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Beverly Wright, former chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and current Aquinnah selectman, remembers when Cranberry Day lasted for three days and off-Island tribal members would come to the Vineyard to participate.
She can remember riding on an oxcart to the Aquinnah cranberry bogs, going down dirt paths that no longer exist and cutting across back roads before Lighthouse Road was paved.
Even years later, the excitement of Cranberry Day remains.
Most of Sengekontacket Pond has been reopened for clamming and quahaugging.
The pond was opened on Saturday of Columbus Day weekend after shellfish constables in Edgartown and Oak Bluffs got a green light from the state.
The bay scallop fishery opened on Oct. 1, but the state kept the pond closed to quahaugging and clamming pending the results of further tests. The pond has been closed to shellfishing since June for the fourth year due to bacterial contamination. The source of the contamination is not clearly understood.
The Vineyard’s public access television network is moving forward with ambitious plans to build a new facility despite the resignation last week of the MVTV executive director and longtime board chairman.
Julienne Turner, who has headed MVTV since July 2010, and Denys Wortman, an MVTV founder and chairman of its board since 2002, announced Oct. 4 they were stepping down. Ms. Turner, who will stay on until the end of the year, said her reasons were personal. Mr. Wortman said his decision was triggered by hers.
A sharply divided Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted to approve the roundabout for the blinker intersection in Oak Bluffs last week, ending a decade-long debate over the traffic improvement project.
After a three-hour heated discussion, the roundabout was approved 7-6. Commissioner Chris Murphy, who chaired the meeting, broke the tie and cast the deciding vote.
Who Is Sandra Lothrop
Sandra Claire Lothrop has been included in the 2011 edition of the Biltmore Who’s Who registry of executives and professionals.
Ms. Lothrop, proprietor of S. Lothrop and Associates, is a self-taught realistic watercolor painter painting and teaching on Martha’s Vineyard for 20 years. She exhibited this summer at the Old Sculpin Gallery in Edgartown. She also has sold to international clients including the Kawasaki National Headquarters, Iranian dignitaries and sitting U.S. Presidents.