This Week's Paper
Phoenix Russell tends alpacas in the morning and gives horses and humans massages in the afternoon. Anthony Esposito composes songs while waiting in his cab at the ferry terminal. Lauren Major stays up late bartending and rises early to teach at the West Tisbury School. Vineyarders holding multiple jobs say that summer is the time to hustle, but Sundays are a day of rest.
Work continues on a massive house moving project on Chappaquiddick following the discovery of an archeological site of interest that turned out to be an old refuse pit probably used by Native Americans centuries ago.
A project to relocate Richard and Jennifer Schifter’s 8,300-square-foot house and surrounding buildings, which are threatened by rapid coastal erosion, hit a snag a few weeks ago when monitors with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) found what was called a feature of interest.
For Island businesses and contractors, this is a pivotal time of year — crunch time, you could call it. Ferry traffic picks up; the seasonal Steamship Authority port in Oak Bluffs is now open for the summer and privately-operated passenger ferries will begin running their late spring schedule this weekend. Stores will see the first big push of summer and contractors clock some of the busiest weeks of the year.
A Tisbury police officer is facing several charges in Edgartown district court after allegedly interfering with firefighters trying to fight a dryer fire at her home.
Kelly R. Kershaw, 30, will be charged with interfering with a firefighter, assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct and threat to commit a crime; the complaint was issued last Wednesday and an arraignment scheduled for that Friday was continued to June 28. Ms. Kershaw is a Tisbury police officer currently on leave.
A West Tisbury special town meeting will be rescheduled for the fall after Tuesday’s meeting failed to gather a quorum.
A scant 60 voters turned out for the meeting; 122 are needed to convene a town meeting.
"Unless anyone knows of another 65 people that are on their way I think we are going to call this meeting for lack of quorum," moderator F. Patrick Gregory declared. "Thank you all for coming out . . . and I guess the Bruins game starts at 7:30 p.m."
West Tisbury school principal Michael Halt will leave the Vineyard at the end of the school year to take a job as a high school principal in California.
Mr. Halt, who has served as principal at the West Tisbury school since 2004, has accepted a job as principal of San Clemente High School in San Clemente, Calif., superintendent of schools James H. Weiss confirmed Thursday.
He said Mr. Halt planned to announce his departure to his staff at the end of the day Thursday.
After concerns arose last week about noise and crowding, a leadership development conference planned for early June in Oak Bluffs will change venues. “To accommodate a much larger-than-expected group, we will relocate the conference to the Featherstone Center for the Arts,” Sean Findlen
Early season boaters will be able to fuel up at the Edgartown harbor this summer, despite concerns before the selectmen this week that the fuel station would be closed.
Harbor master Charlie Blair said Monday that there would not be fuel for Memorial Day weekend because equipment at the Edgartown Marine harbor fuel dock, which is operated by R.M. Packer, needed to be upgraded before the dock opens.
Town administrator Pamela Dolby said Wednesday that fuel will be available, with repairs scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday and permits expected to be issued on Friday.
Full access to the Vineyard Gazette’s website, mvgazette.com, will be limited to subscribers again starting Tuesday, June 4.
After that date, readers who do not have a subscription will be able to read 10 stories a month on the site before encountering a pay wall, said Gazette publisher Jane Seagrave. Obituaries, classified advertising and certain other content will remain freely accessible, she said.
The Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship has announced the appointment of Melissa McKee Hackney as its program director on the Island. Under her leadership, the fellowship program plans to continue to offer grants to individuals and nonprofit organizations to support environmental, social, economic and cultural sustainability on the Vineyard.
Mrs. Hackney is an attorney who has worked extensively with nonprofits, including the Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha’s Vineyard.
The Edgartown police department was hard at work early Friday morning — in the kitchen.
They had to cook for a crowd, after all. By noon, 80 senior citizens came to the fire station to dine on food prepared by the police department, “our way to say thank you to the seniors, and to let them get to know us a little bit better,” Officer William Bishop said.
Officer Michael Gazaille made the lobster rolls and the strawberry shortcake, while Sgt. Jonathan Searle went quahaugging and made chowder. Officer Bishop made stuffed quahaugs.
The Edgartown fire department has received a grant of more than $475,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The money will go toward upgrading the current cardiac monitoring equipment for all of the Island emergency medical services. The ambulances will now be supplied with advanced cardiac defibrillator monitors, he said, which will assist in transmitting patients who are having active heart attacks.
