Thoughtful Disposal
Moore’s Law states that “the number of transistors and resistors on a microchip doubles every 18 months.” It’s technobabble to most of us, but its effect is real enough: our gizmos go obsolete every one and one-half years.
With the rise in popularity of gadgets like iPods and high-definition televisions, even the most frugal Island residents may find a growing cache of old technology collecting dust in the basement.
Seasonal Shuffle Again
Now begins a yearly ritual: the search for affordable summer rentals. College students from around the world are already searching for arrangements. Those attempting to work the Island tourist season for the first time are often unaware of how daunting this can be, and they leave it for after the spring semester, or, worse for them, until they arrive on Island.
Beach Renourishment Stimulus
Vineyarders got their own shovels ready and recently delivered their own stimulus package to the area’s most critical infrastructure: the beach. Over a hundred volunteers planted beach grass on Joseph Sylvia State Beach, and crews followed them with dibbles at Bend in the Road beach in the days following. The community turnout showed a devotion to these sandy places that so enhance our lives, livelihoods and pursuit of happiness.
Welcome, Emma
Elizabeth Salvo and Jason Sullivan of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Emma Joyce Salvo, born on March 18, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Emma weighed 9 pounds, 9.6 ounces at birth.
In warmer weather, construction begins to pick up speed, and Habitat for Humanity is certainly not slacking. On Friday, April 3, Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard will hold two important ceremonies, a testament to the fine progress that organization has been making in putting roofs over Island heads. First, a Dedication Ceremony, wherein the keys to a new home are presented to the new homeowners; and then, a Groundbreaking Ceremony, to inaugurate the launch of a new green construction project.
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
The Vineyard’s four popular freshwater ponds were stocked with more than 1,100 trout on Wednesday. Officials from the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife came over with a special truck filled with bubbling water, loaded with rainbow, brown and tiger trout.
Steven Hurley, fisheries manager for the state, said the fish were delivered to Duarte’s Pond, Old Mill Pond and Uncle Seth’s Pond in West Tisbury, and Upper Lagoon Pond which is shared by the towns of Tisbury and Oak Bluffs.
It was only a few weeks ago that Venus was high in the western sky at sunset. We got a number of calls from observers who wondered what that bright planet was residing high in the west after sunset. Tonight you can’t find it in the night sky.
John S. Alley>
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Well, it did not feel spring-like earlier in the week, what with the high temperature barely making 38 degrees. We’ve been getting a little warmer each day so I trust we’ll have a decent weekend. Wednesday is April Fools’ Day so be wary of practical jokes.
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
It has been a cold and windy week in Chilmark. It was a disappointing week for some of us who wanted to work outside but it is still a week closer to warmer weather, we hope!
