An experienced educator from central Massachusetts has been named as the new director of student support services for the Martha’s Vineyard public schools.

Philip Campbell, current director of pupil services for the Auburn public school district, will begin sometime in mid-November, Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss said.

Joseph M. O’Connor and Sonia O’Connor purchased 44 Norton Orchard Road in Edgartown from Charles Jerome Caminada and Claire Harriet Caminada for $1,157,500 on Sept. 5.

Beds/Baths:  5/3

Square Footage:  2,072

Acreage:  .44

Year Built:  1999

Asking Price:  $1,250,000

Assessed Value:   $782,000

Residential/Land/Commercial:  Residential

Carlos Gomes Teles Filho and Sybil J. Filho purchased 41 West Farm Road in West Tisbury from Jordan P. Krasnow and Jean H. Krasnow, trustees of Grey Realty Trust, for $562,500 on Sept. 6.

Beds/Baths:  3/2.5

Square Footage:  2,083

Acreage:  .67

Year Built:  1995

Asking Price:  $595,000

Assessed Value:   $569,100

Residential/Land/Commercial:  Residential

Allan Rogers and Joy Lynn Rogers purchased 578 Main street in Tisbury from Lorraine B. Kornek for $345,000 on Sept. 5.

Beds/Baths:  2/2

Square Footage:  1,100

Acreage:  .16

Year Built:  1968

Asking Price:  $489,000

Assessed Value:   $473,100

Residential/Land/Commercial:  Residential

Richard Solch and Suzanne Solch purchased 91 Holly Tree Lane in Tisbury from Robert F. Cimeno Jr., Kathleen A. Cimeno and Kathleen A. Stacy for $700,000 on Sept. 4. 

Beds/Baths:  3/2.5

Square Footage:  2,170

Acreage:  .47

Year Built:  1996

Asking Price:  $740,000

Assessed Value:   $539,200

Residential/Land/Commercial:  Residential

For my first Barn Raiser’s Ball here on the Vineyard, I took
the “ball” to heart. I walked into the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Hall
carrying my dessert contribution to the potluck wearing a red tutu-like skirt, a black lace long sleeve top, a heavy silver belt and red cowboy boots. I was met with a sea of flannel, muck boots, clogs, a range of denim and Carhartts. The tunes of Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish seemed to dim as heads turned and I thought — what have I gotten myself into now?

“I remember that outfit,” a friend of mine said to me recently.

What does a horseshoe crab have to do with Burning Man
(the annual creativity event held in the Nevada desert), an Island psychologist and the lost wax technique? These are some of the bits and pieces that make up Sumner Z. Silverman.

A transplant to Vineyard Haven from Cambridge, Dr. Silverman’s passion for both his art and his work as a psychologist began more than 40 years ago. During his childhood he was always sketching and he began carving at age nine. A toy derringer and knife were his first creations.

Phil Regan always knew he would be an architect.
“I liked to draw,” he said. “I had always been in art classes and I liked those classes the most.”

A drafting course at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School was the first crisp, clean line on Mr. Regan’s own career blueprint.

“I knew this was it. I wanted to study architecture,” he said.

Vineyard design doesn’t have one flavor or medium. The
range in style, materials, aesthetic and use is as varied as the Island
itself. But twice a week during the summer and periodically throughout the fall and spring seasons, the Vineyard Artisans Festival offers a unique opportunity to see close-up a large variety of work created by local craftspeople.

For a shrub that works perfectly as a landscaping plant while also offering benefits for wildlife, consider the blueberry. Familiar to almost everyone, blueberries are perfectly adapted to Vineyard conditions. Four wild species occur here, with the most important distinction being between our two highbush blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum and fuscatum) and our two lowbush species (V. angustifolium and pallidum). Countless blueberry cultivars have also been developed, with various fruit sizes and maturity dates, and are widely available on the commercial market.