Pam Glavin News Today

When one of us suffers a tragedy, we pull together. To the wide circle of family and friends mourning the death of Riley Ignacio-Cameron, a 20-year-old resident of Aquinnah, and student at Maine Maritime Academy, in a car accident this past weekend; I stand by, holding you in the light and wishing I could lift […]

It began to snow on Monday morning as I was writing my column. It didn’t last more than an hour or so, but it was beautiful as it softly blew and fell outside our windows. It’s been cold the past few mornings, outlining the edges of leaves with a silvery coating of frost. I seem […]

This is one of the worst things I have ever had to write in the column, we have lost a young, kind soul.  Riley Ignacio-Cameron died in a car accident over the weekend in Maine, where he was attending Maine Maritime. Riley, son of Ona Ignacio and Ben Cameron, brother to Skyler Ignacio-Cameron, grandson of […]

The Martha’s Vineyard Figure Skating Club (MVFSC) began in 1981 when two women, Molly Finkelstein and Pam Glavin, wanted to provide a new opportunity for Islanders out on the ice.  Way back when the Martha’s Vineyard Ice Arena was an open-air skating rink, Finkelstein and Glavin sought to teach folks — especially young people — […]

A dusting of snow on Christmas Eve morning helped set the mood to make our holiday turkey, the one we’ve been saving since November. Just when everyone thought this holiday season would be different, it is, just not in the way we imagined. So far the tally for folks who attended holiday parties and events […]

The Aquinnah Artisan’s Festival this past weekend was a complete delight. The vendors were talented with so many wonderful gifts, the food provided by Goldie’s Food Truck and the Orange Peel Bakery was delicious and nourishing and the people came from all over the Island to shop. While staffing a fundraising table for the Friends […]