Mary Oliver
The wind wags its many tails. And in the evening the piled firewood shifts a little, longing to be on its way. —Mary Oliver
July 3, 2012
Arts Crawl
The Arts District on Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs invites everyone to crawl with them evert Thursday evenings in July. All the galleries will stay open late for lingering over art with the artists, gallery owners and friends. The first evening crawl is this Thursday, July 5.
County Manager Pick Declines Position
Katherine Rogers, a New Hampshire attorney who was selected to serve as Dukes County manager by the county commissioners last week, will not accept the position. She informed the County of her decision on Thursday morning.
“She is unable to accept the position due to pressing medical problems that she must deal with…
Firefighters Respond to Small Gas Leak in Oak Bluffs
A small gas leak at Church’s Pier in Oak Bluffs saw a quick response from the Oak Bluffs fire department on the afternoon of July 4.
Oak Bluffs fire chief Peter Forend received a call from the owner of Nancy’s restaurant at 4:14 p.m. reporting the leak. He said the leak originated from…
News Update: Thursday, July 5 – Five People Injured in July Fourth Crash, One in Critical Condition
Five people were injured when two cars collided on Barnes Road Wednesday afternoon. State police said three people were taken by medical helicopter to Boston hospitals, and a 21-year-old New Hampshire woman was in the hospital Thursday afternoon with life-threatening injuries.
Coast Guard Seeking Overdue Vessel
The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking information about an unnamed sailing vessel that is 24 hours overdue en route from Montauk to Nantucket. In a notice to mariners, Coast Guard is asking for information about a 25-foot sailing vessel. The occupant onboard is John Mahoney, 45. The Coast Guard began sending out the notice this…
News Update: Wednesday, July 4 – Neighbors Claim Large Chilmark Home Violates Zoning, Seek Enforcement
Neighbors to a large house that is now nearly built on Nashaquitsa Pond in Chilmark have asked the town zoning board of appeals to enforce what they claim are zoning violations on the property.
The 8,200-square-foot house being built by Adam Zoia on the former Harrison property has been the subject of widespread…
Fourth of July Event Information and Traffic Warnings
The annual Edgartown Fourth of July parade begins at 5 p.m. Expect traffic delays beginning at 3 p.m. All parade participants are encouraged to arrive at the Edgartown school by 3 p.m. All roads in the parade route will be closed at 4:30 p.m., no exceptions. Expect roads to be closed until 7 p.m.
40 Bold Meadow Road, Edgartown
40 Bold Meadow Road in Edgartown sold for $450,000 on June 18 .
21 Lake Road, Chilmark
21 Lake Road in Chilmark sold for $6,900,000 on June 22.
11 Peaked Hill Pasture Road, Chilmark
11 Peaked Hill Road in Chilmark sold for $2,389,605 on June 21.
Locked in Tight Race for Senate Seat, Elizabeth Warren Seeks Island Votes
In the midst of a nationally-watched, closely-contested U.S. senate race, Elizabeth Warren came to the Vineyard this weekend with a message: there are two visions of America on the table for November’s election, she said, and stakes are high.
A Gallery
Tanya Augoustinos, former owner of the e’kaya gallery in Vineyard Haven, has opened a new gallery this summer called A Gallery in an empty warehouse located behind the Tisbury Farm Market in Vineyard Haven. It’s a loft-style spacious building, with two large rooms for showing art, Ms. Augoustinos said.
The gallery is having…
Atria Wine Dinners
Atria Restaurant is again putting the Vineyard back in Martha’s Vineyard with the return of its wine dinner series
Two O’Clock Bell Ringers in Tune With History
Before the rollicking promenade of floats and the bursting of fireworks across Edgartown Harbor, Vineyard Haven will be ringing in the Fourth in a gentler fashion.
At 2 p.m. tomorrow, folks up and down Main Street will ring hand bells, cowbells, tea bells, sleigh bells or whatever bell is handy to celebrate Independence…
Vineyard Embraces Fourth of July Festivities
Visitors are filling Island beaches, men on ladders are cleaning street lanterns along Main street Edgartown and an endless line of cars waits behind the stop sign at the Triangle — all indicators that it’s July Fourth week. Tomorrow is the national holiday. This will be Edgartown’s 43rd consecutive year hosting its annual Independence Day…
Boatbuilders Honored
Boatbuilders Honored
Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway was honored on Saturday in a tribute dinner at the 21st annual wooden boat show in Mystic Seaport. Nat Benjamin, Ross Gannon and Brad Abbott earned high praise from Jon Wilson, founder and editor in chief of Wooden Boat magazine, who said the boatbuilders “. .…
Drum Beat of History Leads Parade
Follow the light thud of a bass drum and the trill of a trumpet and you can fall in step with the annual Fourth of July parade in Edgartown. For outgoing parade grand marshal Fred B. (Ted) Morgan Jr., a marching band is the heartbeat of any parade.
“Without a band we’re…
Battle of the Islands
Battle of the Islands
Which island is better? In the interest of unbiased reporting, we’ll let the fish do the talking.
