Kathie Case>
508-627-5349
(kathleencase@comcast.net)
The night is still, the harbor is calm and the snow is falling gently again. So who knows what tomorrow will bring? Some are saying four to eight inches of snow. But I am looking forward to the weekend when it is supposed to be in the 40s or maybe 50s. I saw a saying on Facebook: “You know you are from New England when it’s 40 degrees and it feels like summer.”
TOM DRESSER
508-693-1050
(thomasdresser@gmail.com)
Question of the week: How many people live on the Vineyard? (Answer at end of the column.)
While March rolled in Monday morning with snow, slush and slop, Joyce reported crocuses and daffodil leaves poking through the garden. Plus she heard a chorus of birds twittering. Can pinkletinks be far behind?
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
(slaterjn@comcast.net)
Chilmark is enduring one more snow storm; as the wind whips giant snowflakes past my steamed up window I tell myself — and you — that this will be the last snowstorm of the season and my daffodils will be allowed to come up after this! Don’t you wish?
JOHN S. ALLEY
508-693-2950
(alleys@vineyard.net)
Well, the month of March came in like a lion, no doubt about it. On Monday there was about an inch of heavy wet snow in the morning and it was cold and blustery and especially biting if you were just back from a vacation in the South. The old saying is that March will leave like a lamb: we shall see. Spring is theoretically just two weeks away, bringing warmer sunshine. That light getting longer each day gives us hope. Remember that daylight saving time begins next Sunday.
JUNE D. MANNING
508-645-2574
(lthslnks@gis.net)
Mallory Butler recently returned from her frequent flyer trip to Aspen, Colo., to spend time with her granddaughter, Maeve, and parents, Jeffie Butler and Kevin Sheehan. She always has a great time with Maeve regardless of the weather.
Announcing Rocco
Nerissa Giles and Daniel Marshall announce the birth of a son, Rocco David Marshall, born on Feb. 24, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Rocco weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces at birth.
Welcome, Madeline
Emily Coulter and Benton Coulter of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Madeline Somerby Coulter, born on Feb. 24, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Madeline weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces at birth.
William Arrives Early
Emily and Michael Dwyer of Amesbury are pleased to announce the birth of a baby boy, William Judson Dwyer, on March 1 at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, two months ahead of schedule. William weighed 3 pounds, 13.4 ounces and was 16 inches long at birth. His paternal grandparents are Jim and Rita Dwyer of West Newbury; maternal grandparents are Peter MacRae of Chappaquiddick and Julia Wells of West Tisbury.
The dream season for the the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys’ basketball came to end earlier today, as the Vineyarders lost a hard-fought and high-scoring thriller at Wareham by a final score of 92-75 in the second round of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Assocation tournament.
With the loss, the Vineyarders finish the season with a stellar record of 16-4; earlier this week they defeated Rockland at home in the first round of the tournament.
