Details while writing history requires reading between the lines, not just stacking up facts like bricks in a wall. Reading between the facts, and understanding the web of connections that binds them together, is crucial. On Wednesday, Dec. 10, from 5 to 6 pm, join MVM Research Librarian Bow Van Riper for a Vineyard-centric look at how historians bring the past to life. MVM members: $10; Nonmembers: $20. Register at mvmuseum.org/event/how-to-history. Martha’s Vineyard Museum, 151 Lagoon Pond Road,…
Check out the festively decorated Carnegie Heritage Center and enjoy an evening of fine libations, delicious hors d’oeuvres, and holiday cheer. Celebrate the season in one of Edgartown’s most charming historic spaces with friends and supporters of Vineyard Preservation Trust. Tickets: $100. Friday, December 12, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. The Carnegie Heritage Center, 58 North Water St., Edgartown. The post Holiday Party at the Carnegie appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
Thanksgiving is mostly over. I think tonight will be our last turkey-and-stuffing leftovers. Tomorrow, the remains will become soup and pies. Nice to have those meals in the freezer for an easy dinner. I learned two valuable lessons this Thanksgiving. One is to make my corn pudding in a deep casserole dish, instead of the shallow one I have always used. We were a small group this year, so I made half the recipe in a soufflé dish. It was my best ever. Expect the new version at the town party that’s…
Heard on Main Street: Friends, like quilts, give warmth and comfort to life. I am very sorry to share the news that Bruce Boren died last week. I heard the many cards from the Island gave him several happy days to celebrate his last birthday. His family lives at 1 Chase Road, Fairhaven MA 02719. Thanksgiving was fun for me. My daughter came for a few days to share the feast prepared by the Black Dog Café. She also helped with a few chores, including helping me to sort through a couple of piles…
Chilmark Nov. 25, Martha’s Vineyard Bank, trustee of Everett K. Speed Revocable Trust and Ann Boyer Revocable Trust, sold 6 Tabor Hills to William Avery Goelz for $2,100,000. Edgartown Nov. 24, Paul R. Gavin sold 60 Windsor Drive to AP Swap LLC for $1,575,000. Nov. 25, Heather Looby sold 24 Fourteenth St. South to Peter J. Bradford for $10,000. West Tisbury Nov. 25, 11 Ephraim Allen Road LLC sold 11 Ephraim Allen Road to Sibyl Schwarzenbach and Jeffrey Bliss for $1,416,500. …
Shrouded Moon by Liz Splittgerber Shrouded moon In the dead of night Stars obscured Breath caught in light A sleepy child Awakened from dream Sees there above A blurry beam All is still, Night waits for day Damp air so chill Quiet mice at play Shrouded moon Lordly and lone Cloud train hid Cold as stone Liz Splittgerber and her family have lived on the Island for the past eight years. Liz has thrived artistically here, writing and developing her photography skills, and sharing…
In what could mark the first step toward police department regionalization on Martha’s Vineyard, the Chilmark Select Board unanimously approved the start of discussions about Chilmark Police potentially assisting neighboring Aquinnah’s short-staffed police department. The board voted on Tuesday night to allow Police Chief Sean Slavin to open discussions with the Chilmark Patrol Officers Union about providing overnight on-call coverage for Aquinnah, which currently operates with only one full-time…
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“Everything will be O.K. in the end. If it’s not O.K., it’s not the end.” –John Lennon John Lennon was a poet, a musician, an activist, and a visionary. He was also my favorite Beatle. I remember him on Dec. 8, when he left this world too soon. I was out in Western Massachusetts over Thanksgiving, and it was winter out there! It snowed, which was pretty, but it was frigidly cold. With a daytime high of 32°, it was painful-to-the-face kind of cold. It made me appreciate…
Jon Averill, class of 1989, had a good high school experience academically, and played football –– but no other extracurriculars, because he was working after school for his dad, Preston Averill, who ran Averill Distributors. Someday, Jon wanted to own his own business, and also wanted to be a cross-country trucker. Guess what? He did both! After high school, he enlisted in the Army. According to Jon, his dad had told all three of his kids: “‘After graduation, you had to leave the Island’…
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