Monthly Archives: March 2022
Islandwide egg hunt
Vineyard Confections is ringing in spring with an Islandwide egg hunt on Saturday, April 2, from 8 am to 12 pm. The candy shop...
‘Writing Through’ volunteer training
Writing Through, an international educational nonprofit, is looking for interested volunteers to train as facilitators for workshops. Islanders have an opportunity to become a...
Island writers on writing
Jennifer Smith Turner’s debut novel, “Child Bride,” was published in April 2020. It’s generally not advised to launch a literary career a month into...
Colorful connections
Michael Rottman’s appealing new exhibition “Connections” kicks off Featherstone’s 2022 curatorship of the Feldman Family Art Space at the M.V. Film Center. And it...
Winter stars shine
For some Island students, the end of the school day means the beginning of something they really love to do — spread their theatrical...
Inspiring young actors
Writer and Montessori teacher Carrie Peckar says her newly released book, “Weird and Wonderful,” is not really a book per se, but rather a...
What Are You Watching? ‘Inventing Anna’
I’ve been on a bit of a scandal binge lately, and one of the series that grabbed my attention was “Inventing Anna” on Netflix.
It’s...
Travel the world through art
Elizabeth Whelan invites the Island community to join her in traveling the world while enjoying the comfort of your own home with a virtual...
Feeling ‘Full’
Julia Spiro’s thought-provoking new book, “Full: A Novel,” is an incisive exploration of what it can cost to maintain appearances on the outside, no...
The world of Georgian immigrants in ‘Brighton 4th’
“Brighton 4th” comes to the M.V. Film Center on Thursday, March 31. This film enters the world of Georgians who have established themselves in...
(Not) getting sauced tonight
I oodle for noodles once a week; this week I opted for vodka sauce. If you read my last pasta recipe, it was sausage...
Motorist destroys utility pole in O.B.
A single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning destroyed a utility pole in Oak Bluffs near Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Sarah Rubick has been charged with OUI,...
East Chop Light dig finished
Excavation work to rid federal land around East Chop Lighthouse of lead-contaminated soil has finished. The work was completed on schedule by March 18,...
Chilmark Fire Station is demolished
Monday morning, an excavator began to tear apart Chilmark’s fire station on Menemsha Crossroad. The planned demolition comes with a new fire station on...
Taking care
Seemingly everywhere across the Island, the Vineyard’s two community health nurses fulfill a wide mandate. In private homes checking on the welfare of newborns...
COVID numbers remain steady
The number of COVID-19 positive test results last week remained steady at 58, according to a report issued Monday by the Island boards of...
Academic honors
Dean’s list
Kanika Datta of Oak Bluffs, at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Aquinnah: This year’s Oscar telecast did not disappoint
I’m not sure how many Oscar fans there are in Aquinnah. I, for one, always watch them, no matter how long, misguided, or out...
Births
Georgia Cardoso Candido
Fernanda Cardoso and Josimar Candido of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Georgia Cardoso Candido, on March 23, 2022, at the...
Cribbage results
The Vineyard Cribbage Club met on Wednesday evening, March 23, at the American Legion Hall in Edgartown with 21 members, for another fun night...