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 5, 2012
216 Middle Point Road, West Tisbury
216 Middle Point Road in West Tisbury sold for $2,850,000 on Sept. 28.
0 Jones Cove, West Tisbury
0 Jones Cove in West Tisbury sold for $250,000 on Sept. 24.
85 Edgartown Road, Vineyard Haven
85 Edgartown Road in Vineyard Haven sold for $236,000 on Sept. 27.
4 Norris Avenue, Oak Bluffs
4 Norris Avenue in Oak Bluffs sold for $325,000 on Sept. 28.
52 Linton Avenue, Oak Bluffs
52 Linton Avenue in Oak Bluffs from Herbert Jacobs for $481,000 on Sept. 28.
4 Beryl Way, Oak Bluffs
4 Beryl Way in Oak Bluffs sold for $280,500 on Sept. 28.
108 Edgartown Bay Road, Edgartown
108 Edgartown Bay Road in Edgartown sold for $1,515,000 on Sept. 28.
14 Mockingbird Drive, Edgartown
14 Mockingbird Drive in Edgartown sold for for $625,000 on Sept. 28.
2 Cormorant Way, Aquinnah
2 Cormorant Way in Aquinnah sold for $2,900,000 on Sept. 28.
40 Lighthouse Road, Aquinnah
40 Lighthouse Road in Aquinnah sold for $1,095,500 on Sept. 27.
25 Old South Road, Aquinnah
25 Old South Road in Aquinnah sold for $417,500 on Sept. 28.
Polar Bears Exploited
The Polar Bears of Martha’s Vineyard is a 70-year-old social organization that promotes the joys of our early morning swim and fellowship at the Inkwell Beach in Oak Bluffs.
Tree Solution
In response to the Gazette editorial regarding the proposal to remove trees, I suggest that the removal of a small number of Norway maples will not dramatically affect the sylvan feel of the West Tisbury town center.
Hey Batter, Batter
Thanks for your article about Lenny Jason Jr. He is a great guy. One important thing you left out, however.
Stop Shark Tournament
The following letter was sent to the Oak Bluffs selectmen: The Monster Shark Tournament is a disgrace.
Energy Choice
Don Ogden is correct in response to my letter when he wrote that conservation would “go much toward reducing CO2 emissions.”
Deep Bow of Thanks
The Martha’s Vineyard Yoga Festival would like to extend deep thanks to the many hands, hearts and heads who made this year’s Labor Day festival possible.
VNA Moves
Last week, the Vineyard Nursing Association reached an historical and major milestone. After almost 30 years of providing home health care on Martha’s Vineyard from various offices around the Island, we moved into our new permanent home on 29 Breakdown Lane in Vineyard Haven.
Concussions: Island Serves as Model in Tackling Sports Injuries
Junior defensive end Aaron Lowe’s head hurt after the Sept. 15 football game against Bristol-Plymouth. It wasn’t the score of the game causing the headache — the Vineyard had just taken an exciting 28-26 win. Rather, Aaron had suffered a mild concussion after taking a hit during a routine play. Donald Herman, the seasoned high…
Cape Wind Edges Closer, Geological Testing Begins
Cape Wind, which began more than a decade ago as the nation’s first offshore wind farm and has since been enmeshed in legal battles, political wrangling and untold miles of red tape, is inching closer to the day when 130 wind turbines will be in operation on Horseshoe Shoal in Vineyard Sound.< The project’s progress…
Town Will Study Mill Pond, Hold Off on Question of Dredging
The West Tisbury selectmen said this week they will move ahead with a comprehensive watershed study for the Mill Pond, putting the question of whether to dredge the historic pond on hold — at least for now. The fate of the pond and whether to dredge it has been the subject of heated discussion in…
Island Veterans Discuss Their New Health Care Contract
With a long wait for on-Island health care in the past — though some frustration lingers — Island veterans and Providence VA Medical Center representatives met Wednesday night to discuss the sometimes complicated details of the new contract between the Providence VA and the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
Rape Plea Ends in 13-Year Prison Sentence
A Vineyard Haven man will go to state prison for 10 to 13 years after he pleaded guilty Wednesday in Dukes County superior court to several charges, including rape of a child by force. David L. Thrift Jr., 31, will serve his time at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction, a maximum security prison…
Even Deeper Roots for Friendship Garden
In May, Richard (RJ) Cage and his two sons built a handicap accessible vegetable garden at the Farm Institute. They used old barn wood to create the raised bed, making sure it was tall enough for wheelchair users to be able to lean over and pick crops easily. Over the summer more than 10 participants…
Edgartown Library Eyes Move With $5 Million Grant
A new Edgartown Public Library, approved by town voters and hinging on state funding, took a giant leap toward reality Thursday. Edgartown was awarded a $5 million grant Thursday from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, one of eight towns to receive $41.8 million in construction grants from the state.
