Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
May 22 71 54 .00
May 23 72 57 .00
May 24 65 53 Trace
May 25 68 58 .02
May 26 77 51 .00
May 27 60 48 .02
May 28 58 52 .07
Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 61º F.
Faced with a budget deficit for the current and next fiscal years that could total $1 million or more combined, Oak Bluffs officials are bracing for hard choices likely to include a special town meeting to slash spending as well as laying off some town employees.
Margaret Knight>
508 627-8894
(margaret02539@yahoo.com)
Despite the cool temperatures and what the calendar says, summer has started. One of the sure signs is a siting of Siamak Adibi riding his bike up to or back from the ferry. He has a way of pedaling along that makes it look like summer — or an idealized version of it — as if he’s in no rush to get anywhere.
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
(slaterjn@comcast.net)
Chilmark bravely celebrated the weekend chosen to be the Memorial Day weekend in weather of assorted stripe. It was earlier than the traditional weekend and maybe that explains the cold and foggy days we had in town. Some folks went swimming and there were the usual family reunions with outdoor picnics. There were several ceremonies in honor of our veterans and a number of celebrations of the end of winter and the beginning of the summer season.
JUNE MANNING
508-645-2574
(lthslnks@gis.net)
Sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Thomas Battiste of Cape Breton who passed away on Tuesday following a brief illness. Tom, a graduate of Harvard University, had worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., and was part of the original team sent to Aquinnah to assist with our federal acknowledgement process. His professionalism and efforts made it possible for our tribe to become acknowledged in 1987.
KATHIE CASE
508-627-5349
(kathleencase@comcast.net)
Well, Memorial Day weekend has now come and gone, and I guess summer is officially on. It was a week early but someone forgot to tell Mother Nature, as instead of the weather getting warmer, it got colder. I can not remember the last time I actually turned the heat up in the house at the end of May.
Notice to our readers: the Gazette begins its twice-weekly publication this week, so watch for the Tuesday edition, beginning June 2. Summer is certain to follow. See you Tuesday.
With a quiet, unerring regularity, two groups of life drawing artists have congregated at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs each and every week for years, slowly improving their ability to conjure living, breathing images out of flat white paper.
The best work from members of both the Tom Maley and the Firehouse figure drawing groups will go on display this Sunday, May 31, in Faces and Figures, an exhibition at Featherstone’s Virginia Weston Gallery.
The opening reception is Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. All are welcome.
