Ghouls, fairy tale creatures, and cartoon characters excitedly roamed the streets of Vineyard Haven in search of tricks or treats on a cool Halloween evening Sunday. Trick-or-treating was canceled last year because of COVID concerns in the popular William Street neighborhood. Halloween this year saw a return of trick-or-treating at some of the residencies on […]
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Joe Capobianco and Janay Dlabaj â feeding M.V.
Joe Capobianco closes the tailgate after loading a pickup truck. â Jeremy Driesen
Joe heads back to get more food. At the height of the pandemic, the program served more than 300 families. â Jeremy Driesen
Cars lining up for food. Joe Capobianco says they line up two hours ahead of the food donation program. â Jeremy Driesen
Adam Wilson is a member of Tri-Town EMS, and volunteers as a traffic director at the food giveaway. â Jeremy Driesen
Janay and Jesse Dlabaj load food into a vehicle. Janay said it s been special to share these moments with her daughter. â Jeremy Driesen
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On March 13, 2020, the novel coronavirus went from a distant concern to a full-fledged, in-our-backyard worry. The Island had not yet had its first case of COVID-19, but it was already feeling the effects.
Schools were shut down for what was initially expected to be two weeks, and cancellations began flooding into our email in-boxes faster than we could process them. Restaurants were told they would have to transition from in-person dining to “curbside pickup.” Virtually everything came to a crashing halt as we waited for the inevitable.