Emilee Dorr, 28, of Oak Bluffs, pleaded guilty to a Sept. 8 charge in Oak Bluffs of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, placed on probation for one year. Ordered to pay $500 in fines/assessments and a $50 monthly probation services fee. A charge of drunken driving was dismissed upon request of the commonwealth, found not responsible for failure to stop/yield. Found responsible for no inspection/sticker, ordered to pay a $50 fine/assessment.
Like so many other Islanders, David Stanwood recently admired the new trompe l’oeil mural on the back wall of the Whaling Church, a replica of the mural that graced the walls when the church was first built in 1843. Amid the neoclassical details that create the illusion of a light-filled room, Mr. Stanwood saw piano legs.
When a newly hatched mallard duckling crossed Clevelandtown Road Sunday, it was embarking on an odyssey.
The trip would take it down a storm drain and then to a new home among chickens. It would involve police, the highway department and the kindness of strangers. It would give the duckling (gender yet unknown) a name: Stormy.
Stormy, less than a week old, was observed Sunday crossing Clevelandtown Road when he walked across a storm grate and fell through to the bottom.
“He was seen swimming in circles down at the bottom,” Edgartown police Sgt. Craig Edwards said.
The formal opening and dedication of the Dukes County communications center saw a big turnout last Sunday afternoon. Firemen, policemen, families and friends of the center attended the four-hour open house. The 911 emergency dispatch center was relocated this past winter to a much larger below-ground facility near the Martha’s Vineyard Airport. The center serves all the Island public safety agencies.
The high school baseball team closed out its season on Monday with a 4-3 loss to visiting Bourne. The Vineyarders, hampered by injuries for much of the season, finished with a 7-11 record. Senior captain Jack Roberts led the team in batting average, turning in a .545 before a dislocated shoulder put him out of action last month. Roberts also led in stolen bases (19). Sophomore Andrew Wiley posted a .362 batting average and led the team in RBIs (16). Senior Brendan Maseda led in runs scored (19), with a .273 average and 16 stolen bases.
Seen in West Tisbury this week: a steady flow of pickup trucks in and out of the parking lot by Alley’s General Store driven by landscapers, carpenters, plumbers and electricians. Fueled by coffee and breakfast sandwiches, iPhones pressed against their ears, Island tradesmen were on the move. There were windows to hang, screens to repair, painting touchups to do once the May sunshine burned through the fog, seaside gardens waiting for a top coat of compost.
In the cemeteries in Oak
Bluffs, Oak Grove and Sacred Heart, stars and stripes mark the graves of veterans, men and women who fought and served in wars ranging from the Civil War to the World Wars and up to Afghanistan.
Last Saturday morning, Patryck Nascimento, a Brazilian student at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, volunteered to plant American flags and replace old ones at the two cemeteries.
It’s Memorial Day weekend and sometimes I think we forget what that’s about. First, it’s about our war dead. No matter how you feel about war, we all hurt for the sons and daughters who don’t come back or come home damaged, and how that reverberates through the psyche of our society. It is also about people missing from our lives leaving that permanent, empty and personal sense of loss. All through life, things and people fall away, reminding us that we are all going to have a turn. It’s the ultimate equal opportunity.
It was not until I cleared the underbrush
I saw unfurling monk-like bodies of ferns
It was not until I walked the lonely pond
forsythia fronds and red bud bloomed in the water
We wish to express our heartfelt thanks and gratitude for everyone in this very special community who called, wrote a personal note or expressed their concern in the Gazette over the fatal attack on our mini-horse, Majik. Majik is greatly missed by all whose lives she touched. She never missed a chance for a hug and a scratch, her tiny neck and head bowing to fully benefit from a human’s or Chance’s (her constant companion’s) affection.
Last fall you published a letter from me thanking our Island community for their support of the American Heroes Fishing Challenge. Now in its fifth year and organized by the Nixon family and Beach Plum Inn, the heroes challenge is a tournament within the Annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services’ Chicken Alley Thrift Shop would like to thank the Troy Neuenburg and the Sand Bar in Oak Bluffs, Deejay Ricky Prime and Dukes County Love Affair (DCLA) for the very successful and fabulous good time had by all at the Mad Men party to benefit Community Services last Friday night.
