Monthly Archives: July 2022
Chilmark: The best new thing
This week walking on Peaked Hill, I passed a 10-inch box turtle on two different walks, both chalking up the only times to cross...
Tisbury: Lots of fun
Heard on Main Street: You're wrong. The 10 commandments are not multiple choice.
You must have seen the great pictures and write-up in July 7’s...
A ‘magical moment’
The M.V. Film Festival/Circuit Arts’ Cinema Circus is finally back this year, after a two-year hiatus due to the ongoing pandemic. The program is...
Let it grow
The community garden on the Woodside campus of Island Elderly Housing (IEH) in Oak Bluffs produces food, flowers, exercise opportunities, and emotional wellbeing for...
Academic honors
Graduation
Emily Turney of West Tisbury, from Adelphi University.
Dean’s list
Anne Culbert of Vineyard Haven, at Ithaca College.
Julia Crocker of Edgartown, at St. Lawrence University.
Oak Bluffs...
Births
Julia Jane McGroarty Sampaio
Jane McGroarty Sampaio and Humberto McGroarty Sampaio of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Julia Jane McGroarty Sampaio, on...
Cribbage Club results
The Vineyard Cribbage Club met on Wednesday to play our favorite game at the American Legion Hall in Edgartown. Twenty-one of us played six...
Tackle technology with a senior specialist
Are you a senior who needs to get more tech savvy? Island librarians have classes upcoming for you: “Tackle Technology,” on three Saturdays in...
On the water
There is nothing better than being out on the water on a hot summer day, surrounded by nature, blue skies, and sunshine. There is...
Shining a light for Ukrainian newborns
The Support Ukrainian Newborns (SUN) Project brings “vital medical equipment to providers in Ukraine to help save newborns” and it announced it will be...
Diverse works
The stunning book, “PathwaysArts: New Works” captures artistic moments in time — well, a stretch of time, actually — from just before the pandemic...
Hall sues Stop & Shop again, aims to pause construction
Updated 7/26
A recent lawsuit filed by Courtway Trust on behalf of Benjamin Hall Sr. aims to freeze the Edgartown Stop & Shop expansion project,...
Wild Side: The Carolina grasshopper
The Carolina grasshopper, Dissosteira carolina, ranks among the most common species of Orthoptera on Martha’s Vineyard, and also among the most easily found and...
‘Give Me Shelter’ art show will benefit the homeless on the Island
“Give Me Shelter” is a two-day art show to benefit the goals of Harbor Homes of Martha’s Vineyard, a 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization that serves as...
Triple-dipping
What’s better than having a dip to serve up as an appetizer before the burgers come off the grill? Three dips.
It was hard to...
Doc Week means real-life stories
Now in its seventh year, the M.V. Film Center Doc Week will screen five documentary films on Monday, August 1, to Friday, August 5....
Turning Vineyard Haven into Art Haven
Vineyard Haven has long been known as the entryway to Martha’s Vineyard — a place to land on the ferry and depart the Island for...
Maintaining balance
Yes, Martha’s Vineyard is surrounded by water, but it’s not just the ocean and Vineyard Sound but our 16 great ponds that make the...
The Jeremy Berlin Trio
It sure does sound like summer. The Sounds Like Summer Music Series presents the Jeremy Berlin Trio at the Edgartown library. The live music...
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
Enjoy theater outdoors at the Tisbury Amphitheater as the M.V. Playhouse puts on their production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Directed by...