5:35 pm, December 15, 2015
Vineyard Steamship Authority governor Marc Hanover this week asked boat line senior managers to take the lead in exploring the feasibility of getting trash off the ferries and shipping it to New Bedford via private barge.
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SSA Explores Shipping Trash to New Bedford by Barge
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Vineyard Haven Town Column: Dec. 18
2:59 pm, December 16, 2015
Are you waiting? Waiting for that large flat screen TV you hope to get for Christmas? Waiting for the family to congregate and review old times and older jokes? Are you waiting to win the lottery? Well, I am waiting, too. Waiting as in Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s amazing poem in Pictures from the Gone World.
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Christmas Services Around the Island
4:57 pm, December 16, 2015
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Concert and Pageant in West Tisbury
5:04 pm, December 16, 2015
On Sunday, Dec. 20, the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury will hold its annual holiday concert. This year, the rarely heard Christmas Story by the 17th century German composer, Heinrich Schütz, will be performed. But wait, there’s more.
The church choir will be joined by the newly-formed Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Orchestra with trumpets, trombones, woodwind and strings to help make spirits soar.
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Geraldine Brooks Reading
5:07 pm, December 16, 2015
Geraldine Brooks will give a book signing at the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 2 p.m. Her latest book is The Secret Chord, published earlier this fall. The novel follows the story of King David, as viewed by the prophet Natan, on his journey from obscurity to king and then his fall.
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Songs for Uganda
5:08 pm, December 16, 2015
Rosewater Market and Take Away is offering more than food on Friday evening, Dec. 18, although tasty bites will be in abundance too. From 5 to 8 p.m. the market will be filled with song as Willy Mason, Jemima James, Elissa Turnbull, Isaac Taylor and friends perform a concert to benefit sustainable development and women’s empowerment projects in Uganda.
Dinner, holiday treats and coffee bar refreshments will be available, as well as good cheer and goodwill toward all.
The suggested donation is $10. Call 508-939-0404 or visit rosewatermv.com for more information.
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William Waterway Tribute
5:12 pm, December 16, 2015
On Monday, Dec. 21, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. there will be a memorial service to honor William Waterway and his stewardship of lighthouses and water. Mr. Waterway had made the Vineyard his home since the 1970s, championing many causes and embracing all manner of the arts. He was a writer, poet, musician, filmmaker, the list is very long. He died this fall at the age of 66.
The service takes place at the Gay Head Light.
For more information, call 508-560-2671.
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Please Adopt Us
5:15 pm, December 16, 2015
Last Friday members of the animal shelter staff, along with animal control officers from both Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven, conducted a dramatic rescue from a home on the Oak Bluffs/Vineyard Haven line. They entered the house to find that the owners had left the Island in June, leaving two dogs and two puppies at home in the care of a devoted pet sitter. Unfortunately the dogs were confined to a small area in the house and an even smaller dirt enclosure outdoors with no view of anything other than the sky.
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Christmas Bird Count
5:17 pm, December 16, 2015
The 56th annual Martha’s Vineyard Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016. The Vineyard’s count became an annual event in 1960, and has been held every year since then. We have recorded 213 species, and have counted 1,768,640 individuals.
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Cool Cole Crops
5:22 pm, December 16, 2015
Please do not take this as a criticism. It’s downright impossible to muster up any sort of Christmas spirit with such fabulous weather.
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Bead Business
5:26 pm, December 16, 2015
Clean water is something all of us can agree is a good thing. And so is a clean face and body. However, these two things can sometimes be at odds.
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School Leaders Debate How to Divide the Pie on School Choice Funds
11:42 am, December 17, 2015
The all-Island school committee this week grappled with the question of how the superintendent’s budget is split among Island elementary schools. Discussion was heated at times.
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Pausing a Moment to Notice Is First Step in Taking a Stand
11:44 am, December 17, 2015
It’s amazing what a ride up Island can do for the soul.
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Surf's Up at 101? Now That's a Gift
11:52 am, December 17, 2015
By the time you read this I will be visiting my mother for Christmas and celebrating her birthday. It’s not an ordinary birthday. She will be 101 on Dec. 13.
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Storm Brewing? Open a Good Book
11:55 am, December 17, 2015
The movie In the Heart of the Sea recently opened in theatres around the world. It is a maritime thriller based on the book of the same name, written by Nantucket resident Nathaniel Philbrick.
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How the Spotlight Team First Shined
11:57 am, December 17, 2015
There were many who didn’t expect the Boston Globe Spotlight experiment to last more than a year, much less 45 years.
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Wampanoag Tribe Asks Judge To Reconsider; HUD Grants Extension
8:03 pm, December 11, 2015
As the Aquinnah tribe presses its case in federal court to open a gambling hall on the Island, it has been granted an extension to repay $1.1 million in federal funds used to build a community center that’s targeted for the casino.
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Looking Back to Look Forward, Carly Simon Finds Her Chorus
5:43 pm, December 17, 2015
Throughout her life Carly Simon has been a dutiful diarist, and so the whole of her life — the events, thoughts and conversations of almost every day — were just an arm’s length away waiting to be reborn.
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Using Loophole, Attorneys Target Old Drunk Driving Cases
5:42 pm, December 17, 2015
Attorneys in the Edgartown district court have found a loophole for challenging old drunken driving cases because a procedure to advise defendants of their rights may not have been followed.
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Winter Moths Flutter, Concerning Landowners, Confounding Scientists
5:51 pm, December 17, 2015
With fall coming to an end, winter moths have laid their eggs, but the males can still be seen fluttering around headlights and street lamps across the Island. Many anticipate another wave of defoliation next spring.
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