6:27 am, May 4, 2016
With summer on the horizon, residents in a small condominium complex near the Aquinnah Circle are pressing for reserved parking on property the town acquired last year as part of the Gay Head Light relocation.
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Selectmen, Neighbors at Aquinnah Circle Hash Out Concerns Over Shared Parking
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Edgartown Approves Liquor License Changes
10:36 am, May 4, 2016
Edgartown selectmen approved alcohol license changes for two downtown businesses at their Monday meeting.
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Carolyn Jackson of Oak Bluffs Thought Nothing Was Impossible, Loved Social Events and Card Games
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 2:05pm
Carolyn Jackson of Oak Bluffs died peacefully on April 10 while visiting family in Virginia. She was 88.
Born Feb. 28, 1928, Carolyn Arbell Teixeira Jackson was one of four siblings from Quincy. As a teenager, Carolyn worked for her father’s business, a well-known delicatessen in Quincy known as Tony’s Jam Kitchen. Following the early death of both her parents, Carolyn moved to Washington, D.C. to attend Howard University, where she earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in economics.
While completing her education at Howard University, she met and married George W. Jackson of Washington D.C. in 1957, and had two children, Andrea Marie and George Arthur.
Carolyn’s early career was in economics, first at the Brookings Institution, then the Departments of Labor, Health, Education and Welfare and the U.S. Agency for International Development. At midlife, Carolyn sought new challenges and left civil service to return to her entrepreneurial roots. Accordingly, she established Jackson Realty and worked as a broker and property manager in D.C. and Maryland. She took pride in helping people secure homes for over 20 years and would come to life whenever she saw someone in need. Carolyn’s most distinct gift was that of motivation and empowerment to others. She was never lacking for apt inspirational advice and has bolstered many to seek and achieve their dreams. To Carolyn, nothing was impossible; it was only a matter of how to achieve the goal. Those who have met her never forget her statuesque presence and dynamic energy.
Carolyn was an active and golden soror in Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. and a charter member of the Xi Zeta Omega in Washington D.C. Upon retirement from real estate and the death of her husband, she moved to Martha’s Vineyard, the place where she had vacationed as a child and owned family property. She and her siblings, Dr. Gertrude Hunter, Teixeira Nash, and Dr. Antonio Teixeira had an extraordinary bond which they fueled with daily conversations. They had an annual ritual of celebrating their birthdays together over breakfast for many years.
Carolyn was most devoted to her grandchildren and actively participated in their activities and at their schools. She was an avid card player and pinochle was her game. She loved people, walking and social events, and was a frequent visitor at the Oak Bluffs Library. She was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Martha’s Vineyard and the Oak Bluffs Council on Aging.
She is predeceased by her husband of 31 years, George W. Jackson, and grandson Harbi Adam. Survivors include her brother Dr. Antonio Teixeira and his wife Constance Teixeira, her daughter Dr. Andrea Jackson; her son George A. Jackson, six grandchildren, Regina, Faisal, Alexis, Quincy, Jack and George, and two great-grandsons, Gregory and Jeremy. She also had a host of nieces, nephews and friends to whom she was extremely devoted.
If desired, donations can be made to the Martha’s Vineyard NAACP or the Oak Bluffs Council on Aging. No flowers please.
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High School Playing Fields Discussion Continues
2:42 pm, May 4, 2016
A private group that wants to raise money to refurbish outdoor playing fields at the regional high school has backed away from a plan to use rubber crumb infill on the track.
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Mini Maker Faire
1:23 pm, May 5, 2016
This Saturday, May 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is a celebration of invention at the first Martha’s Vineyard Mini Maker Faire.
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All-Island Band Concert Rocks
1:34 pm, May 5, 2016
All-Island band’s annual spring concert is on Thursday, May 12, beginning at 7 p.m.
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Permanent Endowment Names New Director
1:41 pm, May 5, 2016
Emily Bramhall has been named acting executive director of the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard.
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Heroin Problem is Growing
2:26 pm, May 5, 2016
Many from our community are expressing grave concern over the steady and horrific flow of overdose related deaths.
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New School Opportunity
2:28 pm, May 5, 2016
Support from Tisbury voters at the recent annual town meeting and for ballot question one is greatly appreciated.
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Fun Run
2:29 pm, May 5, 2016
The Island Autism Group’s first ever 5K walk and fun run was held on a rainy April 23.
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Scraps of History
2:32 pm, May 5, 2016
The great age of scrapbooks, so far as the Vineyard is concerned, was back in the nineteenth century
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When the Running Warrior Is Your Mom
2:33 pm, May 5, 2016
My parents have been married for 53 years and by all accounts get along wonderfully together.
