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“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”  –Rosa Parks  When Rosa Parks went to elementary school in a rural town outside Montgomery, Ala., she watched the buses take the white students to their […]

The Marthas Vineyard Times To the Editor: Joining many expressing sorrow at the recent loss of longtime Vineyarder Vera Shorter, as we near town elections, I want to share an anecdote about this fine lady. Annually the M.V. League of Women Voters mails a springtime letter to a number of active Vineyarders. As the League member who sends written thanks to those responding, I can report that for many years Vera Shorter was among the first to respond to this appeal. She was indeed an e...

Oak Bluffs: An up-close coronavirus experience — Shelby Regan February 2021 is here with a confetti parade of snowflakes to announce its arrival. It is predicted that whatever little snow we get will soon be erased by a few days of rain. But as I sit watching it on this Monday morning while writing this week’s column, the snow is soft and a background of perfection for the cardinals, wrens, nuthatches, and woodpeckers that are gathering up more seeds from the porch feeder. On Thursday last,...