Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
May 15 61 54 .10
May 16 62 49 .05
May 17 65 56 Trace
May 18 60 48 .14
May 19 51 41 .05
May 20 65 49 .00
May 21 75 54 .00
Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 61 º F.
A thin crescent moon will appear low in the western sky early in the evening on Monday. Only those with an excellent view of the western sky have a good chance of seeing it then, so consider a beach stroll at Menemsha, an ideal spot.
That Stockbridge Crowd
From Gazette editions of May, 1984:
Tom Thatcher of West Tisbury signed papers that officially sold the Lillian Manter Memorial Youth Hostel on the Edgartown-West Tisbury road to American Youth Hostels, Inc. of Washington and the Metropolitan New York Council in New York city. Mr. Thatcher has owned the hostel since 1968, and had managed it since 1964.
JOHN S. ALLEY
508-693-2950
(alleys@vineyard.net)
The boat schedule changed on Tuesday, and you can already tell from increased traffic on the roads and in town that new visitors are here, with more expected this weekend which is the official start of the summer season. Many a backyard grill will be fired up for the first cookouts of the season. Fiddlehead Farm stand in North Tisbury opens for the season today; in fact, all of the town businesses except for the new State Road restaurant are now open.
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
(slaterjn@comcast.net)
There was joy in the Weisman household earlier this month when Hugh and Suzanne announced the engagement of their daughter Ali to Malcolm McDowell. Both are educators in New York city who became engaged one recent spring day on Windy Gates beach. They are planning a Chilmark wedding in October. Congratulations to all!
JUNE MANNING
508-645-2574
(lthslnks@gis.net)
Would you believe, more than three days in a row of sunshine? The lilacs are in full bloom, the shad are bursting with buds, beach plum bushes are also blooming, and mayflowers are found along ancient paths. Spring has perhaps finally arrived.
The Outermost Inn opens this evening with dinners being served nightly, with the exception of Monday nights when Captain Hugh Taylor, his wife, Jeanne, and their staff take the night off. Please call for reservations, 508-645-3511.
HOLLY NADLER
508-274-9239
(hollynadler@gmail.com)
You know you live in a democracy when a truly good idea can still attract a small vocal minority coming out against it. Such is the case with the projected pharmacy slated for the past two years to occupy the old library space at the corner of Circuit and Pennacook avenues.
KATHIE CASE
508-627-5349
(kathleencase@comcast.net)
This is the weekend that starts it all. You can see the increase of cars, the Stop & Shop is crowded no matter what hour you go, the college kids have arrived looking for jobs and I saw the Jamaican ladies walking into town. So the season has begun.
MARGARET KNIGHT
508-627-8894
(margaret02539@yahoo.com)
Chappaquiddick is in the midst of spring — very green at ground level, the blueberry, beach plum and wild honeysuckle flowering at the midlevel, and the oaks and sassafras covered with pale green young and inexperienced leaves up overhead. Even the late beetlebung are releasing leaves from their tight winter buds. Despite the island’s spring-like status, Memorial Day states that, ready or not, summer is here.
