Monthly Archives: December 2021
Court Report: Dec. 17 to Dec. 18
Mercer M. Kelly, Tisbury; DOB 01/30/2000, assault and battery on family/household member, threat to commit a crime: continued to pre-trial conference with orders to...
Edgartown delays housing bank article again
A little more fine-tuning.
That’s what the Edgartown select board would like to see before they’re ready to put the proposed housing bank article on...
Oak Bluffs: Deserving of a standing ovation
When 2021 began, we really did not know what to expect. We did know that we were happy to say goodbye to 2020! New...
Poet’s Corner
OMG!
By Nancy Slonim Aronie
Why did we ever put God so far away
When clearly he’s in the amber glow
Of my new lamp Lorie gave me?
He’s...
Real Estate Transactions: Dec. 20 to Dec. 24, 2021
Chilmark
Dec. 22, Margaret von Furth, Daisy von Furth, Matthew Cafritz, Nicholas Cafritz, Julia Cafritz, Julia Lawton, and Eric Cafritz sold 0 Black Point Beach...
Births
Addison Lee Manzone
Kailey Manzone and Nicholas Manzone of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Addison Lee Manzone, on Dec. 20, 2021, at...
Tisbury: The time to reflect
Heard on Main Street: Women and cats do as they please. Men and dogs should learn to live with it.
You do know that is...
Wild Side: House finches
Perhaps the strongest trend evident this fall among the birds frequenting my yard in Oak Bluffs has been a resurgence in the number of...
Chilmark: Better safe than sorry
A dusting of snow on Christmas Eve morning helped set the mood to make our holiday turkey, the one we've been saving since November....
Aquinnah: The best small town
Happy New Year one and all. I don’t make resolutions but I do sometimes set intentions or make wishes but after the past couple...
Academic Honors
Dean’s List Spring 2021
Finnegan Simpkins of Vineyard Haven, at Colgate University.
Meghan Sawyer of Edgartown, at Colgate University.
Edgartown: The lighter side of life
Christmas Day has come and gone. I have to be honest. This year wasn’t overly smooth. The kids are now adults with their own...
Impressive performances
To the Editor:
Wow! Were we ever impressed when my husband, Jamie, and I attended the Winter Concert at the PAC at MVRHS the week...
Vineyarders split swim meet with Durfee
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) swim team met the Durfee Hilltoppers in Fall River on Tuesday. The boys won, 77-60. The girls,...
Nauset tops Vineyarders in girls hoops
The Vineyarder girls basketball team welcomed Nauset to the Sancy Pachico Gym in Oak Bluffs last Wednesday afternoon, looking for its first win of...
Online memoir writing workshop at the West Tisbury library
Beginning Jan. 4, the West Tisbury library will host a five-week online memoir workshop series with Moira Silva on Tuesdays from 10:30 am to...
Flashback 2021
After a 2020 pandemic-related lull in entertainment, local organizations made up for lost time with a year full of music, dance, performances, art exhibits,...
Soup-er easy Vegetarian Cabbage Soup
It’s soup season. There’s nothing like coming in after a walk through the blustery streets of Vineyard Haven to a piping hot bowl of...
Here they are: The best films of 2021
I’ve looked back over the past year, and here are the films your reviewer picks as the best of the best. The choices are...
A merry Vineyard Christmas
Enjoy a holiday-themed virtual book club meeting offered by the Oak Bluffs library featuring a discussion of Jean Stone’s newest book “A Vineyard Christmas”...