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Stories by John S. Alley

John S. Alley

West Tisbury Town Column: March 13

March 12, 2020
John S. Alley

Well, sprinkle a little salt over your left shoulder before reading the column for luck. Spring will be here in a just six days and that will not be soon enough for many of us. People are slowly...

West Tisbury Town Column: March 6

March 5, 2020
John S. Alley

Well, this winter has been mostly mild, much like last season. Despite the weather, spring will arrive in a mere 13 days and that will not be soon enough for many of us. Meteorologists have predicted...

West Tisbury Town Column: Feb. 28

February 25, 2020
John S. Alley

Will March come in like a lion? The old saying is then it will leave like a lamb. It sure has been like a ghost town all week largely because it is the school winter vacation and many families are...

West Tisbury Town Column: Feb. 21

February 19, 2020
John S. Alley

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

West Tisbury Town Column: Feb. 14

February 13, 2020
John S. Alley

Well, we are heading into a long holiday weekend as Monday is Presidents’ Day so the schools, post office, library and all other town buildings will be closed. School vacation week starts...

West Tisbury Town Column: Jan. 31

January 30, 2020
John S. Alley

Well, we have had a tough January this year, at times mild and spring-like and then bitterly cold. We have had about as much rain as snow for the month. The days are getting longer and seed catalogs...

West Tisbury Town Column: Jan. 24

January 23, 2020
John S. Alley

Well, the weekend weather was all over the map. Touch of snow, rain with high winds forcing several SSA cancellations. The wind chill Saturday morning stood at 4 degrees The line at the Up-Island gas...

West Tisbury Town Column: Jan. 17

January 16, 2020
John S. Alley

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and all federal, state and local buildings will be closed, making it the first long weekend of the New Year. Last weekend it was unseasonably warm and Dan...

West Tisbury Town Column: Jan. 10

January 9, 2020
John S. Alley

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

West Tisbury Town Column

January 2, 2020
John S. Alley

Thanks to Harry Athearn, Nina Levin and Pierce Kirby for making smooth mail deliveries, and Alan Gowell for minding the cemeteries while I was away for Christmas. The trend in recent years seems to...

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