Monthly Archives: June 2016
Charter School graduates: Seven strong
On Sunday afternoon, the seven graduating seniors of the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School class of 2016 proudly paraded past the standing-room-only audience of...
Ray Gailey
Ray Gailey of Edgartown, a gentle, strong, funny, handsome, quiet, singular, and private man who had a lifelong love for being in or on...
Quarterfinals put an end to Vineyard boys tennis season
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys tennis team finished its season at 13 and 5 with a 4-1 loss to Old Rochester in...
Mass Audubon’s statewide photo contest is underway
Mass Audubon’s annual “Picture This: Your Great Outdoors” photo contest is underway, with hundreds of participants expected to submit images of the Bay State’s...
Bridge notes
The Edgartown Bridge Club did not hold a game on Monday, May 30, due to the holiday.
At the Martha’s Vineyard Bridge Club on Tuesday,...
Alison Rose Wilson, R.E. Electrology, opens
Alison Rose Wilson, R.E. Electrology, has opened at 12 Mariners Way in Edgartown. According to a press release, Ms. Wilson, a native Islander, returned...
My houseguests’ houseguests
Dear Nicole,
What do you do when your houseguests ask if they can bring houseguests? Let me explain. We have houseguests, a couple, scheduled to...
This Was Then: The Horse Fountain
That cast iron planter between the Green Room and the bank in Vineyard Haven was never intended for geraniums. Known by old-timers as the...
Cape Cod Five awards M.V. Community Services a telemedicine grant
The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank announced the donation of $4,500 from its foundation to Martha’s Vineyard Community Services (MVCS), on the occasion...
Cape Cod Five celebrates new Vineyard Haven branch
The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank celebrated the opening of its new branch at 412 State Road in Vineyard Haven with a ribbon-cutting...
Caring for a pet with CDS
Getting up from my desk, I stride purposefully to the kitchen, then stop. Why did I come in here? I can’t recall. I give...
West Tisbury: Congratulation Charter School Seniors
Beth Kramer is subbing for Hermine Hull this week.
This past weekend there were memorials honoring two important men who are dearly missed. There was...
Births
August James Thomas
Meghan Thomas and Benjamin Thomas of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, August James Thomas, on May 28, 2016, at...
Aquinnah: Summer To Do List
You know it’s a bad sign when it’s only the beginning of June and you just want to go to bed for a week....
Len and Georgia Morris to participate in Nobel Peace Prize Forum
Local documentary filmmakers Len and Georgia Morris of Galen Films are participating in the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Forum, held June 6 to 8...
Senate tees up zoning bill to boost housing supply
The Massachusetts Senate plans to take up the first comprehensive overhaul of the state’s zoning laws in more than four decades this Thursday in...
Chilmark: A New Charming Café
Updated June 8, 9:44 am
If you’re looking to try some new takeout up-Island, head all the way up to the Circle in Aquinnah for...
Edgartown: Visiting our Nation's Capital
Does the island suddenly seem a little less crowded? This week, four eighth grade classes from the Island are on their school trip. As...
Academic honors
Graduation
Ian MacCormack of Oak Bluffs, summa cum laude, from Cornell University. Ian won the Kieval Prize, awarded to a senior physics student who demonstrates...
Real Estate Transactions: May 30 – June 3, 2016
Chilmark
June 2, Anne Cagney Miller, a/k/a Anne M. Cagney, and Bank of America NA, trustees of the James F. Cagney Jr. Trust, sold 73...