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After weeks of stifling heat, Dave Brubeck brought relief to Edgartown society types on Sunday night with his eminently cool brand of jazz in a performance at the Field Club. One of the pioneers of West Coast jazz in the 1950s, Mr. Brubeck led his quartet through an evening of stylish standards and thrilling improvisation to help raise money for the new YMCA.
“This guy doesn’t just play music, he is music,” said Kate Taylor in her introduction.
Twelve years ago, Marsha Winsyrg staged a small-scale effort to help a small group of Zambian artisans make a profit from their work. While in Africa visiting her daughter, Ms. Winsyrg saw the effects of poverty and AIDS “wrecking the fabric of the whole culture.” Upon her return to the States, she hauled back the handmade crafts to sell on the Island. The proceeds would go back to the struggling artisans.
Like many fourth graders, Ben Taylor was not a fan of school. But after he graduated from the Steiner School in New York and worked on a biodynamic farm in New Mexico, he began to appreciate and fully understand the Waldorf method of teaching.
To that end, on Wednesday this week Mr. Taylor will perform at the Island Theatre in Oak Bluffs to raise money to support the Plum Hill preschool. Money raised at the event will go to the school’s Together We Build capital campaign to help expand the school’s facilities.
A classic Bermuda high over the Atlantic was responsible for the hot, sunny and humid month of July that just ended. Temperatures were well into the 80s for much of the month, and rainfall was close to average.
All seats were filled in the tiny town hall room used by the Aquinnah selectmen Thursday evening for a meeting between the town and Wampanoag tribal council members about the closure of a path to Lobsterville Beach, but one party was noticeably absent: the tribe.
Selectman and board chairman Camille Rose opened the special meeting with a review of the issue at hand. The tribe has roped off a sandy path located near the entrance to Clay Pit Road and blocked it with a pile of brush. Town residents and officials say the path is a public access and should be reopened.
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School assistant principal Carlin Hart has been named new principal of the Oak Bluffs school, Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss confirmed yesterday.
Mr. Hart will replace principal Laury Binney, who announced his resignation in late June after 14 years at the helm of the school. Mr. Weiss said the appointment takes effect next week.
“This will be a transition week . . . but by next week, he’ll be completely in Oak Bluffs,” said Mr. Weiss.