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Cronig’s Plans a Power Play With Solar Panels in Parking Lot

Peter Brannen | Thursday, January 26 2012 - 2:43pm

Summer shoppers seeking shade may be able to do so this summer while powering up. Vineyard Power hopes to install a 12,200 square foot array of solar panels over the Vineyard Haven Cronig’s parking lot. The array, which will supply a quarter of the store’s energy needs, is made up of three “solar canopies,” which will also feature six electric car charging stations.

What’s Stefan Richter’s Point? Top Chef Buys Local, Seasonal

Peter Brannen

“I went swimming this morning,” announced Chef Stefan Richter to a rapt audience at a cooking demonstration at the Boathouse in Edgartown on Saturday. “I swam across the harbor. I came back and my toes were blue. No wet suit. It took me about 35 minutes to defrost, it was brutal.”

Sow Native, Ecologist Counsels

Peter Brannen

Strolling the pastoral pathways of the Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury, you would never suspect that among the shimmering medley of goldenrod and milkweed and beneath the hypnotic drone of sunbathing insects, a silent battle is being waged. It is the yearly struggle between invasive and native plant species for the natural heritage of the Island and for the very future of biodiversity in the region. It is a battle that Doug Tallamy desperately hopes can be won by the home team.