Stop Signs, Crosswalks Urged For Sake of Main Street Safety
Two stop signs and a crosswalk at the intersection of Main street and Woodland avenue in Vineyard Haven will be put in place after a well-attended public hearing at the selectmen’s meeting Tuesday night. About 15 residents, many from Havenside apartments on Main street, came to the meeting to express concern over the intersection.
Mr. Rankow Fined $5,000 by Ethics Board
The former chairman of the Edgartown dredge committee was fined $5,000 by the State Ethics Commission for a conflict of interest violation stemming from an unauthorized dredging project in January. According to a press release from the ethics commission issued Wednesday, Norman Rankow admitted to violating conflict of interest law when he directed the town…
Four Well-Known Teachers to Retire
Four longtime teachers at the regional high school have announced their retirements. Paul Brissette, chairman of the art, design and technology department; Keith Dodge of the English department; Leo Frame, chairman of the business department; and Janice Frame of the art department, will all retire at the end of the 21012-2013 school year.
Plea Withdrawn, Trial Is Set for Schwab Case
The criminal case against a prominent Island businessman facing indecent assault charges will go to trial after a disagreement over terms of a plea bargain Friday morning. Steven A. Schwab, 65, a former Chilmark resident, originally pleaded guilty in Edgartown district court Friday to charges in Chilmark and Tisbury of two counts of open and…
Grand Jury Indicts Two
A Dukes County grand jury indicted two people on Monday, one on drug trafficking charges and another for statutory rape. Mitefea Kelly, 18, was indicted on one count of trafficking cocaine in the amount of 200 grams or more. Ms. Kelly, a New York resident, was arrested in August for allegedly coming to the Island…
Land Bank Revenues: Sept. 28
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $242,790 for the business week ending on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. The land bank receives its funds from a two per cent fee charged on many Vineyard real estate transactions.
Flatbread Reprimanded
The Edgartown selectmen sent a warning letter to the Flatbread Pizza Company after the popular restaurant by the airport closed early for the season. Last week, selectmen authorized sending a letter of warning to Flatbread because it closed for the season in early September.
Gazette Reports Circulation
The Vineyard Gazette’s total print circulation remained flat this year, as traffic to its website continued double digit growth. Total average circulation for the Gazette over the past 12 months was 8,903, compared with 8,823 for the same period last year. Paid circulation was 8,472 compared with 8,569 in 2011, a 1.1 per cent decline.
Please Adopt Us
We have kittens! The Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard has a cage full of darling kittens already to go to new homes. Three are nine weeks old and one is about 13 weeks old; they are all black or black and white. There are two males and two are females and all are as cute…
Shellfish Group Hatches Strong Season
The Vineyard had a bumper crop of hatchery-raised shellfish this year. The Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group, which provides shellfish to all Island towns, produced nearly double the number of quahaugs and oysters. The bay scallop crop was also good, although not as good as last year.
Split Week of Successes as Vineyarders Take to Track, Fields
In high school sports action boys’ soccer takes on Dennis-Yarmouth today at 3 p.m. Vineyarders resume after the long weekend with a Monday golf match against Whitman-Hanson at 3 p.m. Girls’ soccer and field hockey play Coyle-Cassidy and Barnstable, respectively, on Tuesday at 3 p.m., and the cross country team hosts Coyle at 3:30 p.m.…
Plenty of Fish in Sea as Derby Nears End
This holiday weekend is the last full weekend for those competing in the 67th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby. Anglers will see the sunsets and note the sunrises, and quite a few will fish through the full three-day weekend, hoping to catch the largest striped bass, bluefish, bonito and false albacore. Nearly…
Oak Bluffs Town Column: Oct. 5
From 1835 to 1879, Edgartown’s Farm Neck/Eastville community grew dramatically, due to the Camp Meeting Association replacing family tents with permanent wooden homes. Almost simultaneously, the Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company built the new seaside resort now frequently called Cottage City, which is believed to be one of the first communities built all at…
Edgartown Town Column: Oct. 5
The leaves are starting to turn. The fresh apples are in the produce department and there are pumpkins at the nurseries. The mums and cabbages are now in flower pots. There is a faint smell of wood burning in the air and you can sleep with the blankets up to your chin. Fall is here.…
Chappy Town Column: Oct. 5
Many people look at Chappaquiddick from atop the town wharf and decide against a trip across. It doesn’t look that interesting from a distance, and there are no shops! But to those of us who live here, Chappaquiddick is an enduring and endearing pile of sand. It may not be an exciting place to live,…
Chilmark Town Column: Oct. 5
Chilmark is saddened at the passing of several well-known and much-respected citizens. We send condolences to the many friends and family of Mary Ann Hoxie, who died on Sept. 18 and was laid to rest at the Abel’s Hill cemetery next to her husband, Russell Hoxie. The family lived in Chilmark for many years, and…
West Tisbury Town Column: Oct. 5
Today is the beginning of the Columbus Day holiday weekend and the end of the extended shoulder season for the tourists. Town buildings, schools, library and post office will be closed on Monday. The last farmers’ market and artisans festival of the season will be held this weekend at the Grange Hall. Linda Alley reports…
Autumn Harmony
Fall began last month and already woods and fields are burnished with red, gold and bronze. The nights are still tinged with mist and fog, but there is a nip in the air now that will grow sharper as the days grow shorter. Walkers and joggers wear an extra layer in the early mornings, and…
Losing Wasque
It’s been five and a half years since a ferocious northeaster tore open the barrier beach that formerly connected Chappaquiddick to Edgartown at the Katama end.