Platters of gratitude and bowlfuls of appreciation should be served up to the town of Edgartown police department for the delicious and entertaining lunch its members provided at the Edgartown firehouse last Friday afternoon. Delicious lobster rolls, stuffed quahaug, chowder and chicken salad were on the menu together with introductions to, and presentations from the men and women who serve.
From the May 22, 1992 Just a Thought column by Arthur Railton: I watch birds. But I’m not a bird watcher. Bird watchers don’t watch birds, they go birding, looking for rare birds. They don’t mess with backyard birds that I watch. Most keep a record of every species they’ve seen. It’s their Life List. They travel miles, sit motionless for hours, staring through binoculars, to get a glimpse of a rare species, a bird they can add to their list. Once they’ve spotted a bird, they lose interest in it.
At its annual meeting last month, the Edey Foundation awarded $73,700 to an array of Island nonprofit organizations.
The Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard has a long wait list for the kittens who will soon become available for adoption. All of the kittens have been wormed, had their first shots and as soon as they are old enough will be spayed or neutered.
The classroom is up the open staircase to the right in room 220 at the Edgartown School. Flags of world nations hang from the ceiling. There is a quote on the door that reads, “No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.” This is the English Language Learning room, although it is not the only place in the school where English language learning takes place.
Chappaquiddick was well represented at the Lesley University Graduate School commencement last Saturday in Boston. Both Jenna Zadeh and Katherine Villard-Howe received master’s degrees.
Jenna studied for a dual master’s degree in special education and elementary education while interning at the Maria L. Baldwin School in Cambridge. Her parents, Harold and Patty, her brother, Lari, and her fiancé, Matthew, were there to share in her delight.
Happiness is sun and warm weather, which we have had, as well as the ocean breeze along with it. Some people complained about the breeze because it brought the temperature down. I reminded them that we will love that ocean breeze in July and August when the cities are 90 degrees and we hold at 80 degrees.
Beatrice L. Pacheco of Vineyard Haven died peacefully in her sleep at the Windemere Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Oak Bluffs on May 20. She was 90.
Here comes a weekend full of memories and celebration for all the service people committed to our country who helped keep us free. Now you can do something for me, please. I am in New York after a whirlwind few weeks attending Chris Clark’s college graduation in Iowa, then stopping to help Nonna celebrate her 96th birthday in White Plains last weekend. I shall miss the annual occasions that make our town so great. Please attend for me with all your enthusiasm and love.
Monday is Memorial Day and there will be a parade and traditional observances in Vineyard Haven. All town buildings and the post office will be closed. The swans and baby cygnets on the Mill Pond surely make it feel like summer is on its way. The VTA bus schedule is now providing expanded coverage on the weekend evenings. The late bus to Aquinnah departs from the Grange Hall at 11:38 p.m. The everyday schedule goes into effect on June 23.
It is astonishing that it took only 15 years (1867-1882) for Erastus P. Carpenter and his crew — Captains Shubael Lyman Norton, Ira Darrow, Grafton Norton Collins, William Bradley and William S. Hills — the members of the Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company, to build Cottage City. Promoted as a ‘Summer Residence by the Sea,” sales literature extolled its virtues as “The healthiest and pleasantest watering-place of the country
David S. Plumb of St. Louis, Mo., and Chappaquiddick, died peacefully in his sleep at his St. Louis home on May 11, a fitting end to a long and eventful life well lived. He was 94.
Joseph C. Whitney of Edgartown and Westwood died Oct. 31, 2012. He was 85.
Chilmark enjoyed a steamy hot spring day today as I write midweek, but we are reminded that it is still spring and we are still on an island when the fog rolls in and out all day. On Tuesday a group of four U.S. senators hosted a premiere screening of the new National Geographic documentary, American Heroes Fishing Challenge.
Condolences to the family and friends of James Alley who passed away last week. He always had a smile and a cheerful story to share with one and all, especially about cars and houses, and he always assisted us when our school bus drivers would allow us to stop at Alley’s General Store for a treat on our way home from school. He will certainly be missed for his unwavering dedication to the town of West Tisbury.
Several employees of the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital received Partners in Excellence Awards earlier this year from Partners Health Care. The employees were nominated by their colleagues and selected for their contributions of leadership and innovation, quality treatment and service, teamwork, efficiency and community service.
