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Stories by John Alley

West Tisbury Town Column: April 9

April 9, 2019
John Alley

Patriot’s Day is Monday and all town buildings will be closed. At last spring weather has arrived last weekend. Most everyone in town was out either cleaning up or gardening. The flowers have...

West Tisbury Town Column: March 15

March 14, 2019
John Alley

Spring will be here in just five days. People are slowly adjusting to Daylight Saving Time. The snowdrops are in full bloom at Phyllis Meras’s house off Music street and Charlie Kernick’s...

West Tisbury Town Column: March 8

March 7, 2019
John Alley

We have had more snow in the first few days of March than all of January and February combined. The winter has been mostly mild a dream compared to last year. The sun now will be setting around 6:30...

West Tisbury Town Column: Feb. 22

February 20, 2019
John Alley

Well it sure will be like a ghost town all next week because of the school’s winter vacation that begins this afternoon. Many people and families have left Dodge for a warmer climate while...

West Tisbury Town Column: Feb. 15

February 14, 2019
John Alley

We are heading into a long holiday weekend as Monday is President’s Day so the schools, post office, library and all other town buildings will be closed. School vacation week, for our schools,...

West Tisbury Town Column: Feb. 8

February 7, 2019
John Alley

Well, Sunday night featured an intensely exciting Super Bowl game. Traffic in town was nil and the Stop & Shop markets had a brisk Sunday selling food for the game. The Patriots victory over the...

West Tisbury Town Column: Jan. 25

January 24, 2019
John Alley

Well the weekend weather was all over the map. First there was snow, then rain with high winds forcing several SSA cancellations, then a high of 54 degrees Sunday morning, but by the time the...

West Tisbury Town Column: Jan. 11

January 9, 2019
John Alley

It is officially recorded that last year was the wettest on record. So far we have dodged the snow but we have picked up over two inches of rain since the New Year began. The holiday rush is over;...

West Tisbury Town Column: Jan. 4

January 3, 2019
John Alley

Well, December has gone into the record books as the fourth warmest ever recorded. The only snow was a few scattered flurries on two occasions. Last year this time we were dealing with several inches...

West Tisbury Town Column

November 29, 2018
John Alley

Well we traveled off-Island to be with family for Thanksgiving and returned on Sunday. It was a wonderful time with 20 people gathered at Nina Berry and Dieter Phol’s table in Providence, R.I....

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