Carl Manning Widdiss died early Sunday morning in Phoenix, Ariz., after enduring a five-year struggle with cancer. Three of those years were spent caring for and tending to the needs of his late mother, Gladys A. Widdiss.
The Native American Artisan’s Festival with artists from the Aquinnah Wampanoag, Mashpee, Narraganset, Oneida and Abenaki tribes is on Saturday, July 26, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Aquinnah Public Library will present Phil Weinstein, the Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor of English at Swarthmore College, who will speak on Thursday, July 24, at 5 p.m. at the Aquinnah town hall.
Summer programs are underway in Aquinnah. Charles Shipway IV will again teach sailing on Menemsha Pond, while Michael Wooley will teach swimming at the pool of Mrs. Hannah Malkin.
Wow! That is about all I can say after attending the 50th reunion of the class of 1964 of Pleasantville High School in New York over the weekend.
A visit or two aboard the Charles W. Morgan was absolutely the peak of my summer season already. Thank you to Matthew Stackpole for making his dream a reality.
Wednesday’s pizza night has returned to Orange Peel Bakery — bring your own topping, buy a pizza and share with whomever — the conversations are priceless.
Okay, Friday the 13th and a full moon - that is fine as the temperatures have reached the 80s over the past week and kept many very happy. Peonies are popping. Graduation parties are nearly over as is the school year.
Walter E. Delaney was escorted out of the town of Aquinnah on Tuesday by the fire department, the police department, and many well-wishing friends and his neighbors.