The 4th Annual Names and Rank Memorial Day Sunday worship is at Trinity United Methodist worship center at the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs on May 26 beginning at 10 a.m. The names and ranks of those who served or are serving in the military will be read. The service will include a Memorial Day meditation, a scripture message and sacred hymns. All are invited. Call the church office at 508-693-4424 for more information.
I am eight years old. My father, my brother Andrew and I board a large fishing boat in Menemsha. We have packed sandwiches and bananas for lunch. We both have binoculars around our necks and backpacks holding our picnic. We leave the docks at a crawl and soon open up the engine to a brisk pace after exiting the harbor. We arrive at the lone dock on Penikese Island, cold from the wind but awake. Two muscular young men help us secure our lines and an airplane flies low overhead dropping the day’s mail and newspaper in a sealed plastic bag into the ocean 20 feet away from us.
Burnt toast.
It was the meal that made Michael Compean’s mother certain her son would someday be a chef. Scrambled eggs and burnt toast.
It was Mother’s Day in 1988. Michael Compean was 10 years old, living in California with his family and, like many children, he made breakfast in bed for his mother.
“That’s when she knew,” he said, “that’s when she knew I was meant to be a chef.”
Last fall a group of nine soldiers arrived in Menemsha to compete in the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.
The common room of the Chilmark School rustled with popcorn bags and whispers on Friday afternoon as the entire school, kindergarten through fifth grades, prepared to become the audience for their own animated films. The projector screen lit up and animated puppets hula-hooped, built forts, played four square, shared snacks and engaged in lively dialogue about conflict, compromise and cooperation.
In 2010 Jonathan Auerbach released a song called Brave Women, Brave Men. All the proceeds from the song went to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, a veterans’ organization that provides support to families of veterans who died in service to the U.S. and those who return home wounded. The fund is now in the midst of raising money to open satellite centers at military bases around the country where diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder will be determined. Mr. Auerbach is read to help again.
Memorial Day on Martha’s Vineyard offers some traditional events that honor fallen service men and women but also celebrates the beginning of the summer season.
The Memorial Day Parade begins at 10 a.m. at the American Legion Hall, 34 William street in Vineyard Haven with the route ending at the Oak Grove Cemetery. Flags go up at the Avenue of Flags at the Oak Grove Cemetery at 7:30 a.m., and they will come down at 3 p.m.
Celebrate the child inside while helping a worthy cause at the Sense of Wonder spring art show and benefit for UNICEF. Art work created by kids will be for sale with proceeds going to UNICEF.
Arts and crafts, friendly farm animals, face painting, music and food highlight this family-friendly event.
It will be music for the ears and soul at the benefit concert featuring the Vineyard’s U.S. Slave Song Project and Spirituals Choir. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. on Satuday, June 1, at the Katharine Cornell Theatre, 54 Spring street in Vineyard Haven.
When you consider that Tom Dresser started his own newspaper in the fifth grade, it’s less of a stretch to imagine that he has written nearly a book a year since 2008. His latest, Women of Martha’s Vineyard, chronicles some of the most well-known and some lesser known women who share a connection to the Island. Some were born here and others didn’t wash ashore until they were middle-aged, but all called the Vineyard home.
Seastreak high-speed ferry service is now providing a daily motor coach connection service linking Boston with the Vineyard by partnering with Tremblay’s Bus and Motor Coach Company to take riders from South Station in Boston to the ferry terminal in New Bedford.
A round-trip ticket from Boston to the Vineyard, including bus service to and from Boston, costs $68 for adults and $40 for children aged two to 12. A daily and weekend schedule offers a choice of departure times and runs from May 24 to Oct. 14.
Two Oak Bluffs students were honored at the state house in Boston as part of a national reading and writing program for young people.
Lily Davey and Bella Chimes, eighth-grade students at the Oak Bluffs School, both submitted work to Letters About Literature, a program that asks young people in grades four through 12 to write to an author (living or dead) about how his or her book has had a profound impact on them. Lily wrote a letter to Tahereh Mafi, the author of Shatter Me, and Bella wrote a letter to Donna Cooner, the author of Skinny.
The works of over 120 Vineyard artists will be on display this weekend at the Agricultural Hall as Friends of Family Planning host their annual art show. The show opens today and runs through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Admission is free. A special Gala Preview Party was held Thursday night.
