Megan Alley
Oak Bluffs: Remembering from the heart
When you say the year 2021, it still sounds like a science fiction book to me. But let’s turn it into a year that...
Oak Bluffs: Council on Aging message
“Ah, Friends, dear friends, as years go on and heads get gray,
How fast the guests do go!
Touch hands, touch hands, with those that stay....
Oak Bluffs: Messages for the holidays
Once again a light snow storm has draped a blanket of snow over the ground. If only it was as warm as the quilt...
Oak Bluffs: Senior center services
If the nights are getting too long for your liking and the days too short, take heart as next Monday on Dec. 21, the...
Oak Bluffs: Festive light shows
The town is starting to hum with more people shopping, walking, admiring holiday and Christmas decorations, and greeting people — most of them wearing...
Oak Bluffs: Giving thanks to teachers
Thanksgiving was held in many homes throughout the Island last week, and although perhaps different for most of us from any we have celebrated...
Oak Bluffs: Red Stocking Fund
As it is every year, Thanksgiving is here once again. Everyone here on the Island and throughout the world has been seriously impacted by...
Oak Bluffs: Community food resources
Our days remain beautiful and unseasonably warm even when temperatures drop into the low 30s during the night. The morning sun usually warms us...
Oak Bluffs: 50 years in business
Two questions occupied our minds this week: They were who won the presidential election and did you feel that earthquake? I know who won...
Oak Bluffs: Red Stocking Fund underway
Tuesday, Nov. 3, is Election Day and as I am writing this column on the 2nd, I am wondering what next week will look...
Oak Bluffs: Afterschool programs at the Y
Vote messages are appearing everywhere and these are probably some of the most important messages we are sending to all those eligible these next...
Oak Bluffs: Spooktacular school event
The Old Farmer’s Almanac tells us that “Jack Frost is a tricky fellow. Watch him turn your garden yellow.” And that seems the most...
Oak Bluffs: Community rock garden project
At last some rain on Monday last, that will hopefully bring a little green to those dried-up patches of grass that are everywhere. The...
Oak Bluffs: Plans for new streetscape
Wisdom from the Old Farmer’s Almanac tells us “when birds and badgers are fat in October, expect a cold winter.” I haven’t spotted any...
Oak Bluffs: Neighborhood Convention
“Oh Bushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow. Make the day seem to us less brief.” –Robert Frost. And are...
Oak Bluffs: Discovering natural wonders
At dusk on many evenings when I was a child, we would listen carefully and hear the far-away call of the whippoorwills. Upon hearing...
Oak Bluffs: Tom Dresser book coming soon
We have had the gift of September’s cool days and cooler night temperatures this past week, and are promised more of them, with a...
Oak Bluffs: Support for seniors
“Oh, the splendor and the glory of that glad September day, When o’er the hills together we rode so far away.” –From “Autumn Day”...
Oak Bluffs: Sportsmanship off the court
How quickly August is racing toward the first of September. Unfortunately, the date on the calendar does not mean instant changes in the weather....
Oak Bluffs: Safety on town streets
That was a most beautiful, perfect rain on Saturday and Sunday. The grass was almost lifting up arms welcoming the drops as they gently...