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Following the Jette Stream
2:41 pm, May 5, 2016
Some think growing up on Martha’s Vineyard is a ticket to easy street, nothing but day after day at the beach.
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One Tree at a Time
3:01 pm, May 5, 2016
The simple act of planting a tree often symbolizes something long-lasting.
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Aquinnah Annual Town Meeting Wraps Up Political Season
6:15 pm, May 5, 2016
Town meeting season wraps up next Tuesday when voters in Aquinnah take up requests related to the Aquinnah Circle, zoning changes aimed at creating more affordable housing and a $4.2 million annual budget.
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Mother Airs Her Anguish Over Heroin; Planning Begins for Community Forum
6:19 pm, May 5, 2016
Adding a jolt to growing emotion and concern about the opiate problem on Martha's Vineyard, an Oak Bluffs mother and elected Island official has gone public about her daughter’s heroin addiction.
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Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association Names New Executive Director
6:35 pm, May 5, 2016
CJ Rivard of Edgartown is the new executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association.
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Hospital Math Error Causes Ripple Effect Through State
6:34 pm, May 5, 2016
A recent math error by consultants for Partners HealthCare has shed light on how the 19-bed Nantucket Cottage Hospital has increased hospital wage reimbursements throughout the state.
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Elizabeth (Betty) Feldman, Lifelong Learner, Deeply Involved in Vineyard Community
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 7:06pm
Elizabeth (Betty) Brodney Feldman died on April 25 in Aventura, Fla. at the age of 93. She called her beloved Martha’s Vineyard home for the past 35 years.
Betty was born March 11, 1923 to Simon and Sarah Brodney of Chestnut Hill. She was one of seven children and cherished her parents, brothers, and sisters. She spent her elementary school years at the Edward Devotion School in Brookline and later studied at Girls’ Latin School in Boston. She graduated from Newton High School in Newton in 1940.
From there she attended Jackson College for Women, part of Tufts University, and graduated in 1944 with a Bachelor of Science. At her passing, Betty was the oldest Tufts alumna on Martha’s Vineyard. She majored in biochemistry and after graduation worked her first job at the Boston Dispensary, doing bacteriology during World War II. Next she worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the geology department, trying to take aluminum out of bauxite for the war effort.
Betty married Eli Feldman after he returned from the war in 1945. They moved to Oak Hill, and that is where they had two children: a son, Warren, born in 1947, and a daughter, Midge, born in 1950. They moved to West Newton and lived there for 33 years while spending summers at a home in Nantasket Beach and on a 28-foot red wooden Pembroke cabin cruiser.
As Betty was a lifelong learner, she returned to school and graduated Boston University in 1972 with a Master of Education. She was hired by the Boston Public Schools and worked as a guidance counselor for many years and then as the career education coordinator. She retired after 28 years and started a consulting business with a colleague and friend. That venture lasted for five more years until Betty finally retired, but she never stopped caring for people and helping them grow to the best of their abilities.
Her love for Martha’s Vineyard started in 1958 during a summer vacation with Eli, Warren, Midge, and Pam the German shepherd as they motored their way to Carpenter and Painter’s marina in Vineyard Haven harbor. The family would continue to return to the Vineyard for many more wonderful years of summer vacations.
Thirty-five years ago, Betty decided to buy her beloved home in Vineyard Haven and became an active contributor to the Tisbury Waterways Inc. (TWI), while at the same time becoming close friends with founding members. She felt that saving and protecting Vineyard waters, harbors, and marine life was of paramount importance, along with educating people regarding their stewardship. She and her friends were always involved with the TWI booth at the Tisbury Street Fair and they setting up an exhibit at the yearly Agricultural Fair. Betty joined the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center in 1991 and has been a longtime active member since.
Ultimately, Betty was mostly known for being a caring and supportive person to all. She will be missed by many. She is survived by her daughter Midge Jacobs, her son Warren Feldman and his wife Karen, her grandsons Andrew Jacobs and Neal Feldman and his wife Symara, her great-grandson Zachary Feldman, her nieces and their spouses: Dossy and Bob Lewin, Jeanne and David Goldner, Cynthia and Bernie Zucker, Eleanor and Fred Coe, Phyllis Brodny, and Rosie and Richard Feldheim, great-niece Amy Bruckman and her husband Pete Weimann, and her nephews and their spouses: Larry and Myra Brodney, David and Kathy Brodney, Richard and Rina Brodney, and Bob and Linda Brodney. Betty leaves behind many great nieces and nephews, her sister in law Edith Brodney, and countless dear friends from off and on Island and neighbors from her longtime Vineyard community.
