December. The month of holidays and parties and celebrations in all our Island towns, and, of course, gift giving. Please note that I did not say, “December, a month of great fishing.” Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas, and that is probably an understatement. I begin decorating the day after Thanksgiving, and spend the […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission voted 4-0 to sign a release deed with the commonwealth for Doug’s Cove Preserve but declined payment for it. Commission vice chair and commonwealth representative Wesley Motts abstained. Land Bank executive director James Lengyel told the commission a bike path is being constructed on Beach Road, a part of […]
As the most recently departed generation of Islanders would have told us, there were no deer on Martha’s Vineyard. “There wasn’t any then,” declared Fanny Jenkinson (1893–1994) of Chilmark to Linsey Lee of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum in 1983. “Never heard of a deer.” Basil Welch of Vineyard Haven told Lee, “I was born and […]
Jack Shea died on Sunday and if you knew him you’re no doubt feeling a tremendous sense of loss at reading those words. Jack was a larger-than-life character who immediately put his friends at ease with his rye sense of humor. He loved telling stories and did it well in his role as a freelance […]
John Daniel Hawke Jr., son of Olga Buchbinder and John Daniel Hawke of Rockville Centre, N.Y., died at his home in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3, 2022, at the age of 88, surrounded by his family. An accomplished lawyer who served in all three branches of the U.S. government, Hawke was once called “the dean […]