JUNE MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

It is apparent that perhaps global warming is catching up to us or we are to it. As many reminisced on Wednesday of where we were thirty years ago during the blizzard of 1978 and compared it to the 54-degree temperature of the day in 2008, it was quite a difference.

The next wave of reminiscing was that of when the Vineyard was predominantly Republican. Everyone tries to pinpoint the change to a Democratic phase in the 1960s.

JOHN S. ALLEY

508-693-2950

(alleys@vineyard.net)

The weekend weather was a mixed bag. It rained most of Saturday but cleared off and was mild and sunny on Sunday. The Dumptique is closed all of this month and will reopen in March. The gas station was unquestionably the busiest place in town Sunday morning with their special Sunday fuel price. All Patriot fans suffered a severe blow when the team lost the Super Bowl to the dreaded Giants. On the upside, the Patriots did finish the year with an incredible 18 wins but lost the big one.

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

What a week. Chilmark was excited by the primaries as indicated by the large number of voters who turned out. All the excitement and rhetoric seemed to bring on a thaw and the weather was decidedly not frosty! Then again, maybe the skies were weeping for our beloved Patriots who will be back next year.

We are happy to learn that Bill Gamson is out and about again. He broke his kneecap slipping on the ice in Boston in early December and has been immobilized since then. Best wishes from us all.

Information Meeting Is

Scheduled on Wind Farm

Cape Wind and the Martha’s Vineyard chapter of Clean Power Now will co-host a meeting on Monday, Feb. 11 about the proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. in the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven.

Speakers include Mark Rodgers of Cape Wind, which has proposed building the wind farm, and Sharon Strimling Florio of Clean Power Now.

From Chilmark to Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven to Edgartown, small family groups and boisterous bar parties celebrated Super Bowl Sunday as an annual break from quiet, brittle February.

Last Sunday, photographer Peter Simon, wheelman John Pinchon and this reporter crisscrossed the Island to note Super Bowl customs, traditions and reactions to the game.

HOLLY NADLER

508-693-3880

(sunporch@vineyard.net)

My grandfather’s fourth wife, Lena, who had the thickest Yiddish accent ever heard in the Farifax district of Los Angeles, would have characterized this week as “a time of sedness and gledness.”

MARGARET KNIGHT

508-627-8894

(margaret02539@yahoo.com)

NANCY GARDELLA

508-693-3308

(vhavenvgazette@yahoo.com)

I was so disappointed when Amy Levine closed her fabulous store on Main street, It’s In the Bag. But how delighted I was to pass by today and see a young woman hard at work inside and a sign on the window: “Coming Soon! Island Music.” This will definitely be a welcome addition to our town.

Taxpayer Meeting

The Edgartown assessors will hold a meeting for taxpayers on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. in the second floor meeting room of the town hall. Steve Ferreira, district manager of Vision Appraisal Technology, which provides assessing services to the town, will talk about the mass appraisal process and market changes that have occurred in the last few years in the town of Edgartown. More information is available by calling the assessors office at 508-627-6140.

Charter School

Monday, Feb. 11: Macaroni and cheese, broccoli, peaches and milk.

Tuesday, Feb. 12: Carrot ginger soup, sunflower butter and jelly sandwich, fruit smoothie and milk.

Wednesday, Feb. 13: Calzones: sausage and pepper, ham and cheese or spinach and feta, bean salad, pineapple and milk.

Thursday, Feb. 14: Pizza: plain cheese, pepperoni or roasted vegetable, tossed salad, fresh fruit and milk.

Friday, Feb. 15: Beef or bean burrito, lettuce and tomato, salsa, apple sauce and milk.