Sunday, December 7, 2025

Town Columns

Chilmark

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The tomato worms and squash bugs seem to be under control. A few days ago, when I reached in to check a large, almost ripe yellow tomato, I found my fingers deep in an...

West Tisbury

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I don’t know how long we will have this cool weather. It’s only August, after all, so bound to be hot again, but I am definitely enjoying it now. It was nice to see...

Edgartown

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This week has been jam-packed, and not the fruity delicious type of jam that Linda Alley makes, but jam-packed with events, launches, openings, and the usual August commitments. Our local nonprofits truly shone last...

Tisbury

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Heard on Main Street: The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap. My computer died last week — at least, I thought it did. My daughter...

Aquinnah

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It’s a busy and happy time here in Aquinnah. On the beaches, you will find multiple generations of happy people. The littlest stay on the sand, digging away, while their bigger siblings wade in...

Chilmark

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The rain held off on Sunday while seven of us took our time tending the gravesite. The day before, I cleared the poison ivy and arranged pots of flowers. We took turns digging the...

Oak Bluffs

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“We are not what we endure, we are what we become because of it. Every fracture becomes a future.“  –Danroy Henry Sr. I attended the opening reception for Dan Henry’s art exhibit at Mariposa Museum...

West Tisbury

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THE BOOK SALE BEGINS TODAY.  Friends of the West Tisbury Free Public Library volunteers have been collecting, sorting, organizing, and preparing for the annual event, housed in tents in the far parking lot outside the...

Edgartown

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This is your friendly reminder that we’re coming into the last full month of summer, and here’s hoping that your summer bucket list has been tackled, if you’re one to make lists. We blinked...

West Tisbury

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This article was originally meant for post July 24. My favorite summer meal is baby red potatoes and string beans fresh from the garden. For many years, that meal was regularly purchased from Glenn and...

West Tisbury

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This article was originally meant for post July 17. The world disappeared behind rain that fell in opaque sheets last Thursday afternoon. It left deep puddles that sloshed over ankles and car fenders. As I...

West Tisbury

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This article was originally meant for post July 10. There were days with overcast skies, silent and heavy, as we waited for rain that never came. Clear, blue-sky days followed, breathtakingly lovely, all we expect...

West Tisbury

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This article was originally meant for post July 3. Just as I thought I would boil to death, the weather cooled off enough to be comfortable, and reviving. I actually put on a sweater last...

Tisbury

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Heard on Main Street: Ever start organizing, and two hours later you are looking at a real mess? The Lagoon Pond Association invites you to “Light Up the Lagoon” by illuminating beaches, docks, and boats...

Oak Bluffs

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“Don’t be a bump on a log!”  –Caroline Hunter   This simple phrase is a call to action, given by Caroline Hunter every morning in the water at Inkwell Beach as she leads the Polar Bears,...

Edgartown

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Unbelievable that we’re coming into the last week of July. Does time go by faster the older we get? It seems like when we were kids, time seemed to extend and double itself, some...

Chilmark

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By now we are starting to waltz with the swirl of visitors, enjoying watching people, and have a new name for backseat driving, I Spy.  Baby pygmy goat yoga at Native Earth Teaching Farm is...

Aquinnah

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As I write this, it is beautiful outside. On my walk this morning, I delighted in the cooling breeze, blue skies, and sparkling waters surrounding Gay Head. I was on my way to bring...

Chilmark

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Rebecca Gilbert and Randy Ben David have created a beautiful teaching farm with a small herd of adorable pygmy goats, and within the past few weeks, five kids were born. On Saturday, July 19,...

Edgartown

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Today’s column I’m breaking up into the past and the future: I’m sharing what events I attended that were spectacular and what restaurants I’ve tasted along the way, and then I’m sharing what events...