Prescribed Burn

Working in conjunction with Vineyard fire officials, The Martha’s Vineyard Prescribed Fire Partnership plans to conduct a prescribed burn today at the Long Point Wildlife Refuge in West Tisbury. Smoke may be visible above the south coast of the Vineyard, near the Tisbury Great Pond in West Tisbury.

Clarification

Ebba Hierta, quoted in last Friday’s story about cell phone proposals Up-Island, was speaking as a West Tisbury resident.

It is a game played by old men and young boys, by professionals and amateurs alike, at the dawn of spring and at the coming of winter. On the Vineyard, the game of baseball has been played by farmers, sailors, fishermen and businessmen, in Menemsha meadows and makeshift diamonds at Waban Park in Oak Bluffs, Toomey Field in Chilmark and Veterans Park in Tisbury.

The Martha’s Vineyard Museum has temporarily suspended its capital campaign which began six years ago with a price tag of $35 million, as a job search begins to replace executive director Keith Gorman.

He will step down at the end of the coming summer after just over a year on the job.

“It’s a family thing,” said Mr. Gorman this week, who has commuted for four years between the Vineyard and North Carolina where his wife Cheryl Roberts studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Flotsam and jetsam have drifted onto Island shores for centuries, although the volume and toxicity of beach trash has increased dramatically during modern times.

Today plastic trash is a blot on beaches, but thankfully it can be reduced simply by rolling up your sleeves and getting to work.

As the weather warms, so do high school athletics, and several teams surged out of the gate early this spring, including girls’ lacrosse, girls’ softball, baseball and the ever-steady track team.

Girls’ Lacrosse

Ordnance Cleanup

A project to remove old military ordnance at South Beach in Edgartown and Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge on Chappaquiddick gets under way next week and continues through the month of May.

Cape Pogue was used as a practice target bombing site in the 1940s during the war years. South Beach was also used for military training exercises and was the site of a gunnery range. Buried ordnance has surfaced on the beaches as a result of naturally occurring erosion.

Gas

Prices for regular unleaded gas as of Apr. 15:

Edgartown

Airport Mobil $2.699 Depot Corner $2.699

Edgartown Mobil $2.759

Oak Bluffs

deBettencourt’s $2.659

Jim’s $2.679

Vineyard Haven

Citgo $2.659

Tisbury Shell $2.699

West Tisbury

Up-Island Automotive $2.559

Menemsha

Menemsha Texaco $2.599

Sail Martha’s Vineyard

Welcomes Seasonal Youth

KATHIE CASE

508-627-5349

(kathleencase@comcast.net)

Well, everyone has been rushing to do their taxes and pay the government, but you have to admit the sun is putting a smile on your face.