For many years artist Kara Taylor’s gallery was located on Main street in Vineyard Haven. But this past summer she needed to find a new place to show her work. At first she focused on finding another spot in Vineyard Haven. A deal was almost made and then collapsed at the last minute. She widened her gaze to include up-Island, which would mean her gallery would have to be a destination spot rather than a place people might encounter on a casual stroll through town. Added pressure, of course, but over the years Ms.
The Martha’s Vineyard Whole Health Alliance board of directors invites Island holistic practitioners and those interested in what they do to a potluck get-together on Wednesday, May 29, at 6 p.m. at the Island cohousing community room on Rock Pond Road in West Tisbury. If you plan to attend, bring a dish to share.
Call Paul Farrington at 508-693-0561 for more information.
PechaKucha Night originated in Japan and offers creative types an opportunity to present their latest work via 20 slides. Each slide is allowed 20 seconds, resulting in a presentation of about six and a half minutes. The Vineyard version takes place at the Harbor View Hotel, 131 North Water street in Edgartown on Friday, May 31 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard Museum and reservations are necessary for presenters, who may choose their own topics.
Ronni Simon is widely known for her jewelry and the artistry she brings to her original designs. She also knits scarves and is a sculptor. But her next canvas will be decidedly bigger and more public. She is taking on the large outdoor wall of the historic Capawock Movie Theatre on Main street in Vineyard Haven.
The World Choreography Institute introduces its first-ever think tank on Martha’s Vineyard from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, May 27, at the Noepe Center for Literary Arts, 104 Main street in Edgartown. Artists including Edward Villella, David Dorfman, Sarah Frank, Lori Klinger, Claire Porter, Jock Soto, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Linda Villella, David Vaughn and Carol Walker will be on the Island for a few days to share in the think tank experience. On Monday the public is invited to listen to and participate in a forum with the artists.
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services is offering a seminar on special needs planning for a family member with a developmental disability on Thursday, May 30 at MVCS in the board room of building B from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Frederick M. Misilo Jr., chair of Fletcher Tilton’s Special Needs and Elder Law Practice Group, will present the seminar. The workshop will address the unique needs that families have in planning the financial and legal future of their relatives with a disability.
Maritime souvenirs from Vineyard mariners who sailed in the 19th and early 20th century are the subject of the exhibit A Taste for the Exotic: Mementos from Around the Globe. Whether they were chasing whales or shipping goods, the mariners collected items that documented their oceanic travels.
The exhibit opens on Friday, May 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, 59 School street in Edgartown.
Whether you have zero green thumbs or your yard has been featured in a gardening magazine, the Memorial Day plant sale at the Polly Hill Arboretum on Saturday, May 25 will have something for you.
The event signals the opening of the visitor center at the arboretum, 809 State Road in West Tisbury. Staff will be available to explain which plants work best in Vineyard soil. An early bird tour begins at 9 a.m. and the sale continues until 2 p.m.
For a list of plants for sale, visit pollyhillarboretum.org.
Alison Shaw Gallery is opening for the season with a reception in the Oak Bluffs Arts District on Saturday, May 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. This season brings four shows of new fine art photographs. The gallery is located at 88 Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs.
For more information about the gallery and upcoming events visit alisonshaw.com.
Vineyard artists will take a bow at the opening exhibit of this year’s season at the Louisa Gould Gallery, 54 Main street in Vineyard Haven. The opening begins at 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 26 at the gallery where a group of Island artists have more than 90 new works on display. A performance of Celtic music by River Heart will follow the opening at 7:30 p.m. The events are free with donations accepted. Visit louisagouldgallery.com for more information.
Chris Hathaway and Michael Sellitti Jr. stood at the ready on the slab at Up-Island Automotive this week, waiting for the next customer to pull in. The slab is home base for the gas attendants at the West Tisbury station, bouncing off the center aisle from pump to pump attending to customers.
Why stop to smell the roses when you can get a lungful of lilacs?
Late spring lilacs light up our lives and take our breath away with their beauty and sweet scent. English poet and novelist Jean Ingelow rightly observed “The lilac spread Odorous essence.”
The British were not the only ones to enjoy these shrubs, nor were they the first. Lilacs originally hailed from Asia and Eastern Europe and were brought west in the mid 1500s.
