Monthly Archives: August 2024
Aquinnah
Every day Charley and I wake up and feel grateful. We are grateful for each other’s presence. We are grateful for the trees and...
Poet’s Corner: Swim
Swim
By Valerie Sonnenthal
today writing a poem
feels like an imposition
my mind wanders
after a swim
pond to myself
under cover of hazy gray
held by the mother spirit
back in...
Cribbage Club results
Eighteen Vineyard Cribbage Club members met on Wednesday at the MVRHS Culinary Dining Hall in Oak Bluffs to play our favorite game. The results...
Births
Amelia Robin Stajbe
Velemira and Robert Stajbe of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Amelia Robin Stajbe, on July 28, 2024. Amelia weighed 7...
Real Estate Transactions: July 29 – August 8, 2024
Edgartown
July 30, Wayne D. Royal and Margaret A. Royal sold 67 Simpsons Lane to William Butler Sheehan and Melissa Mary Barrett Egbert for $1,350,000.
July...
Navigator Homes breaks ground on elderly housing
From Senator Ed Markey to select board chair Art Smadbeck, a mix of high-level politicians and local figures broke ground in Edgartown on the...
A tabernacle of stories told live
During her adolescence, Bonnie Levison was humiliated by her height. She stood taller than practically all of the boys in her grade during middle...
Kirby Thorne-Doyle
Kirby Thorne-Doyle, 74, died on July 17.
Kirby was born on Feb. 2, 1950 — on Groundhog Day — on Long Island, N.Y., to Bliss...
Black history: A focus on personal narratives
The Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival hosted several screenings this past weekend, with a few followed by a segment titled “The Color of...
Firefighters extinguish small fire at Edgartown eatery
Firefighters from multiple agencies responded to Alchemy Bistro & Bar on Main Street in Edgartown to extinguish a small fire behind a kitchen stove.
Fire...
Shark sighting temporarily closes Long Point
A shark spotted off Long Point Wildlife Preserve in West Tisbury closed the beach to swimming for around two hours on Saturday.
It was the...
West Tisbury divided over residential tax exemption
Updated, August 6
Emotions intermittently flared between Islanders and seasonal residents during a tense meeting in West Tisbury last week as town officials consider implementing...
Early playoff exit for Sharks
The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks crashed out of the NECBL playoffs on Saturday evening, falling to the No. 1 Vermont Mountaineers 18-12 in game two...
Local police say they weren’t notified before encampment clearing
Updated Aug. 5
Police chiefs in West Tisbury and Edgartown say that their offices were not notified before the state cleaned up homeless encampments in...
Edgartown swim advisory remains in place
Although South Beach and Norton Point Beach remain open to the public, Edgartown parks’ commissioners are maintaining a swim advisory issued on July 31.
The...
‘Paris has the Olympics, Menemsha has scallop-shucking’
It was the perfect afternoon for the 7th annual Meet the Fleet, hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard Fisherman’s Preservation Trust on the Menemsha docks...
Maritime working harbor vs. Disneyland effect
To the Editor:
I’m an architect from Florence, Italy, and a Vineyard summer resident since 1994. I am an active campaigner for ending over-tourism in...
A respectful vigil
To the Editor:
I am writing to express my concern regarding the content and tone of your online article titled, "A protest over an international...
Protestors are not antisemites
To the Editor:
In your article about the Jewish Culture Festival and the protest that took place across the road from it (“A protest over...
Appreciation for help in Janice’s passing
To the Editor:
What a sendoff. The Brown and Haynes families would like to personally thank everyone for all the wonderful things that have made...