There Is a Balm in Clambakes, Tasty, Too
We weren’t sure that we were ever going live this one down. It was the biggest scandal in island history or at least for a month or two. We still call it Clamscam.
Autumnal Equinox 2012
It was to be the 40th summer in our Mattaksett home. After healing knee replacement for her The summer season ferry reservation was secured.
Roll, Roll Me Away, Finally Feeling Free
I love The Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York city. Buses, more than planes or trains, make me feel as though I’m sneaking away, as though I’m escaping. With my big bag packed on this autumn day, few know that I’m leaving town for Martha’s Vineyard or when I’ll be back. This is how…
But Martha, I Was Just Island Swapping
There’s more than high school team rivalry that keeps people on the Vineyard and Nantucket braced apart from one another. Unless you’re one of the lucky wanderers who has traveled back and forth with enough frequency to consider both Islands home, a chance visit to the Island You Don’t Know could make you almost-imperceptibly-but-ever-so-slightly uneasy.
Love Means Never Revealing the Location
It is now safe to speak openly about beach plums. Here on the Vineyard they are almost all gone, picked by the fanatics or eaten by the birds. Yet on a recent Sunday morning I managed to cadge a perfect six cups worth in a heretofore-unknown-to-me location. They have been cooked down and are currently…
Cold Front
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of October, 1979: We are the second poorest county in the state, but it’s a hard thing to find out how many poor people there are.” Margot Moore, director of the Edgartown Council on Aging, shares this problem with most of the Island’s social service agencies. And with winter and…
Patient Art of Taking Notice, Both at Home and on the Wing
As Laura Wainwright distinguishes in the titular essay of her new book Home Bird: Four Seasons on Martha’s Vineyard, a home bird is different from a homebody. Unlike a homebody, who does not like leaving home, a home bird very much enjoys going out and traveling, but simply finds “special delight in the comfort, nourishment…
A Picker, a Grinner, a Tisbury Selectman
There are many moving parts to Tristan Israel. For 23 years he has served as a selectman for the town of Tisbury. For seven years he has worked as a county commissioner. He is a landscaper by trade and in the Vineyard music community, he is a nearly constant presence. At seven o’clock this Sunday…
Shades of Gray in Energy Production
While searching the depths of the sea floor for marine life, Jesse Ausubel realized something else. Out of the sea floor sediments leaked methane, a natural gas, which mussels, tube worms and other creatures thrived on. “These animals were living off what we call methane seeps,” said Mr. Ausubel. “That was one clue that methane…
Center Stage for Bullying Issue
Bully. Target. Bystander. Hero. The vocabulary words took on greater meaning for elementary school students at the Edgartown School on Thursday morning as they watched eight junior high students in the IMP theater program present Assertions, a series of monologues on the topic of bullying. On Tuesday morning, a group of high school IMP players…
Apple of Your Eye and Belly, Fall Harvest Is Delicious
The first time I visited New England, my family came to see cousins who had moved to Montpelier, Vt. It was early October, and on one of the first days of our trip we headed to the farmers’ market in the middle of town. Each farm stand held wooden crates overflowing with the most amazing…
Spreading the Word Through Song
On Saturday Oct. 6, the Watoto Children’s Choir from Africa begins their five-month Beautiful Africa tour with a free performance in Oak Bluffs at Union Chapel. The event begins at 4 p.m. and is hosted by Vineyard Assembly of God. The Watoto Children’s Choir helps raise awareness for orphaned children of Africa through their stories,…
Seaweed for Breakfast
Consider for a moment the other vegetable. The one that doesn’t grow in the dirt in long, curvy rows to be forever guarded against grubs and weeds. How about a vegetable that is a true gift from the sea? We’re talking about seaweed here.
