Monthly Archives: December 2020
At the ready 24/7
Within the ranks of West Tisbury’s volunteer Fire Department, a rescue squad remains at the ready for the express purpose of extracting people from...
Mosher Photo to close at the end of 2020
A longtime Tisbury business, Mosher Photo, is closing at the end of this year, owner Carlos Stevenson wrote in a Facebook post.
Reached by phone...
Good Ship Lollipop ‘sails away’
The Good Ship Lollipop candy store in Oak Bluffs is closing due to financial problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shop owner Marguerite Cook told...
Christopher E. Larkosh
Christopher E. Larkosh, 56, of East Providence, born in Oak Bluffs, died unexpectedly on Dec. 24, 2020, at his residence.
Chris was the son of...
The persistence of a paranoid style
A standard definition of paranoia is when a person experiences a deep, anxious fear of threats or conspiracies founded on delusion and irrationality. In...
Misty Meadows sets Giving Barn
Misty Meadows Equine Learning Center has placed a “giving barn” along Old County Road near the mouth of Scotchman’s Bridge Lane. The “barn” —...
‘Buy Local’ campaign supports Island businesses in crisis
Local businesses need our help now more than ever. Sam Feldman, a founder of the FARM Institute in Katama and a Vineyard resident, wants...
2021: A New Year’s resolution for our future
To the Editor:
Goodbye, 2020!
After this year of unmitigated stress, fear, and grief, we are ripe for a new beginning, for hope and positivity. I...
General reservations for Vineyard coming soon
On Jan. 19, the Steamship Authority will open May 19 to Oct. 18 general Vineyard online reservations. Reservation through the U.S. Postal Service and...
Farm Neck Foundation announces $121,000 in grants
The Farm Neck Foundation has announced its annual grants for 2020, totaling $121,591.
The grants varied in amount, and went to 18 different Island organizations....
Polar Bears celebrate Muriel O’Rourke’s 80th birthday
On a beautiful, sunny Sunday, Polar Bears gathered — not at the Inkwell, and not for a dip, but to celebrate Muriel O'Rourke's 80th...
Bradford James Fauteux
Bradford James Fauteux died on Dec. 1, 2020. “Uncle Brady” left us on Dec. 1. Bradford James Fauteux was born on the Island on...
Geoffrey Kirby Codding
Geoffrey Kirby Codding (“Geoff”) was born on Jan. 3, 1978, as the Vineyard’s New Year baby, and passed away on Dec. 20, 2020, after...
Six new COVID-19 cases at the hospital
Updated Dec. 28
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported six new cases of COVID-19 Monday — marking 20 new cases since Wednesday before the Christmas holiday.
The...
Roadside memorials placed in tribute to Emma Hall
Roadside memorials were placed on Beach Road Thursday near where 22-year-old Emma Hall died in a head-on collision Dec. 19. Remembered as “honest and...
Transparency matters
We’re all ready to purge ourselves of 2020 — the pandemic and the four years of lies coming from the Trump administration. And while...
‘Through a Lens’: Virtual gallery at the West Tisbury library
Although the West Tisbury library was forced by the pandemic to close its doors to the public in March, the staff has continued to...
Snowmen story walk
Enjoy a walk through the grounds of the West Tisbury library and the Field Gallery to read a wintertime story. Pages from the picture...