Monthly Archives: July 2024
‘The Seeded Pages’ connects to lineage for Kara Taylor
Kara Taylor's stunning new exhibition, “The Seeded Pages,” creates a personal diary of the artist’s healing journey and connection to her lineage.
Her collection of...
Historic Campground cottage tour next week
On Wednesday, August 7, the Oak Bluffs cottage where President Ulysses S. Grant stayed is one of six that will be open as part...
More Vineyard Wind blade debris headed to Nantucket
Updated July 31
Several more sections of the deteriorating Vineyard Wind turbine blade fell into the ocean on Monday afternoon.
According to a Monday evening news...
Court Report: July 8 – 29, 2024
July 8
Fabio Fraga, Edgartown; 43, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, no inspection/sticker, improper operation of a motor vehicle, improper operation of a motor...
Cribbage Club results
Nineteen members of the Vineyard Cribbage Club met on Wednesday evening to play our favorite game. The results are as follows:
1st place - Albion...
Garden Notes: Keeping the flowering alive
August is the high point of Island summer, and the M.V. Agricultural Society’s Agricultural Fair (August 15, 16, 17, 18) is the high point...
Have Faith: Change can be good
A couple of weeks ago I drove up to the Chilmark Community Church on a Friday morning to check in with interim pastor extraordinaire...
Poet’s Corner: You Know What I Mean
You Know What I Mean
By Seán McMahon
Walking up Music Street
In West Tisbury
All is good in the hood
And if I could, then I would
Kiss all...
Oak Bluffs
“August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know.” —Tove Jansson
We are somehow always astonished when August...
‘Screams before Silence’
On July 28, Alexi Ashe Meyers and Dr. Marcy Gringlas — both with strong ties to the Island — brought the documentary “Screams before...
One Connecticut veterinarian builds a Vineyard clientele
Getting reliable health care for some large animals on Martha’s Vineyard has become so difficult that one veterinarian living in Connecticut has built up...
Real Estate Transactions: July 22 – 26, 2024
Edgartown
July 23, John S. Harkins and Patricia E. Harkins sold 36 Hannahs Way to Ravi A. Chandra and Jennie B. Chandra for $1,395,000.
July 26,...
McNamee to retire as Edgartown Police Chief
Edgartown Police Chief Bruce McNamee will be retiring by the end of September after leading the town’s police force for over six years.
McNamee was...
This wasn’t an oil spill or nuclear failure
Listening to the hoopla about the broken blade on the turbine off South Beach, I cannot imagine what people thought would happen when something...
Dock Dance causes problems for Chappy Ferry owner
Updated July 31
The president and co-owner of the Chappy Ferry, Peter Wells, is pushing for better enforcement from Edgartown and asking for the installation...
Visiting Vet: Tips for Nervous Nellies
The wind blows. I roll over and go back to sleep.Our dog, Quinna, does not. She goes downstairs and crawls under my husband’s heavy...
Have bears, will travel
When I was a kid I wrote stories, accompanied by illustrations, and bound them together with staples and Elmer’s Glue. I desperately wanted to...
On My Way: Passage to South Beach
The original plan was to paddle from within the Lagoon to the Edgartown Lighthouse. But some four hours later as we battled a headwind...
Family of artists on exhibit at the Chilmark library
“Fine Lines: A Family of Artists,” the newest show at the Chilmark Public Library through August 8, is a family affair. Eight artists span...
No local listeria cases but some deli meats removed
Some Boar’s Head products have been removed from Island Stop & Shops shelves because of a nation-wide listeria outbreak that has been linked to...