Hello friends, family, and faculty, I’m here to represent the only class at the high school that had one full normal year. I’m so grateful to be here today giving this speech.

Thank you everyone for coming out today. When I was thinking about this speech, I wanted to acknowledge what this community means to all of us.

Bob Norris, a former Naval aviator, wrote a letter to an aspiring pilot. This pilot was accepted into both the United States’ Navy and Air Force academies, and wished to be a fighter pilot.

I stepped off the ferry in Vineyard Haven one fine morning in 1985 ready to embark on a new chapter that would eventually carry me along for more than three decades.

Twelve piglets were born on North Tabor Farm after a lengthy labor on Friday the 13th. There are now 11.

Capt. Bernardino (Didino) Ramos is one of 30 people who captain those 10 gleaming white vessels, the year-round lifeline to the two Islands.

Paul Jackson died recently at the age of 87. You probably never heard of him, which I’m sure was fine with Paul.

April begins a fool and ends a sage. She tags the tails of March, the cruelest month with high hopes and fierce winds.

I always thought I would have one last chance to say goodbye to my grandfather.

The proposed housing bank bill replaces the direct democracy of town meeting with a central committee, consisting of seven commissioners, one elected from each town, and a seventh commissioner elected Islandwide.