JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
It seems that March has come in like a lamb, so beware the end of the month. The warm days are inspiring and making some of us itchy to get outside and start digging and raking.
The special town meeting this past Monday night was well attended and after some thoughtful questions were asked and answered, the citizens approved the three warrant items freeing monies for the purchase of land to improve the affordable home sites.
KATHIE CASE
508-627-5349
As I walked to my car Monday, I noticed some purple in my side garden. Figuring the color came from crocuses, I moved the leaves to find my dwarf irises blooming. I hope this means an early spring, but who knows?
Vineyard residents are invited to attend a free workshop on Friday, March 14, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the large dining room at Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
The session will demonstrate how music can provide relief from depression and anxiety, malaise which can be caused by the isolation of Island life during a cold, gray winter.
The workshop will be presented by Karen Wacks, a professor at Berklee College of Music.
TOM DRESSER
508-693-1050
When high school hockey player BreAnne Russell compared hockey to pizza — it’s always good, she said — I felt obligated as a reporter to verify her statement, not by playing hockey, but by offering my readers a survey of Oak Bluffs pizza parlors.
NANCY GARDELLA
508-693-3308
Back from Iraq! Corporal Chris Clark arrived at Camp Pendleton safe and sound last week after his tour of duty in Iraq. I have spoken to him on the phone. Next week he flies to Rockford, Ill., to see his family. Welcome home, Chris, and thanks for your service.
JOHN S. ALLEY
508-693-2950
The month of March came in with heavy rain and temperatures reaching 40 degrees, kind of a lion. The old saying is it should leave like a lamb. We shall see. Thoughts of spring, just 12 days away, fill the air with milder temperatures, warmer sun and the light is getting longer each day. By Sunday, sunset will happen around 6:30 p.m.
Marc Songini, author of The Lost Fleet, a Yankee Whaler’s Struggle Against the Confederate Navy and Arctic Disaster, will speak on Whaling Heroes from Martha’s Vineyard when Sail Martha’s Vineyard hosts its final winter fireside dinner and lecture at the Black Dog Tavern on Thursday, March 13, at 6 p.m.
Mr. Songini will cover such heroes as the Jernegan cousins, Nathaniel and Jared, who with their wives and families on board ship, faced mutinies, shipwreck, Arctic destruction and more.
Charter School
Monday, March 10: Macaroni and cheese, mixed vegetables, pears and milk.
Tuesday, March 11: Tomato vegetable soup, hot dog or tofu dog on a roll, fruit smoothie and milk.
Wednesday, March 12: Half-day bag lunch: fish sandwich or veggie and cheese sandwich, coleslaw, pineapple and milk.
Thursday, March 13: Pizza (plain cheese, pepperoni or roasted veggie), tossed salad, fresh fruit and milk.
Friday, March 14: Baked chicken, Spanish rice, black beans, peaches and milk.
Edgartown
Welcome, Ethan
Angeline Weir of Oak Bluffs announces the birth of a son, Ethan David Weir, born Feb. 25 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Ethan weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces at birth.
