Everett Poole News Today

WHEELING — Oglebay Institute’s Parcel Players close their summer season with the deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, “Little Shop of Horrors.” The production will continue to be staged today through Sunday, Aug. 4-6, at Towngate Theatre in Wheeling. Thursday night’s opening performance was sold out. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney’s “The […]

  Chilmark voters joined their peers in Tisbury, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown and West Tisbury in supporting a housing bank. At town meeting Monday night, voters approved the article on a voice vote after some extensive debate. The question will be on the town’s election ballot on Wednesday as well. Three towns — Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, and […]

Chilmark voters approved an extra $1.3 million for an impending project that will provide the town a new fire station and a first ever Tri-Town Ambulance headquarters. Voters unanimously amended the $1.2 million figure on the warrant, adding $100,000 on a motion from select board chair Jim Malkin.​​ Prior to the special town meeting, the […]

To the Editor: In the early 1970s, I was looking for a job. Everett Poole needed a secretary. I applied, and he hired me, maybe because we were both progeny of whaling captains. Everett Poole was a remarkable man. He had a shrewd and piercing intelligence that he often covered over with dry Yankee humor. […]

Greetings from cold, bright, and snowy Ithaca, N.Y., where I am visiting seasonal Aquinnah residents Rachel and Mike McDonald. The air is bracing, and the snow has a pleasing crunch to it. Ithaca is a charming town, and there is a small ski mountain close by, where some members of our group are taking advantage […]

March 1 was my mother’s birthday; she was born in 1918, and passed away in 2003. This last week my 93-year-old stepbrother passed away, the next day the 100-year-old dad of a dear friend, and then the day following, the unofficial mayor of Menemsha, Everett Poole, 91, passed on. I am glad he was able […]

It’s stayed cold enough that our latest snow still coats the grass and crunches underfoot when I walk outside. Ice patches and ruts coat the driveway and paths through the yard. At last, it feels like winter. This week is school vacation week for Island kids. I hope they get good sunny days to play […]

Menemsha stalwart Everett Poole, who served as Chilmark town moderator for 45 years, died peacefully on Monday. He was 91 years old. Poole’s wife Diane confirmed his death and said he was surrounded by family.  “He loved this whole Island and everybody here,” she said. “He was able to die at home.” Poole was a […]

Chilmark voters were in a mood to say yes Saturday afternoon, passing every part of a 19 article warrant. Topping the warrant, a $950,000 request for an HVAC at the Chilmark School, handily cleared a requisite ⅔ threshold with only one dissenter. A $16,588.26 ask to cover old bills cleared a ⁹/₁₀ majority requirement with […]

Chilmark voters re-elected Jan Buhrman to the board of health and approved 10 spending questions at their annual town election Wednesday, including for the $11 million fire station project.