Monthly Archives: March 2018
MVRHS track and field ready for the starting blocks
The 2018 Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School 2018 track team faces a bunch of changes, some good, some challenging.
For one thing, they will compete...
Ps and Qs: Don’t leave, please!
Dear Nicole,
It's March, we've been battered by the weather, and like so many of us on the Island, the ferries have Lyme disease. Tack...
Live, Love, Tri with the Y
The YMCA of Martha's Vineyard hosts the seventh annual Live, Love, Tri, the Island's only indoor triathlon, on Saturday from 8 am to noon....
Garden Notes: March’s storms
Easter means spring, ready or not. My Christmas wreath comes down tomorrow, Good Friday, even though recently the weather has felt almost more Christmas-y...
Makos strong in championship swim meet on Nantucket
The Makos swimmers traveled to Nantucket last weekend for their season championship meet, and ended the 2017-18 winter season with a strong showing.
Despite having...
Free soil health workshop
The public is invited to learn about soil health at a free two-part workshop sponsored by the Dukes Soil Conservation District in collaboration with...
Tisbury: Free soil health workshop
Heard on Main Street: Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
Soil is one of our most...
Poet’s Corner: 28 People in a Closet*
By Valerie Sonnenthal
adrenalin surges
squeezing into darkness
sweat trickles
along bulging veins
fingers reach for mine
whispering calm wanting
like a thick fog to settle
every soul from panic
stricken faces drained
of...
DIY Wellness series: building your self-care toolkit
The West Tisbury library will be hosting a series of DIY Wellness workshops on three April Sundays. According to a press release, herbalist Jennie...
Chilmark: Chilmark Potluck Jam
The 44th Chilmark Potluck Jam filled the CCC with delicious dinner offerings and a wonderful lineup of local musicians. When they start up again...
Island Gymnastics fly high in Westborough meet
Island Gymnastics, coached by Beth Goodell, sent 10 gymnasts to the Showers, Flowers and Flips Meet, hosted by MGC in Westborough on Sunday, March...
Two ferries still down, fast ferry stays through Wednesday
Updated 7 am, Monday
The MV Martha's Vineyard missed two crossings Saturday evening because of mechanical issues, yet another setback for the recently refurbished ferry.
It...
Oak Bluffs: The political season
Spring is slowly approaching, with most of the snow disappearing under the wee bits of sun we have seen, and we are hoping that...
Edgartown: March for Our Lives
Tonight has proved to be a very interesting night in our household. Riley and Amelia both went off-Island this weekend. Riley had his yearly...
Sponsored Post: For Sale, Nashua House
Update: The Nashua house has been sold.
Located in the commercial heart of the town of Oak Bluffs on the Island of Martha’s Vineyard, the...
Two-car accident sends person to ER
A two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Carole Avenue and County Road in Oak Bluffs sent at least one occupant to the hospital with...
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: March 19 – 23, 2018
Chilmark
Mar. 20, Kendall P. Harris, trustee of Great Rock Bight Trust, sold 9 Brickyard Rd. to Suzanne Biemiller and James R. MacRae for $812,000.
Edgartown
Mar....
West Tisbury: Stop and start snow
Sunday was a perfect day to read the New York Times and watch intermittent snow falling outside our windows. It was so strange to...
Cradles to Crayons donations
The West Tisbury library will be accepting donations for Cradles to Crayons from March 21 through April 8. According to a press release, the...
Aquinnah: A most lion-like March
Saturday is the last day of March; will it exit like a lamb, as promised? It certainly has been most lion-like all month. This...