimsical alabaster dancing sculptures that are synonymous with the Field Gallery in West Tisbury now have a firmly-cemented place in the town’s future.
The West Tisbury selectmen signed the final papers yesterday morning to buy 1.4 acres of the gallery and sculpture garden in the village center from Tim and Eileen Maley.…
Up-Island School Committee Tables Call to Wrest Cafeteria Control from Chartwells
Mirroring debates around the country about the health of school lunches and the constraints of shrinking budgets, a Tuesday hearing about the Up-Island Regional School District’s 2013 operating budget centered around whether and how the schools could fit a healthier but more expensive food program into their budget. The well-attended hearing included a vocal group…
Rural Scholars Study: As Island Elderly Population Grows, So Will Health Needs
As a wave, or tsunami rather, of baby boomers is expected to populate the Vineyard in the coming years, the Island faces a number of challenges delivering health care to its seniors. Six rural health scholars from the University of Massachusetts Medical School recently documented those challenges in a report on the current mental health…
Faced With Shortage, Big Brothers Big Sisters Appeals for Volunteers
At the young age of eight, Matthew had grown accustomed to being let down. Trust was an issue, so when Steve Sjogren came into his life, they began slowly, by going down to the beach and throwing rocks into the water.
Culture, Diversity
KEEP PANTRY FULL
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I work at the food pantry as a volunteer. I now get it about the hardship on Island that justifies support for the food pantry. It’s real to me, now I see that it’s more that just putting some groceries in the purple boxes in…
Juniper
Juniper
juniperus communis
called jenever by the Dutch
green and young, female seed cone
a fleshy berry used in gin
another life when you mature
piney and resinous
your berries beautiful blue
for seasoning, aromatherapy, medicine
native…
Looking Anew Through Old Looking Glass
The first itinerant preacher to travel as far as Chilmark was the Rev. Joshua Hall, in 1797. A small Methodist “class” was formed and continued to meet in the home of Capt. Francis Tilton, until 1827 when the old Methodist meetinghouse in Edgartown was purchased and subsequently moved piece by piece to the intersection of…
Alright All the Better with Friends
On Saturday night, Nina Violet celebrated the release of her new CD, We’ll Be Alright, at the Pit Stop on Duke’s County avenue in Oak Bluffs. Catty-corner to Tony’s, in the town’s Arts District, the place has been a garage, a jazz joint, a consignment shop for art, a recording studio and more, so it…
Laundry and Lodging
From Gazette editions of December 1961:
Mrs. Mary Guerin, proprietor of the Mary Guerin Inn on the Beach Road at Eastville, has sold the inn property to Henry Cronig of Vineyard Haven
Wishing You a Bloody Mary Christmas
Since I am in the holiday spirit (and, having just consumed a mug of hot toddy, a glass of eggnog and a nip of cheer, the holiday spirits are in me), I have once again decided to follow in that great tradition of boring everyone silly by writing a Christmas letter.
That is…
House Rules
House Rules
No one gets it right all the time, including this newspaper. We heard from several readers who thought the Gazette editorial last week unfairly suggested that our towns already have sufficient tools to regulate so-called megamansions and simply have not been tough enough. Not so, they said.
Seminars Revival
Seminars Revival
It was the Vineyard’s first and only institution of higher learning, founded by three retired Island academics in 1974. Their idea was to create a small liberal arts college centered around a tall old house on North William street in Vineyard Haven. The first full academic year was in 1975.
Aquinnah
JUNE D. MANNING
508-645-2574
(lthslnks2004@yahoo.com)
Rev. Ellen Tatreau will be conducting the fourth Sunday in Advent service at Community Baptist Church of Gay Head on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 9 a.m. The always solemn Christmas Eve candlelight service will be held on Saturday, Dec. 24 at 5 p.m. Rev.…
Chilmark
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
slaterjn@comcast.net
Chilmark enjoyed another mild week with not much hint of the winter that is surely coming. Dredging is happening in Menemsha Basin and that is the biggest visual excitement for the daytime hours. The evening ride around town is becoming more and more interesting…
Hello Rye
Hello Rye
Christine Conley and Matt Coffey of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Rye James Conley Coffey, born on Dec. 6, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Rye weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. Rye joins big sister Ada Maeve.
Cub Scouts’ Party
Cub Scouts’ Party
The Martha’s Vineyard Cub Scouts will celebrate a 600 Club Achievers’ Party on Saturday, Dec. 17, in honor of each scout having raised more than $600 in popcorn sales to benefit Cape Cod and Islands scouting programs. The party will take place from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Martha’s…
Vineyard Haven
NANCY GARDELLA
508-693-3308
(vhavenvgazette@yahoo.com)
There is a hole in the Red Stocking and everywhere else on Island, too. Barbara Silvia, faithful friend, wife, mother, hard worker, and volunteer, died last week and I did not know as we went to press. How much fun I had with her over…
Welcome James
Welcome James
Martina and Dana Thonton of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, James Leif Thonton, born on Dec. 6, 2011, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. James weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. James joins big brother William.
