The windy rain and chill signaling more like fall than spring was no match for the rush of activities in Oak Bluffs preparing for what portends to be a very busy summer.
Bright flowers, a sturdy lectern and an urn with the remains of Alton L. Hardaway Jr. stood under a weather-protected tent this past Sunday as approximately 200 people braved the winds and assembled to pay their respects.
Neither thunder, pouring rain nor the Red Sox-Yankees series could stop the 50th wedding celebration of Oak Bluffs' favorite couple. Debbie and Lewis Duane Jackson!