Monthly Archives: April 2022
Court report: March 14 to April 8
March 14
Daiyonte R. Reed, Savannah, GA; Age 29, driving under the influence of alcohol, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation, speeding, unlicensed...
This Was Then: Captain Cleveland and the wrong cache
George Cleveland (1871–1925) grew up on Hatch Road in Vineyard Haven, in a neighborhood full of extended family. He attended the old North District...
Chilmark: Flags flying around town
Daffodils continue to delight and brighten our world. There are many more Ukrainian flags flying around town. Chrysal Parrot started making flags; if you...
Edgartown: That small-town bond
Thank you to everyone for your kind words about my column last week, and about my dad in general. It’s times like this when...
Tisbury: The bug on the windshield
Heard on Main Street: Some days you're the bug; some days you're the windshield.
I feel as if I‘m the bug on the windshield. I...
Real Estate Transactions: April 4 to 8
EDGARTOWN
April 5, Dana Newell Stoddard, also known as Dana Stoddard, sold 81 Thirteenth Street North to Dennis B. Ford for $1,378.12.
April 7, Marianne Dolan...
Oak Bluffs: “It’s not that cold!”
“In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside 24 hours.” –Mark Twain
Mark Twain must have been in New England when...
Garden Notes: The garden and Earth Day
Gardeners are doing lots of planting from here on out. Time to think about soil (bit.ly/SoilTipsNewGardeners). A soil thermometer says soil temperatures are still...
Martial plans
It’s never too late to try something totally different — it’s never too early, either. Whether looking to enhance mental and physical strength, or...
Family to Family Holiday Food Baskets
The Vineyard Committee on Hunger’s Family to Family food distribution event is coming up on Friday, April 15, from 2 to 3 pm. The...
Aquinnah: Many hands make light work
The beachgrass planting that took place on Lobsterville Beach this past Saturday was a grand success. Twenty thousand stems of beachgrass were planted to...
Visiting Vet: Feline chin acne
Minato and Umaki are two sweet but sometimes shy siblings. Born feral, this brother and sister pair were taken in as kittens by a...
The Write Prescription: Between the pages
One of the first rituals of lamentation I indulged in when my older daughter left for college was to rummage in her closet and...
Poet’s Corner
For the children
By Amarylis Douglas
“When will our blood be red enough?”
When will our tears, that reflect in the journalists’ eyes,
be holy enough?
Our mothers and...
Spiritual care
Last Wednesday, the Grace Episcopal Church rector, the Rev. Stephen Harding, hosted and was the speaker at the Martha’s Vineyard Neighborhood Convention.
The Neighborhood Convention...
Have Faith: Dark to light
It’s early morning, and I’m sitting in the dark in a hotel room on Palm Sunday in Kingston, N.Y., where my son Dan and...
Edgartown temporarily lowers quorum
The Edgartown select board met Monday to approve an adjustment of the quorum requirements for the special and annual town meetings, scheduled for 7...
Easter services around the Island
Community Baptist Church of Gay Head in Aquinnah, 1 Church St.
Pastor Sean McMahon
Good Friday, April 15, 6:30 pm.
Sunrise Easter Service, April 17, 6:30 am.
Easter...
Dogcharmer: Conquering excitement peeing
Dear Dogcharmer,
Thank you for taking my question. Please advise how to eliminate the behavior of my new 5-month-old Cane Corso. She pees from the...
Cribbage results
Twenty-two members of the Vineyard Cribbage Club got together on Wednesday and played our favorite game at the American Legion Hall in Edgartown.
The results...