Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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. Vineyarders holding multiple jobs say that summer is the time to hustle, but Sundays are a day of rest.
On the morning of May 22, Charlotte Holloman packed up a few items, helped her 91-year-old mother into the car and drove away from their home at the edge of Lagoon Pond for what could be the last time.
Barring a last minute reprieve by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the house will soon be demolished to make way for the new Lagoon bridge.
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.
Project engineer George Sourati said the tribe suspected there could be a significant archeological feature at one location.
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.
A group of riparian owners on Squibnocket Pond pressing for permission to use herbicides to control phragmites found no relief from the Chilmark zoning board of appeals this week.
The board of appeals voted unanimously to uphold a cease and desist order that bars the Squibnocket Pond Organization from using the herbicide Rodeo on the invasive plants.
Calendar of Events
May 24, 2013
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8:30 amVolunteer Build Day with Habitat for Humanity is from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 50 Bailey Park Road off Great Plains Road in West Tisbury.
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10:00 amFriends of Family Planning Art Show is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury.
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10:00 amSassafras Earth Education Nature's Nest for children ages newborn to six accompanied by a parent starts at 10 a.m.
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10:30 amStory Time and Crafts for kids is at 10:30 a.m. at the Edgartown Library. Call 508-627-4221.
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12:30 pmTisbury School March to the Sea begins at 12:30 p.m. at Owen Park in Vineyard Haven.
