Sports
Chilmark’s Miles Jaffe spends his winters playing bridge, among other things, in New Zealand and France, but a lesson he learned at the Hartford, Conn., Bridge Club really struck home.
The Vineyard Playhouse is hosting a night at sea even the most devoted landlubber can enjoy.
The girls’ tennis team advances to the sectional finals after defeating Cohasset 3-2 in an exhilarating home match Wednesday. The win marks a first for the high school girls tennis program which has never sent a team to the finals of the MIAA sectional tournament.
The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks opened their season Thursday with a 5-2 win against the North Shore Navigators. Stalwart fans stuck out the nearly three hour game draped in blankets and down sleeping bags to stay warm on an unseasonably cool night.
Last weekend, dozens of surfcasters at Wasque Point could hardly believe their luck. The water churned with bluefish as fishermen reeled in catch after catch. “Some of the best fishing days I’ve ever had,” said Wayne Smith, an avid surfcaster.
What good came out of this accursèd winter? Only indoor activities.