Ivy Ashe
Whit Manter and Tim Spahr drove beneath a full moon in the very early hours of Saturday morning, heading for the State Forest. It was 3 a.m. when they arrived at their destination. As soon as they stepped out of the car, they heard an unmistakable sound. Hoo. Hoo hoo hoo.
The mice were back. The other night I watched in peeved frustration as the scrabbling noise behind my tiny dorm-sized fridge grew louder until finally a little brown shape darted the three feet or so into the coat closet. There was another sound, more scrabbling, another dart. I counted three before I texted my friend. “My apartment is literally being invaded.” (I was pleased, in spite of it all, to for once use the word “literally” in its true sense). The apartment is a stand-alone studio, roughly 250 square feet.
High school winter sports teams took a brief holiday break before resuming play in a flurry of action.
Some hadn’t played in years, since they had graduated from the regional high school. Others were still playing in college.
The story of Vineyard Christianity begins in 1642 with Thomas Mayhew Jr.
The younger Mayhew, as he is often referred to in Dr. Charles E. Banks’ three-volume history of Martha’s Vineyard, stepped into the role of Island minister after nobody else could be found to take the job. There were few settlers at the time...
Island police officers began adding a new tool to their arsenal this month as a small group participates in a state-approved instructor development course. Jack Collins, counsel for the Massachusetts Police Chiefs Association, and Oak Bluffs Lieut. Jim Morse have been leading the officers in a six-day training session, which resumes in January.