Time Machine Terms
June 30, 2011
Edgartown Fire Museum Is Smoking Hot
The Edgartown Fire Department is celebrating its 175th anniversary, and so, not for the first time, firefighters from Edgartown will have a prominent place in the Fourth of July parade planned for Monday.
It was the Edgartown fire department that hosted the first Fourth of July celebration in town, in 1844. The party included a lot of local pomp, a parade, plenty of flag-waving, patriotism and a dinner.
June 30, 2011
Jumping Off Corporate Ladder, Landing at Edgartown Marine
It reads like an old feel-good, hometown story. A local boy grows up on the Vineyard, watching his father and mother work hard. The father works for the Steamship Authority and then later runs an ice cream stand. His mother works at the local grocery store. The youth goes off to college, enters the corporate world, gets a master’s degree from Columbia Business School, and, through a line of successes, he and his wife decide to come home and take ownership of a longtime local business.
That is George J. Rogers Jr. of Tisbury and his story.
June 30, 2011
Harthaven Centennial Honors Founders
One hundred years ago, the community of Harthaven in Oak Bluffs was established when William H. Hart purchased the first parcel of land bordering Farm Pond. On Saturday, about 300 people joined to celebrate that event at the home of Walt and Mary Lee Gifford which was built by Jim Hart, one of the founder’s sons. The Harthaven centennial was much more than the normal gathering of a clan — though it certainly was that.
June 30, 2011
Dreams Come and Go Like the Wind
As Magic Carpet neared Cape Pogue, a thick fog crossed over the bow. All of a sudden, the boat was in the center of a circle of mist, though somehow the sun made brilliant that oceanic cloud.
June 30, 2011
Edgartown
KATHIE CASE
508-627-5349
(kathleencase@comcast.net)
Summer is here. The weather has been great, the summer kids are here looking for jobs, the traffic is increasing and the sirens go by at least once a day. But the best thing is your summer friends are here and the sound of the surf is in your ears and the sun is on your face. The season has begun.
June 30, 2011
Dean’s List
Dean’s List
The following Island students have been named to the dean’s list for the spring 2011 semester at the University of Vermont:
Anna D. Hayes of Edgartown, a first-year animal sciences major.
Dylan J. McCarthy of Edgartown, a first-year English major.
Olivia E. Gross of Vineyard Haven, a first-year dietetics, nutrition and food sciences major.
Whitney F. O’Brien of Vineyard Haven, a sophomore environmental studies major.
June 30, 2011
East Chop
RICK HERRICK
508-693-8065
(herricklr@verizon.net)
There’s a well-respected tradition among East Choppers to rag on Oak Bluffs politics. “Taxation without representation,” is a common refrain. “All those folks know how to do is spend money,” is another. “Things are a mess, as usual.”
June 30, 2011
Chappy
BRAD WOODGER
508-627-4216
(ibwsgolf@aol.com)
My nephew Andy is visiting. Though it may be too late by the time this column hits the newsstands, I’d like to offer his companionship to any family with teenagers. He’s a delightful young man. But what teenager gets up at 6:30 a.m.? That’s Brad time. Quiet time. No talking. I believe my phone number and e-mail are listed above.
