Remy Tumin
Chief Climber
Chilmark police chief Brian Cioffi is going Over the Edge this weekend. As part of a fund-raising event for Special Olympics Massachusetts, 100 participants who pledge to raise at least $1,000 have a once-in-a-lifetime chance of rappelling 22 stories down Boston’s Hyatt Regency.
As of Thursday morning he had received $7,148 in donations. Anyone may donate online at overtheedgeboston.org, sponsor “edger” Brian Cioffi.
When Joe DaSilva starts talking about his cooking career, little of it has to do with food. He talks about the people and conversations that start over a meal. Eating is an experience, he says, that doesn’t rely solely on the ingredients. Sometimes you just have to go back to the basics.
Jamie O’Gorman stood in a field of summer squash and cucumbers at Morning Glory Farm in Edgartown on Saturday, looking over her shoulder, hoping that more volunteers would arrive at any minute. The field behind the peach orchard had only a few volunteers that afternoon to help the Island Grown Initiative’s gleaning program.
Edgartown selectmen this week cited the Harbor View Hotel for serving alcohol to a minor on the Fourth of July.
At their weekly meeting Monday selectmen discussed a report from the West Tisbury police who had pulled over a 19-year-old Connecticut man on July 4 and charged him with operating under the influence of alcohol. Police said the minor, who failed a breathalyzer test, reported he had been served at the hotel along with his passenger, and neither had been asked for proof of age.
The tale of two Island libraries took a new twist this week when the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners awarded a grant to the West Tisbury library for building a new facility, but Edgartown did not make the cut and will receive no funding, at least for now.
The view over Menemsha harbor may be forever changed after last year’s fire destroyed the historic Coast Guard boathouse and town pier, but one thing remains unchanged: the heart and soul of the picturesque fishing village that is Chilmark’s downtown.
Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the July 12 fire, a fitting day for the dedication of the rebuilt drive-on dock. A large group of Chilmark elected leaders, emergency service chiefs and residents gathered in Menemsha to mark the occasion.