Mandy Locke
School Bells Ring for 2,400 Island Children
New Academic Year With High Energy to Reach Goals
By MANDY LOCKE
The school children waiting at the ends of driveways Thursday morning confirmed what the empty shelves of school supplies at area stores suggested earlier this week.
Nearly 2,400 Island children - filled with stories from summer adventures - headed back to school yesterday.
And there to welcome each and every one were eager teachers and administrators.
Labor Day Holiday Marks Turn In the Rhythms of Vineyard Life
By MANDY LOCKE
There's something different in the Vineyard air these days.
The goldenrods stand sturdy along the side of the road. Cars now manage to work their way along Upper Main street faster than pedestrians. Morning delivers an autumn chill before it builds to afternoon heat. Red and white "help wanted" signs hang pleadingly on store windows. Children's dreams of days on the beach fade to thoughts of the first day of school.
Television police dramas depict officers arriving at the scene of the rape - often a dark public park - where they meet a shaken young woman who de
Festival Orchestra Plays to Applause of Crowd
By MANDY LOCKE
When the light of the setting sun - streaming through the stained glass windows above the stage of the Tabernacle - erased all but the outline of the Martha's Vineyard Festival Orchestra, the audience suspected that something special was about to happen.
Survivors of Rape and Sexual Violence Speak to Dark Side of Vineyard Life
By MANDY LOCKE
She's the girl next door. She's the waitress who serves you at your favorite spot on Circuit avenue. She teaches your children. She dates your brother. She sits next to you in biology class.
She's your daughter, your sister, your mother, your wife.
There are moments that can only be captured at an agricultural fair — children toting balls of cotton candy larger than their heads, piglets restin