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The Martha's Vineyard Times Oak Bluffs: Programs for seniors — Shelby Regan “It is not enough to know how to ride, you must also know how to fall” is a Mexican proverb according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Most appropriate at this time of the year, as May 5 is Cinco de Mayo, Spanish for Fifth of May, an annual celebration. The date commemorates the Mexican Army’s victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. This information was a good history lesson for me, as I previously had now idea what was being celebrated. So celebrate this day, and enjoy...

The Martha's Vineyard Times VFW Quartermaster Peter Herrmann dies Updated April 21 Peter Herrmann, a Vietnam veteran who served in the Navy aboard the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, died suddenly on Tuesday. He was 75. Herrmann was the quartermaster for the VFW in Oak Bluffs, and a longtime lover of fishing.  VFW Commander Tom Norbury described Herrmann as the “backbone” of the VFW. “It was his heart and soul,” Norbury said.  Norbury said Herrmann’s passing has hit him “pretty hard,” and he and his fellow VFW members are just in the formative stages of a plan to hono...