Monthly Archives: September 2020
West Tisbury: Reading stories to a pup
The changing light at the beginning and end of the day has become noticeable, a little darker in the morning when I take Abby...
Tisbury: Good food and conversation
Heard on Main Street: We could learn a lot from crayons: Some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names,...
Oak Bluffs: Support for seniors
“Oh, the splendor and the glory of that glad September day, When o’er the hills together we rode so far away.” –From “Autumn Day”...
Edgartown: Starting a new school year
I am not going to lie. It’s Sunday night. I have two days of summer left before I head back into school on Wednesday,...
Chilmark: Activities for late summer
Summer activities wrapped up at the CCC, the last Black Lives Matter Salon canceled for rain, there's no season finale for Flanders Field Softball,...
Aquinnah: Electric car charging ports
Happy September, everyone! Although what it is going to look like is anyone’s guess. Will more people stay on through what is traditionally Islanders’...
Garden Notes: Golden September
Reds and russet prevail later on; the color of the present is golden. The light’s quality shifts to golden tints. Beautiful September days themselves...
This Was Then: Poison Vineyard
This Island is full of native poisons. Black widows, water hemlock, jimsonweed, baneberry, amanita, man o' war, and many, many others. Moshup, the legendary...
Visiting Vet: Dogs being dogs
My assistant had just gone home at the end of a busy day when I got an urgent call about Ricky, an almost-2-year-old Cavalier...
So much more than a workplace
Chilmark Chocolates was much more than just a star business and chocolatier on-Island — it was a community that was built from the cherished...
Poet’s Corner
The gardens are lush
The seas are warm and wavy
Our hearts are open
–Charles Silberstein, M.D.
Masks, masks everywhere
O my breath I cannot catch
Is this our new...
Births
Maverick Thomas Majkowski
Heather Majkowski and Jeff Majkowski of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Maverick Thomas Majkowski, on August 29, 2020, at...
Coming up at the West Tisbury library
On Thursday, Sept., 3 at 6:30 pm, join the M.V. Modern Quilters Guild online via the West Tisbury library. This group meets alternating Wednesdays...
Vineyard Haven library offers virtual programs
While the library building is closed, staff will offer online workshops using the video meeting platform Zoom. To register or for more information, contact...
Chilmark library hosts September events
On Thursday, Sept. 10, at 6:30 pm, the library kicks off the Chilmark Music Series with Missis Biskis. From Hank to Hendrix, Loretta to...
Real Estate Transactions: August 24 – 28, 2020
CHILMARK
August 25, Susanna Caldwell Linfield, trustee of Towhee Realty Trust, sold 79 Gosnold's Way to Susanna Caldwell Linfield and David E. Linfield, trustees of...
Focus should have been on first-timers
To the Editor:
The article in last week’s MV Times (“Vineyard Grocer granted license,” August 26), which mentioned the appointments to the Tisbury finance and...
Turtles prove good research assistants
Loggerhead turtles affixed with satellite tags have given researchers new data on their behavior when a hurricane passes. This data may also prove useful...
August, 2020 Do You Know contest answers and winner
First: We apologize for how it's taken us to get you answers to contests over the last few months. We're finally catching up now,...
Robert Dutton
Robert Dutton (“Bob”), a writer, teacher, producer, actor, theater and film buff, and a friend to many, passed away in his home on August...