This weekend the Martha’s Vineyard Surfcasters soundly defeated the Nantucket Anglers’ Club in the fifth annual Island Cup fishing contest, held June 22 through 24 on Martha’s Vineyard. The catch…
Common Purpose
Our country celebrates its two hundred and thirty-sixth birthday tomorrow and the national holiday will be marked by colorful parades, fireworks displays and picnics from sea to shining sea, including here on the Vineyard where bells will ring and Islanders of every stripe will pause to commemorate the founding of our country.
The Bonnie Jean
From the Vineyard Gazette edition of July 6, 1962:
More than seventy-five fun-loving tots and forty-five interested adults were lined up along an Edgartown dock early one afternoon this week. Each squirmed to get on the Bonnie Jean, of fond memory for her service during the boatline strike two summers ago. She handled…
In Polly’s Garden: Sowing Lasting Seeds at Polly Hill
Polly Hill was well known for her love of stewartia trees. They are greatly admired by our visitors and represent years of hard work. Through Polly’s efforts and our continued devotion to these trees, we now have a recognized national collection. What does that mean exactly? The primary objective for the development of a national…
Marching in Memory of Helen Lamb
While marching in this year’s Fourth of July parade, fellow campers and I, along with our fun-loving counselors, will be all thinking about Helen Lamb. The founder of Camp Jabberwocky died peacefully in her summer cottage in Oak Bluffs last August at the age of 97. Sadness engulfed us when we learned of her passing.…
Blue Shark Spotted Early, Close to Shore
An eight to ten-foot blue shark was spotted meandering the shallow waters of Dogfish Bar in Aquinnah on Saturday afternoon.
Benny Syslo, 20 of Chilmark, was out fishing for striped bass and bluefish with longtime friend Cam Alexander of Vineyard Haven in Mr. Syslo’s 21-foot Carolina Skiff on Saturday. At about 3 p.m.,…
Can Sea Planes Land on Great Pond? Selectmen Await Response
Edgartown police and town officials are looking into whether sea planes are permitted on the Great Pond after neighborhood complaints of a Cessna Skyhawk landing there.
At the selectmen’s meeting Monday, town administrator Pamela Dolby said that over the last few weekends there have been reports of a sea plane landing in the…
Watch Out! Here Comes Rubin Cronig
Time is of the essence — an age-old adage. Nobody had to tell Rubin Cronig. At just 24 years of age, he has been embodying the mantra since he was 10.
Across the Pond and the Sound British Baseballers (?) Arrive
The British came, but this time they were invited. In a replay with a twist of the New England battles that took place almost 236 years ago, the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks took on the British National baseball team on Saturday evening.
Vineyard Is Still Gaga Over Island Cove Mini Golf
Mary Hurley Gosselin had an awful blind date in high school. She and her date had gone to play mini golf, she remembered, but “the game was terrible, [and] the date was worse.” After that, Mrs. Gosselin said, “I wanted nothing to do with mini golf.”
Discovery, Donations Benefit Museum
It was the best night in recent memory. That was the feedback Martha’s Vineyard Museum executive director David Nathans said he received following the annual Evening of Discovery fundraiser on Saturday night. Held at the site of the museum’s future home, the old marine hospital overlooking the Lagoon Pond in Vineyard Haven, the event sold…
Arts Crawl
Arts Crawl
The Arts District on Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs invites everyone to crawl with them evert Thursday evenings in July. All the galleries will stay open late for lingering over art with the artists, gallery owners and friends.
First evening crawl is this Thursday, July 5.
Charter Students Return to Schooner School for Life Lessons on High Seas
On Saturday, at the bow of the historic schooner Alabama, Capt. Ian Ridgeway addressed a group of Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School fifth and sixth grade students who had just returned from a five-day sail at sea.
“This is a bond that the 20 or so of us will all have together for…
At Writers Institute, Community Is the Theme
Writers are everywhere, often hiding in plain sight. They’re under umbrellas in Oregon. They sit in the sweltering Georgia sun. They live across the ocean and in different continents. They are also on the Vineyard, and in greater number from July 15 to 20, thanks to the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, which is…
Flatbread Aims to Be Part of Musical Pie
Great music accompanies great pizza when singer/songwriter Scott Kirby comes to the Vineyard to play at Flatbread Pizza on July 5 and 6, both shows beginning at 9 p.m.
Residential Program Sowing the Seeds of Change in City Youth
A group of middle school girls cautiously approached a pile of Dutch belted calves at the Farm Institute one morning last week, dodging large piles of dung and tiptoeing their way closer.
“They’re big,” one girl said of the seven-week-old calves.
“They’re cute,” said another.
“This one is especially…
Young Lad and the Sea: His Journey Chronicled
We saw a STORM. It was really faraway though. But we heard thunder and saw lightning. It was awesome. But then the waves got bigger. We started to pick up speed, then BAM! We were in the storm. The waves went over the boat and got people wet. After 45 minutes of people saying “my…
