Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Community

Tisbury: English cousins, Vineyard Visitor, books to read, Louisa Gould Gallery, and Rubik’s cubes

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Heard on Main Street: The less time I have to work, the more things I get done. I was on a high for most of last week while my English cousins, Jenny and Alan, were...

Oak Bluffs: Nonprofit Night Out, Woman’s Club, Washington Ledesma, and library services at home

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“Once you hit a certain age, life is really a delicate balance between trying to stay awake and trying to fall asleep.”  –Jonathan Edward Durham Sorry about last week; I was forced to spend a...

Edgartown: Weekend tourists, school benefit race, social security, and annual hockey game

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March in New England. One day it’s 50° out. The next day it’s 30° out. Or it’s a beautiful spring day, with a nor’easter on the horizon. Luckily, last week’s nor’easter didn’t turn into...

Chilmark: Pizza night, female farmers, ocean film, concert, gardening, antiques, and Community Center

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As I write, it is the last day of winter, pea seeds are soaking in bowls, bluebells, crocuses, and squill brighten the lawn, birds are singing, and laundry is drying on the line. I’m...

Cribbage Club results

The Vineyard Cribbage Club met on Wednesday at the American Legion Hall in Edgartown to play our favorite game of cribbage! The results are as follows: First place, Bo Picard with a 11/5 +60 card Second place,...

Births

Francis Eileen Merry Lauren Goethals and Joseph Merry of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Francis Eileen Merry, on March 14, 2023, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Francis weighed 5 pounds, 7.8 ounces. Ryker Rebel...

Visitation Thursday for Joel Christopher Rebello

Friends and family are saddened to announce that Joel Christopher Rebello, 33, of Oak Bluffs, unexpectedly passed away of heart disease on March 18, 2023.  Joel (“Joelzy”) was born in Oak Bluffs on Feb. 18,...

Jesse Alexander Thayer

Jesse Alexander Thayer, 35, of Vineyard Haven, passed away peacefully on Feb. 16, 2023, at his home, surrounded by family and loved ones after a courageous three-year battle with cancer. Jesse was born April 18,...

Nelly Katzman

Nelly Katzman died on March 9, 2023, at the age of 24.  Nelly was an artist. She grew up in a household of artists and makers, and in an environment of handmade things. From a...

Dr. Clifton Forrest West Jr.

Dr. Clifton Forrest West Jr. (“Clif”) of Chestertown, Md., passed away on Feb. 28, 2023, peacefully in his sleep, at the age of 99. Dr. West was the loving father of Betsy West Dripps....

Joan MacDuffie Lowell

Joan MacDuffie Lowell died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Edgartown on March 13, 2023, at the age of 98. Her husband, Ralph Lowell, passed away at home just nine months earlier,...

‘Quirky’ wins Seth Hyde the Islandwide spelling bee

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An eighth grader from the West Tisbury School outspelled his competitors at the Islandwide spelling bee Friday morning, earning him a spot on the Scripps national stage with the word “quirky.” Winner Seth Hyde will...

The High School View: Theater competition; Library assistant

Read the MVRHS High School View: 3-16-2023 The High School View is staffed and prepared entirely by students from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, and published on their behalf by the Martha’s Vineyard Times,...

Art Class: 2023 Scholastic Awards

Congratulations to the following 18 MVRHS students for winning a total of 23 awards in the 2023 Scholastic Art Awards. Students received accolades in media, including ceramics, photography, digital art, and “expanded projects” (a...

Meat Ball rolls back into town

Dozens of Island meat and music lovers turned out for the seventh annual Meat Ball this past Saturday. The group got a chance to enjoy delicious food prepared by Everett Whiting and Charlie Granquist of...

Have Faith: Changing the world

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Every once in a while I hear from people who might be having an interesting speaker coming to visit, and this time it was Susan Murphy who called. Next Saturday, March 25, at 2...

Dogcharmer: Resource guarding

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Hi Tom, My daughter needs to be able to recall Ludwig when he gets out the door. Also, how do we get Ludwig not to eat the 2-year-old cat and 16-year-old bichon frisé? Melisa Dear Melisa, Let's start...

The act of protest

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“Handful of senators don't pass legislation And marches alone can't bring integration When human respect is disintegratin' This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'” –P.F. Sloan, “Eve of Destruction” (1965) P.F. Sloan wrote Barry McGuire’s one and only...

Visiting Vet: Foreign bodies

Socks, corncobs, bones, balls, toy soldiers, Play-Doh, Gorilla Glue, needle and thread, ribbon, rubber bands, hair ties, Nylabone chunks, tampons, coins, underwear, rocks, Popsicle sticks, batteries, magnets, fish hooks, peach pits, pacifiers, entire stuffed...

Happy 100th birthday to Clara Banta Kennedy

Happy 100th birthday to Clara Banta Kennedy, born on March 10, 1923. Kennedy was born and raised in Buffalo, N.Y. She has four sons, eight grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. She has lived year-round on Main...