Alessandra Boniface Is Wed To James Michael Hagerty
Alessandra Marisa Boniface, daughter of Paul and Marisa Boniface of Essex Fells, N.J., and Edgartown, was married to James Michael Hagerty, son of Robert Hagerty and Barry Nevin of Edgartown, on Saturday, Sept. 10, at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Edgartown.
Edgartown
KATHIE CASE
508-627-5349
(kathleencase@comcast.net)
Nice weather during the day, cold at night. I’m all for that. Seasonally cool is what the weatherman called for and that is what he got. I’m still secretly wishing for a white Christmas.
Christmas Tree Benefit
Christmas Tree Benefit
This year you can get your Christmas tree and spread some much needed holiday help at the same time. Jim’s Package Store in Oak Bluffs is holding what amounts to be a Christmas tree benefit for Linda and Eddie Ben David to help with Linda’s health related expenses.
…
Red in the Morning
Tomorrow night, just before midnight, the moon rises in the east. It appears between the two zodiacal constellations Leo and Virgo. For those who wait until later in the early morning, the moon appears higher in the east and is more clearly accompanied by the bright red planet Mars.
One Nation, One Flag, Many Wreaths Honor Fallen
Island veterans held a patriotic wreath-laying ceremony at Oak Grove Cemetery last Friday morning before an audience of some 70 children from the Tisbury School. The event was part of a nationwide observance that took place Saturday. Jo Ann Murphy, the Island veterans agent and a Viet Nam era veteran, spoke about those who have…
Winter Rates Hit Gym
Winter Rates Hit Gym
The mercury on the thermometer is dropping, and so are prices at the Mansion House Health Club.
The Vineyard Haven athletic facility is offering reduced winter rates for both walk-in and longterm memberships. One-month memberships are $89; three months, $199, and day passes just $12. Twelve-visit punch…
Up-Island Libraries Look To Expand Resources With CLAMS
As libraries across the country search for new ways to stay relevant in an online world, Vineyard patrons have remained dedicated to their small town libraries, and their access to materials in three towns may soon get even easier.
The libraries of Aquinnah, Chilmark and West Tisbury have each applied to join the…
Health Grant Steers Away From Screens, On to Streets
While President Obama’s landmark Affordable Care Act awaits scrutiny from the Supreme Court and many of its key provisions do not go into effect for years, Dukes County won’t have to wait to benefit from the bill’s focus on preventive health care. On Wednesday Marina Lent of the Dukes County Health Council announced that the…
With Hope and Solemnity, Teen Center Opens at Y
There’s a fully furnished kitchen, living room, study area, recording studio, performance stage, pool table and sound booth. Not to mention two pinball machines.
The new YMCA’s Alexandra Gagnon Teen Center may sound like a hip downtown apartment building, but it promises to become a hub of teen life on the Vineyard.
…
Preservation Trust Mulls Edgartown Library Future
The board of the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust has voted to explore the acquisition of the building that now houses the Edgartown library.
By SARA BROWN
The board of the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust has voted to explore the acquisition of the building that now houses the Edgartown library.
Chris…
Hostel Honors
Hostel Honors
Martha’s Vineyard Hostel has been named friendliest hostel in the world, according to the recently announced Hostelling International 2011 High 5ives! Hostel Awards. The awards are based on guests’ ratings at 1,800 hostels throughout the world. Categories include best hostel, most efficient, most comfortable, best hostel country and friendliest hostel.
…
Fencers Hone Strategy, Skill After Hours
For most, swordplay is a thing of childhood—playground duels with tree branches, plastic sabres accessorizing a Halloween costume.
Breaking the Ice on Winter Season, Vineyarders Emerge (Mostly) Victorious
The boys’ hockey teams are sponsoring a Stuff-A-Bus drive throughout the weekend, with proceeds going to benefit the Island Food Pantry. Bring canned goods to the Martha’s Vineyard Arena today from 4 to 10 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to midnight (with a break for the teams’ games against Bourne), and Sunday from 9 a.m.…
Bulk of CPA Funds in Edgartown Set Aside for Work on Town Hall
The Edgartown community preservation committee approved several applications for community preservation funds during a hearing last week, with one blockbuster item: a $700,500 renovation of town hall.
With the committee’s recommendation, the proposed projects will be vetted by town counsel, to make sure they legally qualify for funding, and then go to town…
Sailboat-Turned Eyesore Soon To Be Removed By Selectmen
For nearly a decade, the town of Tisbury has served as the reluctant steward of a 45-foot sailboat, rotting behind the Department of Public Works building and deserted by an owner who has been almost impossible to track down.
