Edgartown
Morning Glory Farm harvested a total of 620 bales of hay over the weekend.Ray Ewing
The farm gathers hay into traditional square bales.Ray Ewing
Simon Athearn of Morning Glory Farm starts his morning early to begin the haying process.Ray Ewing
Sunny days are key to harvesting hay.Ray Ewing
Traditional haying can take up to three days to complete.Ray Ewing
Hay must be cut, tedded, raked and dried before the baler can come through.Ray Ewing
Pillows of hay are ready for pickup at the farm's Edgartown field.Ray Ewing
The farm crew works from sun up to sun down.Ray Ewing
Farmers only have a small window of time to store the hay before the next rain.Ray Ewing
Simon Athearn drives between the windrows.Ray Ewing
The first hay cut of the season marks the beginning of summer.Ray Ewing
Town Column
News
Edgartown School students joined town and library officials Monday to celebrate the first visible marker of Edgartown’s new library: a sign announcing the beginning of the project.
A group of...
Once the address of choice for whaling captains, North Water street in Edgartown is now home to captains of modern industry, a handsome boulevard of stately white mansions and manicured hedges that...
Edgartown selectmen Monday rejected a bid to buy the Warren House, a rundown town-owned former captain’s house on North Water street.
After a discussion in executive session with town counsel Ronald...
Celebrations
Korrine Madison Altieri has been named to the dean’s list at the University of Vermont for the Spring 2013 semester. Karen is a freshman studying health sciences and nutrition. She earned a 4.0 GPA.
Lisa and Ezra Sherman of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Scout Jeffrey, born on May 29 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Scout weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces at birth. He joins big sister, Maisie...
Othman Awqatty of Edgartown graduated from Curry College in Milton, Mass., on Sunday, May 19.
Obituaries
Mary Francis Nickerson, formerly of Edgartown and Chatham, died Monday, June 3. She was 65.
Dr. Paul Lebowitz of Woodbridge, Conn., and Edgartown died on May 22 at The Seasons Hospice in Hamden, Conn. He was 75. Paul was the beloved husband of Marcia Lipman Lebowitz.
Dr. Lebowitz was a...