Monthly Archives: October 2022
Gardens of Love: Martha Halperin
I have been a member of Cleaveland House Poets for 16 years, and therefore head to Cleaveland House on the Edgartown–West Tisbury Road biweekly...
How does your garden grow?
The Vineyard sports fabulous professionally groomed gardens, but there is a treasure trove of gardeners out there who can go unrecognized except by close...
Wild Side: Sometimes no-kill insect studies don’t work
A lifelong lover of wildlife of all kinds, I avoid killing anything. I brake for turkeys and squirrels; spiders, and stinkbugs, and crickets that...
Preserving an era
"This is an account of one citizen's attempt to engage his government during a particularly troubled time of our national life ...1965 to 1974."...
On My Way: Bike ride euphoria
The bleached-white tree trunks worn smooth by wind and water over the many years sprouted up from the otherwise green carpet of forest on...
Celebrate the last First Friday of 2022
Islanders are gearing up for the final First Friday of the year on Oct. 7, starting at 4 pm. First Friday is a free...
Island fall fashion show
Runway models will be strutting their stuff at the Edgartown library on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 4 to 5 pm, for the Vineyard’s fall...
Court Report: Sept. 19 – 30, 2022
September 19
Richard J. Previdi, Wayne, PA; 29, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation,...
Fire chiefs dismayed with DCR
Karen Lothrop, the sole Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) firefighter on-Island to tend to the Manuel Correllus State Forest, has moved on, and...
Poet’s Corner
I don’t like pink
By Donna Foster
I don’t like pink.
It’s not my color. Never has been. Particularly light pink.
Some people look good in pink.
Some people...
West Tisbury: Bulb Planting Day, jazz concert, and Milton Mazer
I can’t complain about any lack of rain. Reality will be digging in the garden and finding the soil moist and crumbly a ways...
Tisbury: Fiber and fabric, composting, and portable magic
Heard on Main Street: Be yourself. People don’t have to like you, and you don’t have to care.
On Thursday evenings, the Falmouth Genealogical Society...
Oak Bluffs: Ladyfest, Open Market, and pickleball
“We only have one earth. Let’s take care of it.” –Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, first Native American Cabinet secretary
Indigenous Peoples’ Day will...
Edgartown: Haunted tour, fashion show, and ESP
As I (finally) sit down to write this week’s column, I’ve got butterflies in my belly! Baby girl child is sitting in an airport...
Chilmark: Shops, exhibits, and The Point
We're in the shoulder season homestretch, with Indigenous People's Day fast approaching. Get your last ice cream or meal at the Menemsha Galley. Although...
Aquinnah: Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Cranberry Day
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day weekend, one and all! Enjoy the last hurrah.
Congratulations to Kevin Montalvo and Maria Wong for their first place runs at...
Wedding: Shannon – Holter
Sarah Shannon of Fort Collins, Colo., and Jonathan Holter of Cincinnati, Ohio, were married on Sept. 4, 2022, on a mountainside in Nederland, Colo....
Cribbage Club results
The Vineyard Cribbage Club met on Wednesday at 6 pm to play our favorite game of cribbage. The results are as follows:
1st: Kathy Kinsman...
Births
Joy Tamara Leaird
Katharine Joy Leaird of West Tisbury announces the birth of a daughter, Joy Tamara Leaird, on Sept. 26, 2022, at Martha’s Vineyard...
Real Estate Transactions: Sept. 26 – 30, 2022
Chilmark
Sept. 29, Richard Lochridge sold 92 Kings Highway to Heather Caddy Lochridge and Timothy David Skyes for $1,375,000.
Sept. 30, June Weisberger Blanchard, formerly known...