Thomas Dresser
508 693-1050
thomasdresser@gmail.com
Recent dreams of spring were rudely dashed by the reappearance of old man winter, as March roared in like a lion. Well, as New Englanders know, we just have to deal with it.
The Oak Bluffs library is promoting a new audio book and music download service by giving away MP3 Players. You need a valid CLAMS library card from a participating library, computer access and a broadband Internet connection.
Kim and Lee Carlos of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Franchesa Rose Carlos, born on Feb. 11, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Franchesa weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces at birth. She is welcomed by her big sisters, Sabrina and Gabriella.
Welcome to Scarlett Elizabeth Adams. Scarlett is the daughter of Susannah and Christopher Adams of Scituate, Mass. She is the great-granddaughter of Helen Jackson of Edgartown and the granddaughter of Marilyn and Bill Adams of Quincy, Mass.
Scarlett’s brother, Charles, and sister, Clara, welcomed her home on Monday, Feb. 23. Her family is looking forward to Scarlett’s first visit to the Vineyard.
MARGARET KNIGHT
508-627-8894
(margaret02539@yahoo.com)
March the lion roared in on Sunday with snow, ice, rain and wind. March comes just when you think you might have enough firewood or, in our case, wood pellets, to last until spring. It lets you know you were wrong about that, and about having those fantasies of spring.
Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
Feb. 27 48 34 .00
Feb. 28 52 41 .25
March 1 47 31 *.23
March 2 34 29 *1.23
March 3 32 18 .03
March 4 28 16 .00
March 5 34 20 .00
Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 39º F.
KATHIE CASE
508-627-5349
(kathleencase@comcast.net)
I talked to my brother in Florida and he said that it was cold the night before as it got down into the 50’s and my girlfriend on the other coast said she put a sweater on because it was 45 degrees. So I guess you know what I told them with great humor. I guess that’s all I can say about the weather this week.
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
(slaterjn@comcast.net)
It looks a scene from Dr. Zhivago out my window this week... ice and snow everywhere... the geese who hang out in the upper channel at Menemsha are noisy these mornings... cold feet after a night in that water, no doubt. Anyway, by the time I write again it should all be melted away.
Our skies at night have two planetary visitors. Venus is high in the western sky after sunset, and at the same time there is the ringed planet, Saturn, rising in the east. Both are bright and easy to spot.