The town has been unable to move or destroy the boat, but that may…
Menemsha Café Closes; Last Dinner Is Tonight
The paper lanterns at Menemsha Café will go dark Friday night, marking the abrupt end of the Basin Road restaurant’s short but successful run. Chef and owner Josh Aronie said he was forced to close shop after being presented with an unacceptable lease. “We’re closing because we have to, not because we’re going out of…
Please Adopt Us
Please Adopt Us
All the beautiful cats at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard are on their best behavior, hoping to find new homes for the holiday. We hope so too, and we have some great ones:
Steve Ewing Is Named Poet Laureate
Edgartown has named its first poet laureate, with the title bestowed upon Steve Ewing at the board of selectmen’s meeting Monday. According to the selectmen, Mr. Ewing’s primary responsibility as poet laureate is to prepare and deliver a poem at the annual town meeting.
Mr. Ewing’s only objection was to the title. “I…
Young Hotelier Driven by the Events
What Elizabeth Rothwell likes most about her job at the Harbor View Hotel is the variety. “Every day here I’m doing something different,” she said. In her capacity as director of marketing and events, she’s seen the hotel staff win first prize in the Edgartown Christmas parade for a float with a large wooden replica…
MVC Budget Sees 3 Per Cent Increase
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission will vote next month on a $1.2 million budget for the coming year, a 3.1 per cent increase over this year.
The increase stems mainly from an increase in retirement costs.
Hospital Tree Lighting Branches Out
In a ceremony of remembrance and appreciation, the trees around the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital were lit for the holiday season late Wednesday afternoon. Fred B. Morgan Jr., 90, of Edgartown was this year’s official lighter for what was billed as the Trees of Lights ceremony. Following a short speech, Mr. Morgan, wearing a green bow…
Court Dismisses Libel Claim Against Gazette, Boston Globe
A superior court judge has dismissed a political operative’s lawsuit claiming he was libeled by news stories in the Vineyard Gazette and The Boston Globe over his behavior, including his arrest, on the Island during the run-up to the 2008 presidential campaign.
Roundabout Appeal Talks Begin behind Closed Doors
Attorney fees for the lawsuit against the Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s roundabout decision will not come out of the town’s annual operating budget, West Tisbury selectmen said this week.
“I think it’s better not to try to budget . . . extraordinary legal events,” selectman Cynthia Mitchell said at the board’s meeting, held on…
Oak Bluffs Selectmen Nix “Positive Message” Sign
The Oak Bluffs selectmen voted Tuesday against a request by West Tisbury psychotherapist Julia Kidd to install a “positive message” sign near the Steamship Authority building for two weeks. Town administrator Bob Whritenour said the board objected to the placement of the proposed sign, not to the positive message. Kidd, who has advocated for putting…
Drug-Sniffing, People-Finding Tail-Wagging Officer Joins Force
Like most visitors to Martha’s Vineyard Chowder Company, Buster the black Labrador was hungry for a snack when he bounded through the doors Wednesday afternoon. But instead of ordering at the bar, Buster earned his treats by showing off the skills for which he’s been trained: sniffing out a small bag of marijuana, intentionally hidden…
Island Self Help Programs
Alcoholics Anonymous
Information: 508-627-7084.
All meetings are nonsmoking.
Sunday, 6:45 a.m., open discussion meeting, First Baptist Church, William street, Vineyard Haven.
Sunday, 10 a.m., open discussion, State Beach, first bridge, Oak Bluffs, (weather permitting).
Sunday, 11 a.m., open discussion meeting at the Council on Aging…
In Sea of Change, Oysters Remain Nature’s Pure and Perfect Pearl
Chez Panisse is arguably the best and most influential restaurant in the country. The restaurant’s founder, Alice Waters, has become the figurehead of the current farm-to-table revolution in America that has spread rapidly, including (thankfully) to Martha’s Vineyard. The chefs at Chez Panisse have to work their way up through a rigorous kitchen hierarchy, putting…
Museum Open House Unveils New Location’s Ample Charms
It’s the most famous Island landmark hardly anyone has ever seen. Built in 1895 as a marine hospital, the old plantation-style manor, with gray shingles, white trim and a sweeping balcony, on its 4.4.-acre hilltop, once commanded a view of Vineyard Haven harbor. At some point over the years the building acquired a white clapboard…
It’s a Wonderful Life Radio Performance Guaranteed to Give the Joint Atmosphere
It’s A Wonderful Life, for anyone who has accidentally missed the 20th century, was originally a 1946 movie directed by Frank Capra starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore. This weekend, the Vineyard Playhouse is rebooting the story as a radio drama written by Phillip Grecian, the kind where the audience is stationed in…
Cover Crops and Cantalopes
I’m a nutcase. If I find something I like I can’t get enough of it. My latest craze is gold spray paint. In September, I helped my former employee, Seniel Seward, with her wedding floral arrangements. Her colors were gold and green. I used lots of grasses and gold sprayed astilbes and hydrangea flowers.