The monitoring of Vineyard fish hawks, or ospreys, is an ongoing project. Although osprey comings and goings have been recorded since 1913 on-Island, the study of the osprey population did not start until the 1970s by Gus Ben David. Osprey nests had been documented in Lambert’s Cove, Chappaquiddick and on the Takemmy Trail (the road between West Tisbury and Edgartown) in the 1950s. Then came the 1960s and the uncontrolled use of the pesticide DDT. The Vineyard’s osprey population dropped to two or three pair.
I have several young women who work for me at various job sites. Several have traveled around working at organic farms here and abroad. As we were settling down to enjoy our lunch one day last week, Angela George commented, “I wish I could weed with my mind.” Don’t we all wish? There must be a way.
The Dukes County Health Council Youth Task Force will expand its services into career counseling for young adults thanks to a three-year grant totaling $212,800 from the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation. The funds will be used to facilitate Project Next, which will provide support to the young adults population on Martha’s Vineyard through a variety of programs and initiatives. The project will begin with a series of focus groups and assessments as well as open office hours to provide financial and career counseling.
In a home known for fostering literary talent and housing traveling artists, conversation at the Cleaveland House has been consumed lately with talk about place settings, tablecloths, decorations and flowers. A how-to book on marrying at an older age lies on the entry table amongst works of great authors.
It is the end of the day and the sun hangs low and red over Sengekontacket Pond. The waters of Nantucket Sound are relatively flat due to a southerly shift in the wind earlier in the afternoon, but a few small waves break on the shoreline. Schools of bluefish surface about a quarter mile offshore. Terns follow the schools as they erratically move along.
Sailors for the Sea, an ocean conservation nonprofit focused on the sailing and boating community, announced that Sail Martha’s Vineyard and Tisbury Waterways have taken the Clean Regattas Pledge for gold level Clean Regattas certification of the 2013 Vineyard Cup. Clean Regattas certification provides independent, third-party verification that a yacht club, sailing program, or regatta is environmentally responsible and is protecting and restoring the waters.
Friday, May 17: Bright, sunny. The Point Way Inn is a quiet step away from the bustle of Main street. Wisteria join the chorus of blossoming flowers. Memorial Park lawn is lush. Bicyclists take a break and sit on benches, look at their maps and iPhones and appear to have a leisurely afternoon.
Emory Alan Francis died at his Aquinnah home on Monday, May 20. He was 70.
Garth W. Edwards of Essex, Conn., and Chilmark died May 3 at his home in Essex Meadows. He was 97. His passing was peaceful and he was surrounded by his loving family.
Margaret Ann Skogstrom of Plymouth and Oak Bluffs died peacefully on May 18. She was 71.
John A.C. MacLean Jr. died on Sunday, May 12 while wintering in Florida. He was 73.
A memorial mass will be held for L. Robert Fullem of Oak Bluffs, who died Feb. 7, in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church on Massasoit avenue in Oak Bluffs on Sat. June 1 at 11 a.m. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason funeral home in Oak Bluffs. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Farm Neck Foundation, P.O. Box 1656, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557 or the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 1829, Edgartown, MA 02539. Please visit ccgfuneralhome.com for an online guest book.
Wilbur Earl Dean of Punta Gorda, Fla. and formerly of Oak Bluffs died May 12 in Florida. He was 70.
Samuel Scott of Chilmark graduated from Nichols College in Dudley, Mass., on Saturday, May 11. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration in marketing.
Devon Webster of Vineyard Haven has been admitted to Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.
The walls came down on the old Tisbury fire station on Beach street in Vineyard Haven Wednesday morning. So did the roof.
Bruna Santos and Marcelo Barbosa of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Pedro, born on May 18 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Pedro weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces at birth.
Valerie and Daniel Resto of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Evah Nerys Resto, born on May 18 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Evah weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.
Jaqueline Dias and Menaem Lima of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Joao Pedro Praseres Defreitas, born on May 20 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Joao weighed 6 pounds, 3.8 ounces at birth.
Vanessa Matthews and Daniel Todd Keegan of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Cora Sadie Marie Keegan, born on May 20 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
The halo over the sun this past weekend was meteorological, more associated with our atmosphere than astronomical.
A Vineyard Haven store that caters to the Island Brazilian community is getting a makeover.