Monthly Archives: September 2019
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: Week of Sept. 16 – 20
Chilmark
Sept. 16, Michael Kogen, Bonni Kogen Brodnick, and Pamela Kogen, trustees of the Betty Kogen Irrevocable Trust, sold 14 Swans Way to Robert F....
Tisbury: Children’s voices
Heard on Main Street: the children’s voices saying, “Stop denying our earth is dying.”
Could you believe the numbers of youngsters trying to get our...
A passion for fashion
Updated Sept. 28
Celebrate the start of Martha’s Vineyard Fashion Week with the Fearless Fashion Show, presented by Dressed MV. The show starts on Saturday,...
Visiting Vet: Signs of EEE
I needed a stepladder to reach the top bookshelf and pull down my “large animal” textbooks from veterinary school. I don’t do equine work...
Altered prints
Head to the Chilmark library on Wednesday, Oct. 2, from 5 to 6 pm for an altered prints class with Jennifer Burkin. An altered...
SSA hires project engineer, fulfilling another HMS recommendation
The Steamship Authority has fulfilled another recommendation from the HMS consulting report by hiring Liam J. Slein as project engineer — an entirely new...
Billy Hoff’s inscrutable images
“I'm kind of an escapist,” said artist Billy Hoff. “I usually try to keep as far away from reality as possible.” Of course, he's...
Larsen – Gately
Olivia R. Larsen and Michael P. Gately of West Tisbury were married on a beautiful summer evening on Saturday, August 24. The ceremony took...
Manhattan Short Festival screens 10 of the best short films for votes
Ten of the best film shorts from around the world will be screened on the Vineyard at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center daily, from...
Liam Bailey and 2 Bird Stone perform at Cardboard Box
The dynamic new band Liam Bailey and 2 Bird Stone is heading to the Cardboard Box on Monday, Sept. 30, from 8 to 10...
Free beginners’ ukulele course
The West Tisbury library will be offering a free series of five ukulele lessons this fall with instructor Andy Herr. According to a press...
‘Our’Story: 400 Years of Wampanoag History
Whose history is it? That’s what moving exhibition “‘Our’ Story: 400 Years of Wampanoag History” is all about. It showcases the cultural realities of...
M-C Lamarre hits it out of the park at Boch Center
A specialty guitar and baseball bat painted by multitalented Island artist M-C Lamarre for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be displayed at...
Work within the town’s budget
To the Editor:
Has anyone read the lead - asbestos reports for the Tisbury Elementary School? As it was headlined in the paper and on...
Lost and found
To the Editor:
Who: Spokémon
What: 38 plastic zip ties, 7.5 inches long in mint condition — two white 12- by 24-inch masonite signboards, blank on...
Retail marijuana shop formally proposed
Updated
Geoff Rose, CEO of Patient Centric, wants to open an adult-use and medical marijuana store at 15 Mechanic’s St. that will be “nonintrusive to...
Elizabeth Madden Guittar
Her smile — radiant, playful, irreverent — spoke volumes about her approach to life and death. Surrounded by family, Elizabeth Madden Guittar passed away...
Barbara MacKay
Barbara Baylor (Norton) MacKay passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Sept. 21, 2019, in Bangor, Maine.
Born in Cambridge on Dec. 14,...
Alexis J. Anderson
Alexis J. Anderson of Newton and West Tisbury, teacher, mother, and wife, died peacefully on Sept. 20, 2019, of cancer.
Alexis and her husband were...
Eugenia T. Whitlock
Eugenia T. Whitlock, known as Gene, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in West Tisbury on Sept. 16, 2019, with her son, daughter,...