Mark Alan Lovewell
The Aquinnah Cultural Center has opened a new exhibit, celebrating the history of the town through voices.
The center is located on the cliffs, at the homestead of the Vanderhoop family. The beautiful white house which now has a role of preserving the town’s history has stunning views of the shoreline. This is the cultural center’s fourth summer, and the latest exhibit is for all who care about Aquinnah and its rich history.
As many as 90 sailboats are expected to race this weekend in the fourth annual Vineyard Cup. Last night Vineyard Haven harbor was full of visiting boats for the three days of racing.
This is the biggest summer event for Sail Martha’s Vineyard and the number of boats scheduled is up from last year. The style of boats participating is as varied as the sailors who sail them. Vineyard Haven outer harbor is now full of masts, booms and rigging. And the shore of Owen Park will be the staging area for many sailors.
The Norton Point Beach opening has created river-like currents in Edgartown harbor, and with the 86th annual Edgartown Yacht Club regatta on this weekend, there will be plenty of sailors trying to negotiate the narrow opening between the Chappaquiddick ferry dock and Memorial Wharf which can challenge even the most experienced of sailors.
Trying to get in and out of the harbor is trickier since the breach in April 2007; it can be a spectator sport watching the smallest of sailboats get in trouble as they try to negotiate the opposing current.
One hundred years ago, when newspapers dominated the communication world, an enterprising journalist named Edwin Grozier sought to make the Boston Post one of the great newspapers in New England.
To draw attention to the newspaper, he decided to hand out 700 canes, one to nearly every New England town. The cane would be passed to the town’s eldest male citizen. When that person died, the next eldest citizen would receive it.
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
Locally caught striped bass arrived in local fish markets and restaurants Sunday. It is now the “catch of the day.”
“On Sunday morning we sold maybe 20 pounds,” said Sandra Healy of John’s Fish Market in Vineyard Haven. “I like it, because the customers like it. They’ve been waiting a year for striped bass and now they can get it.”
Commercial rod and reel fisherman Scott Terry provides her with the fish.
There is plenty of room and opportunity for humor for those in pursuit of a spiritual life. Rev. Susan Sparks, a minister from New York city, spoke at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs on Sunday morning. Her sermon Laughing Your Way to Grace drew applause after she repeatedly got the congregation to laugh. Reverend Sparks, with a Southern accent, said she had a simple message: Religion isn’t just about being serious.