Opinion
The ocean may still be as blue as it was in January, but there is a new fragrance that goes with a warming ocean. Is it too soon to think of a bluefish blitz at Wasque?
It was a good week for land trusts and other members of the conservation community on the Vineyard, beginning with an acquisition of coastal farmland on Chappaquiddick by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank and ending with a decision from the state Supreme Judicial Court that affirms the inherent value of open space.
Before my first job out of college at 22, I carried a five-dollar bill and my license either in the back pocket of my well-worn jeans or tucked discreetly in my 34B 100 per cent cotton bra. I went dancing that way, walked into bars that way and drove around in my 1963 black and red MGB that way. That was really all I needed for ID and survival.
The author, a student at the public charter school, won top honors in a national program for her letter to Anne Frank and will be invited to a State House awards ceremony.
Who wins mother of the year? Island school children participated in an essay-writing contest that concluded on Mother’s Day weekend with an announcement of winners and a brunch at the Harbor View Hotel in Edgartown. Here are the four winning essays.
Kevin Parham’s new book, The Vineyard We Knew, certainly dispels the long-held stereotype that all of we African Americans who inhabit Martha’s Vineyard are rich, famous or both.