Monthly Archives: March 2018
Aquinnah Creek lot under fire again in Menemsha
Chilmark selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday evening to mark the boundaries between an Aquinnah Creek lot leased by Aquinnah harbormaster Brian “Chip” Vanderhoop and a...
Wild Side: Grackles
Let’s just forget about the “first robin of spring” myth. For one thing, robins are here and often plentiful all winter, so their “arrival”...
‘Cancer and cannabis’ forum draws a full house
In November 2012, 63 percent of Massachusetts voters approved medical marijuana at the ballot box, and Dukes County voters showed even stronger support, with...
A nifty bit of salvage work, and some history
Except for the hard north-northeasterly wind, the gray skies, the spitting rain, the submerged dock, and the four yachts driven ashore along the beach,...
Shellfishermen don’t dig new regulations
Once again shellfish regulations dominated the discussion at Tuesday’s Tisbury board of selectmen meeting and, like a lobster turning red in a pot, it...
Gerald Kagan
Gerald (“Jerry”) Kagan of Vineyard Haven died on March 1, 2018, at the age of 81.
Jerry lived an eclectic life. A graduate of...
Storm levels Vineyard Youth Tennis center
The hurricane-force winds of last week’s nor’easter have knocked the Vineyard Youth Tennis center out of commission indefinitely.
Vineyard Youth Tennis chairman Chris Scott told...
Tisbury, Edgartown score volleyball wins
The Tisbury Tigers and Edgartown Eagles came out on top Tuesday afternoon as the middle school co-ed volleyball season resumed after the winter break.
Tisbury...
Aquinnah voters support change to assessors
Aquinnah selectmen and assessors met with members of the Regional Resource Group (RRG) Thursday to discuss the possibility of outsourcing the assessing department.
It’s the...
Chilmark fire station air tests free of asbestos
Tests commissioned by the town of Chilmark and the Chilmark Firefighters Association both showed the air inside the Chilmark Fire Station isn’t polluted with...
Computer upgrade drives RMV closings
The Registry of Motor Vehicles, including the one at the Airport Business Park, will be temporarily closed March 23 to 25 to update its...
Squibnocket bridge is ready for travel
A bridge built to provide access to Squibnocket Farm subdivision could open as early as Tuesday, March 13.
Mark Haley, senior vice president of Haley...
Community Services gets more space on MVRHS land
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High (MVRHS) school committee voted unanimously on Monday night to approve a 1.9-acre expansion of the footprint of Martha’s Vineyard...
Vineyard Haven Post Office stops recycling customers’ mail
The Vineyard Haven Post Office has removed blue recycling bins for customers, and will no longer recycle customers’ mail.
The ban was put into place...
Skunk cabbage
Do me a favor. Close your eyes.
Picture a place you like on the Island where fresh water flows freely. Yes, I know, it’s still...
This Was Then: Rubber shoes
Modern rubber’s origins are in northern Brazil, in the state of Pará, at the mouth of the Amazon. It was from here that the...
Real Estate Transactions: Feb. 26 – March 2, 2018
Aquinnah
March 2, Peter M. Nicholson, Representative of the estate of William Waterway, a.k.a. William Edwards Marks and William E. Marks, sold an undivided one-twentieth...
Poem: Meadow Jade Pollock
Now I know too much, Meadow.
I have seen your face. Your future.
I’m so pleased that you got into
Your college of choice. Of course
You would...
Academic honors
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School honor roll
Grade 12
High honors: Margarett Burke, Marissa D’Antonio, Molly deBettencourt, Rose Engler, Deimantas Gedvilas, Dillon McAndrews, Katharine Roberts, Evan...
Edgartown: In like a lion
Wow, what a storm. For the most part, I’m happy that I missed it, except for the fact that I wasn’t here to help...