Art Classes for Kids, Chocolate, too
All year long Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs holds classes in all manner of the arts. The teachers are always seasoned pro’s passing on both a love for the creative process and the technical aspects of the medium, too. Many of the classes cater to teens and adults, others, like those taught…
A Is for Art Gallery
The A gallery in Vineyard Haven lives on for another weekend with XX Danger Zone, a multi media event being held on Oct. 7 from 7 to 10:30 p.m. The Danger Zone is actually Holly Diane Anger a.k.a. Holly Danger who with Jeff Schram is presenting the Moon, an acoustic, electronic and live visual performance…
B Is for Art Gallery
Gallery 13b will be open this weekend and feature new work by Island artist Josh Yates. There is a reception for the show on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 5 to 9 p.m.
P Is not for Art Gallery
Plein Air is in the air. For the month of October the Martha’s Vineyard Museum and Arts Martha’s Vineyard are teaming up to celebrate creativity done outdoors. During the month various museum properties will be open for Island artists for a series of plein air sessions.
Wake Up, Smell the Art
For the month of October, Chris Hughes will be the featured artist at the Vineyard Haven Mocha Motts. And just who is Chris Hughes you should ask, because if the answer is anywhere near as rewarding as his art, then his art is priceless.
Vineyard House Begins Capital Campaign to Build New Facility
Vineyard House, the residential program for early substance abuse recovery, announced a $3 million capital campaign this week to build a new facility in Vineyard Haven. Board president Mark Jenkins said the new facility — a campus-style complex located on Short Hill Road, off of Holmes Hole Road in Vineyard Haven — will enable the…
Library Loves Fairy Houses
This Saturday, Oct. 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the West Tisbury Library is hosting a fairy house building day on the grounds of the library. The library will provide the materials, all of which come from nature. Fairies are not so much a part of the back-to-land movement as a we-have-never-left-the-land species.
Elderly Housing Art Show
The fifth annual Island Elderly Housing arts and crafts show and sale is Saturday, Oct. 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Woodside Village 260b Village Road in Oak Bluffs, across from the regional high school.
Tennis for Beginners
Martha’s Vineyard Community Tennis (MVCT) is sponsoring its second adult beginning tennis clinic on Saturday, Oct. 13, on the clay courts of Farm Neck in Oak Bluffs.
Island Food Pantry
The Island Food Pantry will be open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 2 to 4 p.m. starting Monday, Oct. 15.
Popcorn Day Arrives
Some folks look at a piece of corn on the cob and think, “tasty.” Others think of pygmy goats and natural dyes.
Voles Gone Wild
Hope springs eternal. My fall vegetable garden has renewed my self-confidence as a gardener. The baby kale, carrots and lettuce are coming along nicely. I picked a wonderful assortment of greens for a delicious salad over the weekend.
Purple Reign
Go Purple! Whether on the field with the cheering crowds and uniformed players, or in the high grass with late blooming flowers, you are likely to find potent purple power this time of year. Last week, both the MV team, having won the past few games, and the flowering foliage in the field were standing…
Call of Columbia
Bird watchers or birders the world over have always wanted to look for and at birds in Colombia. Why, because the country has the most diverse habitats, for its size, than any other South American country.
Moon and Planets
Tonight the gibbous moon appears under the bright planet Jupiter. The two are in the zodiacal constellation Taurus. They rise in the east together at about 10 p.m. and together will command the sky through the night. Jupiter is the brightest planet in our evening sky. Astronomers estimate that Jupiter is 425 million miles away.…
Broadhurst-Ready Wedding
The marriage of Erin Anne Broadhurst, daughter of Cynde Hargrave and Robert Broadhurst, to Sean Donlin Ready, son of John Ready and Kim Ready, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13 in Edgartown. Sean and Erin became engaged to be married on the Island in April 2011, as they prepared to open Edgartown Meat &…
Jones, Hill To Wed
Sarah DeWitt Jones and Scott Robert Hill are pleased to announce their engagement. Ms. Jones and Mr. Hill, both of Melrose, will be married Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in West Tisbury. Mr. Hill is the son of Robert Frank Hill and Carolyn Ann Hill of Morro Bay, Calif. Ms.…
Announcing Ethan
Robin and Adam Rose of Shrewsbury announce the birth of a son, Ethan Joseph Rose, born on Sept. 11, 2012 at the St. Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester. Ethan weighed 9 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. Ethan is welcomed by sister Lyla, grandparents Stephen and Kathleen Rose of Edgartown and Gerald and Jean Galena of Worcester.
No Bait, No Weight, No Problem, Fly Fisherman Enjoy the Derby
David Nash of Edgartown was in the process of explaining how artificial fly lures are made when a neighboring fisherman’s rod bowed toward the water. A distinct whirring sound zipped through the air and the angler’s line raced out into Edgartown Harbor.Mr. Nash looked up. “That’s the sound of an albie.”
