Monthly Archives: April 2022
May at the Chilmark library
Next Saturday, May 7, at 2 pm, the Chilmark library hosts Writing for Young People, a monthly virtual group where writers share their work,...
Becoming a natural neighbor
On Saturday, May 7, at 1 pm, join the West Tisbury library for a talk with Natural Neighbors program director Angela Luckey. The Natural...
Winners of the 2022 M.V. Poet Laureate’s Poetry Contest
The Chilmark library, in conjunction with the other Island libraries and Jill Jupen, M.V. poet laureate, offered a poetry contest this year.
Winners in each...
Welcome a Shark into your home
To the Editor:
The MV Sharks collegiate baseball team needs host families more than ever. In fact, their 2022 season is in jeopardy over a...
For the ages
As the West Tisbury library website states, every body is welcome in Jesse Jason’s Saturday morning community dance class. Whether a budding novice, emerging...
Dogcharmer: A place of her own
Hi, Tom.
SkidHer is making some progress! How do I train SkidHer to go to a place or spot and stay there? I also am...
Shopping without your wallet
The parking lot was filled last Saturday at the Dumptique, next to the West Tisbury transfer station. Customers hustled inside ready to find buried...
Garden Notes: Consider camellias
April’s chilly, drying winds still blow, but flowery May is around the corner. Polly Hill Arboretum’s camellias are a flash of red while driving...
Up and running
This Saturday, April 30, YMCAs all over the country will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Healthy Kids Day, the Y’s national initiative to improve...
Births
Luca Aires Freeze
Cinthya and Michael Freeze of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Luca Aires Freeze, on April 19, 2022, at Martha’s...
Oak Bluffs: My first plunge
“Hooray, hooray, the first of May! Outdoor fun begins today!” –Old Vermont saying
This weekend ushers in the month of May. Nothing against April, which...
Court Report: April 15 to April 22
April 15
Andrea M. Dasilva, Edgartown; 37, uninsured operation of motor vehicle, uninsured motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration: to be dismissed...
Real Estate Transactions: April 18 to 22
Chilmark
April 22, David H. Donald sold 45 Quenames Road to Wilma G. Hancock for $2,500.
Edgartown
April 19, Victoria S. Dolan, also known as Victoria B....
Tisbury: Beautiful blossoms
Heard on Main Street: Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
Weren’t we all delighted to enjoy a few days of warm — and...
The Write Prescription: Follow the leader
“I’ll change him. You sit,” I said to my daughter who I thought deserved some pampering since the birth of her son two weeks...
West Tisbury: We needed the wood stove
Another week of weather that changed by the minute, at least by the day. The wind last Tuesday almost blew Abby’s fur off. The...
Chilmark: Quite a few nice beach days
Welcome home to all the families who enjoyed their school break, as well as those who stayed. There were quite a few nice beach...
Edgartown: Is it just me?
I can’t believe April is coming to an end. The past few months have gone by so fast. This spring feels like it has...
Update: Prescribed burn put on hold
State and local fire officials have confirmed that a prescribed burn planned for the Manuel Correllus State Forest on Saturday has been canceled due...
Eversource announces ‘conversation’ about undersea cables
Eversource is planning to fix a faulty cable that provides electricity to Martha’s Vineyard and add a fifth undersea cable that will expand capacity...