As she was the youngest in her family, she is predeceased by all of her beloved siblings — Mac, Oscar, Ed, Fred, Sylvia, Norma — and their spouses, as well as her husband Eli and her nephew Robert Brodney.
A graveside funeral service was held at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Cemetery in Vineyard Haven on Thursday, April 28.
Donations can be made in Betty’s memory to the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, P.O. Box 692, 130 Center Street, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.
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Elliot Lehman, Tireless Civic Leader, Cherished Family and Chilmark Summers
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 10:18am
Elliot Lehman, a longtime summer resident of Chilmark, died on May 5 at his home in Wilmette, Ill., following a recent stroke. He was 97.
Elliot was born at home in the Bronx on Jan. 10, 1919. His father, Saul, emigrated from near Bialystok in present-day Poland at the age of 13, and went into business in New York as a printer; his mother, Esther, born on the Lower East Side, had previously worked as a corset-buyer at Gimbels. After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York in 1934, Elliot matriculated at the University of Wisconsin, where he met a redheaded Chicagoan named Frances Mecklenburger, and graduated in 1938 with a degree in journalism. Elliot and Frances were married in 1940. During World War II, Elliot served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, commanding a wooden submarine chaser in the South Pacific theatre. Although he never saw combat, he survived three typhoons.
After the war Elliot and Frances moved to Highland Park, Ill., and Elliot resumed his career at his wife’s family business, the Felt Products Manufacturing Company, later known as Fel-Pro, a manufacturer of gaskets and sealants. Following his father in law’s death in 1961, Elliot served as Fel-Pro’s co-chairman for three decades, and remained co-chairman emeritus until the company was sold in 1998. He built Fel-Pro gaskets to a dominant position in supplying both heavy-duty trucks and the automotive aftermarket. Fel-Pro achieved repeated recognition for its progressive workplace practices — “from womb to tomb,” as Elliot sometimes said. They included savings bonds for employees’ newborn babies, on-site day care, and a summer day camp for employees’ children. In 1993, Elliot was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame.
Elliot was a tireless civic leader, dedicated to the communities in which he lived and worked and to inclusion and justice in the world around him. From 1972 to 1977, he chaired the board of Business and Professional People for the Public Interest as it fought the Gautreaux case to desegregate and deconcentrate public housing in Chicago. He served as founding president of Project TEAM, a program that trained socially disadvantaged young people to become automotive mechanics. He also served on the boards of, among others, the Jewish Children’s Bureau, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, Voices for Illinois Children, Winning Workplaces, and Working in the Schools.
The Lehmans first visited Martha’s Vineyard in 1963, and in 1976 built a house on Prospect Hill in Chilmark, the backdrop for many happy family memories. Although he was never much of a sailor after his time in the Navy, Elliot loved spending time at the beach and, especially, on the tennis court, and cherished the many friends he made across 49 summers on the Vineyard.
For Elliot – “Ellio,” to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren – family came first. Every week he would write a note, to children away at school and later to grandchildren at summer camp, filled with news and musings. “There’s a new psychoanalytic theory,” he wrote in his letter of Jan. 10, 1971, “that calls for the death of the family – the family being described as the most tyrannical of entities – reducing independence and perpetuating the flaws of the past. This is a dopey theory which I not only eschew but deplore. My family is where it’s at.”
Elliot is survived by Frances, his wife of 75 years; three children; Kenneth Lehman and his wife Lucy of Evanston, Ill., Kay Lehman Schlozman and her husband Stanley Schlozman of Brookline and Chilmark, and Paul Lehman and his wife Ronna Stamm) of Evanston, Ill.; eight grandchildren: Betsy Lehman Levisay and her husband Justin of Evanston, Ill., Amy Lehman and her husband Michele Rugani of Chicago, Ill., Peter Lehman and his wife Mary Liz of Chicago, Ill., Daniel Schlozman of Baltimore, Md., and Chilmark, Julia Schlozman of Detroit, Mich., and Chilmark, Jonathan Lehman and his partner Zachary Huelsing of Chicago, Ill., Michael Lehman of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Elizabeth Lehman and her wife Kathleen Moody of Austin, Tex.; and six great-grandchildren: Benjamin, Charles, and Audrey Levisay of Evanston, Ill., Maxwell Lehman of Chicago, Ill., and Madeleine and Molly Lehman of Chicago, Ill.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, 25 E. Washington Street, Suite 1515; Chicago, Ill., 60602; or to Martha’s Vineyard Community Services; 111 Edgartown Road; Vineyard Haven, Mass., 02568.
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