Town Columns

I don't mean to lecture or accuse anyone of reckless behavior, but there have been a couple of gnarly car accidents recently.

"Annie" in a ballet performance is yours to enjoy at the Performing Arts Center on Sunday at 4 pm.

As of last Sunday, it looked like we were going to be fortunate weather-wise for the first long weekend holiday of the season.

All right, we made it through Memorial Day.

The sun certainly came out for Memorial Day weekend, and quite unexpectedly, according to all weather reports.

Memorial Day weekend has come and gone, but has left behind a few telltale signs — sunburned shoulders from a few too many hours at the beach; ketchup stained tee-shirts from that cookout in your uncle's backyard; red itchy welts from the mosquitoes that enjoyed you while you were enjoying your burger and your hot dog; towels laced with fine grains of sand that deposit themselves at the bottom of your dryer; and so much more.

West Tisbury sparkled in the after-rain sunshine for a perfect Memorial Day weekend.

It must be gremlins in my computer.

With Memorial Day weekend, looming everything is open and ready at the Cliffs.

High season has arrived.

I returned mid-afternoon on Sunday from a whirlwind 24 hours in the Main South neighborhood of Worcester where I attended my 20th reunion at Clark University.

These spring days seem to present themselves in transient effects, changing moment by moment, the colors, sunshine or fog, leaves, blooming flowers or shrubs.

The nest in the hanging plant on my front door is filling up rapidly and now contains four blue eggs (I peeked).

The Minnesinger Spring Show is Saturday at 7 pm and Sunday at 3 pm at the MV Regional High School Performing Arts Center.

One more weekend before the official beginning of the season.

Didn't the weather on Sunday last make for the perfect Mothers' Day? I hope everyone had a day to fit their wishes.

I have to send a shout-out to the Edgartown Board of Trade on this past weekend's Pink and Green events.

On Saturday, May 12, Zachary Robert Coutinho graduated from Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire. His graduation was attended by his parents, Linda and Robert, his brother, Cody, his grandmother, Margaret Maida, and...

Who thought it would ever happen? The tried and true, stand-up-to-the weather, functional fixture at Bliss Pond Farm has been replaced.

It was the weekend of the "super moon," the weekend of the Taylor family block party, the Chilmark Community Potluck Jam and just a nice sunny Sunday after a week of rain.