Opinion
The dads were both engineers and the moms were stay-at-homes with young ones. The more liberal of the two mothers was Ann Margetson, whose idea it was to share a summer vacation in Oak Bluffs.
When I was a young boy growing up in Chilmark, this was the time of year when my friends and I would spend most of our days fishing the brooks and ponds for native brook trout.
Earlier this week a man walking down the street announced, “If it snows, I quit.” What he would quit was not entirely clear, but his sentiment was written all over his body — hands tucked deeply into his pockets, jacket collar turned up and a thick hat pulled down on his head.
Chilmark voters have spoken, voting by a slim margin at the annual town meeting Monday to send the town back to the drawing board on the restoration project for Squibnocket Beach.
There is exciting news which makes saving the ponds and estuaries of the Cape and Islands possible and affordable.
I want to express our sincere appreciation to the Vineyard community for coming out and helping with this year’s Earth Day beach cleanup.