Shhh
Silent Film Celebrates Silent Film Era
The Artist is a movie that celebrates the silent film era even as it tells the story of its decline. The focus is on two stars of that era, an aging male lead and a rising actress, just as the medium is about to change and talkies…
PigPen Comes Clean, Looks to Record CD
For those on the Vineyard who have witnessed the past two summer productions from the PigPen Theatre Company you know what it means to be completely transported, body and soul, to, without gilding the lily one bit, a place of imagination so powerful adults have been known to become toddlers on the spot: mute, with…
Uninvited Guests
This was no vegetarian’s delight. Unpacking my bag of farm produce last week, I found that it contained more than this vegetable lover bargained for. The cornucopia of Island-grown goods had more than just plant matter, the produce was packing protein! Hidden among the veggies were petite podlike green gremlins in the form of aphids.
Bird Subspecies
Subspecies of birds are interesting. What is a subspecies, anyway? It is best to start with species, which is an individual that has common characteristics with others and can breed and produces offspring that are fertile and similar in looks. Now, a subspecies is an individual which has notably different features than its species, but…
Chilmark Library Art Show Inspired by Barnyard Bounty
This month the Chilmark Library is hosting an art show called Sugar-Coated Barnyard on the Moon. The show is a collection of work by three Island artists and includes watercolors of barnyard animals by Lauren Clark, mixed media paintings by Darcie-Lee Hanaway, and photographs of candy by Elissa Turnbull.
Each of the artists…
New Nurse Is Old Favorite, Local Girl to Give Back
The Vineyard Nursing Association has announced the addition of a new and yet familiar face. Katie Ferreira, a 2000 graduate of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, will join 14 other nurses on the VNA staff.
Prior to coming to Vineyard Nursing, Ms. Ferreira’s worked at Rockville General Hospital in Vernon, Conn. and Cape…
Film Festival Honored
Film Festival Honored
Those living on or visiting Martha’s Vineyard have long recognized the Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival as a particular gem. Each year Richard Paradise, the director and founder, programs numerous series of movies all year round, culminating in the four-day festival each fall. The films are always ones you can’t…
Teddy Bear Suite
Teddy Bear Suite
For those who missed it during the hundreds of other events during Christmas in Edgartown, or for those who missed the weekend altogether, there is still time to check out the Teddy Bear Suite at the Harbor View Hotel. The teddy bears have postponed hibernation and are waiting with open,…
Hockey Helps Out
Hockey Helps Out
What the heck is a Stuff-a-Bus you may ask? Well, it’s something you want to be a part of.
The Martha’s Vineyard boys’ hockey team is teaming up with the Island Food Pantry and trying to fill a bus with food for needy families. But they can’t do…
Tisbury School Play
Tisbury School Play
The Tisbury School fourth graders are getting set to take you inside the minds of the ant and grasshopper and also up the beanstalk with dear Jack as he tries to search for his missing cow. The results are not your grandfather’s well-worn fables.
The kids have written…
Poetry Celebration
Poetry Celebration
The Martha’s Vineyard Poets Society presents a Winter Solstice celebration of poetry and song, beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
The evening features twelve poets including Justen Ahren, Ellie Bates, Jill Jupen, Francesca Kelly, Lee McCormack, Clark Myers, Fan Ogilvie, Barbara Peckham, Valerie Sonnenthal, Daniel Waters, William…
IMP Holiday Show
IMP Holiday Show
The IMPers holiday show is this Saturday, Dec. 17, beginning at 8 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven.
For those out of the know, IMP is the Island’s teen professional improv troupe. The show is a chance to help them out as they preview material…
Top Black Powder Shot
Top Black Powder Shot
Michael Ferry took top honors at the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club’s 2011 Black Powder Championship on Dec. 11. Mr. Ferry, who lives in Oak Bluffs, captured the modern firearm title for the second year in a row, and was also presented with the Bill Nicholson Award. Named…
Dean’s List
Dean’s List
Three Island residents — Margaret Hibbard and Taylor Stone of Edgartown and Alexander Dimovich of Vineyard Haven — have been named to the dean’s list at the Savannah College of Art and Design for fall quarter 2011. In order to be named to the dean’s list, students must earn a grade…
Christmas Pageant Features Carols; Modern, Medieval
As A Witness, a Christmas pageant for the 21st century, will be performed at the Old Whaling Church on Sunday, Dec. 18, and Monday, Dec. 19.
The production features music ranging from medieval carols such as The Angel Gabriel Came Down, and O Come All Ye Faithful to modern gospel music including Rise…
