Saturday, December 2, 2023

Community

Aquinnah: Waylon Sauer

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Once again. Once again. I write this on the morning after we lost yet another of our beloved young. Waylon Sauer, 17 years old. Just beginning. A junior at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School....

Cribbage Club results

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Twenty-four Vineyard Cribbage Club members met on Wednesday at the American Legion Hall in Edgartown to play our favorite game. The results are: First, Bill Russell with a 12/6 +101 card Second (grr ...), Mary Alice...

Birth

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Sofia Frances Owen Anna Markwica Owen and Dominic Owen of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Sofia Frances Owen, on Nov. 16, 2023, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Sofia weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces.  

Services Sunday for Waylon Madison Sauer

Waylon Madison Sauer, 17, of West Tisbury died on Tuesday evening, Nov. 14, 2023, after a car accident on State Road in West Tisbury. He was the son of Wenonah Madison Sauer and Daniel...

Michael Bryan Flynn Sr.

Michael Bryan Flynn Sr. passed away at his home in Tisbury on Nov. 2, 2023, at the age of 69.  He was born on Nov. 30, 1953, son of William and Iole Flynn, in Mount...

The High School View: Race Culture Retreat; Longtime teachers

Read the MVRHS High School View: 11-16-2023 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,...

Second Acts: Irene Ziebarth and Doug West

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Doug West began coming to Martha’s Vineyard in summers as a kid, back in 1952, and later his family bought a cottage in Oak Bluffs. When he met Irene Ziebarth in California, she had...

West Tisbury: Corn pudding time

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A rimy haze coated our roofs and lawn this morning. There had been a few chilly mornings, but this was a real frost, and the house felt cold. I made a fire to warm...

Edgartown: Chamber music at the library

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It's been a long week. It takes a long time to get someone to Australia, especially when they detour in San Diego for a couple of days. I've been a very worried mother for...

Dogcharmer: Barking Bessie

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Dear Dogcharmer,  When we have visitors over, Bessie, our Aussie, barks incessantly, and follows them barking if they move about. She's not aggressive, but nonetheless her constant barking makes it virtually impossible to have company...

Nurturing nature

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Native Earth Teaching Farm in Chilmark is a multigenerational farm owned by Rebecca Gilbert, but was originally a failing sheep farm bought by her grandparents nearly 100 years ago. They brought it back to...

Richard K. Pratt Jr.

Richard K. Pratt Jr. (“Dick”) of Edgartown passed away on Nov. 1, 2023. Leading up to his passing, we did what he loved to do the most — hang out talking about years past...

This Was Then: Dave Curney

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At 3:45 am on Friday, Jan. 18, 1884, the 275-foot steamer City of Columbus, bound for Savannah from Boston, struck Devil’s Bridge off Gay Head, and sank beside the treacherous rocks. Despite the heroic...

Noble at Misty Meadows wins PATH International Equine of the Year

The eldest member of Misty Meadows Equine Learning Center in West Tisbury, Noble, was recently awarded the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.) Equine of the Year award. According to a press...

Cribbage Club results

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Twenty-three members of the Vineyard Cribbage Club met at the American Legion Hall in Edgartown Wednesday evening to play six games of cribbage, against six opponents. The results are as follows: First, Kathy Kinsman with...

Matthew Cutter

Matthew Cutter passed away on August 7, 2023, at Tufts Medical Center. We were expecting, and even told friends, that we had a few months to plan with Matthew for his wishes and will....

Tisbury

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Heard on Main Street: Remember, “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.” Don’t forget: A local family is holding a book...

Oak Bluffs 

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“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the...

Chilmark 

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The house is filled with blooming geraniums, pink, white, and purple petunias, lavender, and bright yellow, red, and orange nasturtiums. They soak up the winter sun that streams for hours through southern windows. Before...

Aquinnah 

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It is years since I was in New York. Decades. I had gone there as a young woman, and marveled at the energy, the fact that on every street there was at least one...