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Edgartown

Edgartown Gail Gardner - 0
We’ve officially reached the high-paced season on M.V. Hold onto your hats. The next 8 to 10 weeks will be wild. Happy belated birthday to my brother, Bob Gardner, who celebrated on June 25. Other...
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Aquinnah

Aquinnah Kathie Olsen - 0
COVID seems to be having something of a flare. I’ve been down with COVID and know of several people besides me who have been stricken recently. Having to isolate at this time of year...
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Oak Bluffs

Oak Bluffs Joanne Lambert - 0
“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.” –L.M. Montgomery Driving along State Beach last week, I had that very thought! It seems to happen suddenly...
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West Tisbury

West Tisbury Hermine Hull - 0
Fireflies are showing themselves, making sparkly patterns in the trees and the night sky when I take Abby out. Happy to note them everywhere, since I remember them being quite sparse last summer. The...
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Tisbury

Tisbury Kay Mayhew - 0
Heard on Main Street: I am pleased the Grace Church lobster rolls are back. That makes summer better. I’ve started reading “The Comfort of Ghosts,” by Jacqueline Winspear. She says this is the last of the...
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Edgartown

Edgartown Gail Gardner - 0
I can’t believe June is winding down and the Fourth of July is just next week. Time is flying by. I’ve been to the beach three times so far, which is only a few...
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Chilmark

Chilmark Claire Ganz - 0
Summer is beautiful, and many are gathering in that terribly exquisite combination of joy and sorrow, missing those who should still be here as well as remembering those whose lives were long.  Lucy Patterson Cox...
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Aquinnah

Aquinnah Kathie Olsen - 0
As we prepare for the holiday week, I’m thinking about the Fourth of July, and as I do, I’m troubled. For thousands of years, the varied indigenous populations on this continent primarily had enough...
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West Tisbury

West Tisbury Hermine Hull - 0
Hedgerows are at their most beautiful now. All the trees are leafed out, recently enough that there are still variations in the greens, and white multiflora roses vine through the branches. The roses’ fragrance...
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Tisbury

Tisbury Kay Mayhew - 0
Heard on Main Street: Burn the good candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special. Can’t help but think that the hot weather replacing...
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Oak Bluffs

Oak Bluffs Joanne Lambert - 1
"Not only is it summer solstice, there is a full moon. May love surround you like sunshine on a sunny day.”  –attributed to William Shakespeare The June full moon is the “Strawberry Moon,” and it...
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Chilmark

Chilmark Claire Ganz - 0
The light in June and the weather are exquisite. Peonies and roses are blooming. The hums of bees and bossy hummingbirds seem to harmonize with the voices of the birds. In Summer Time By Paul Laurence...
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Aquinnah

Aquinnah Kathie Olsen - 0
Last week Gabbi Camilleri and I spent about an hour cleaning out the storage area next to the stage in the Town Hall. We sorted through boxes and bags and piles. There were stacks...
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Aquinnah

Aquinnah Kathie Olsen - 0
As I write this, it is gray and has a slight chill to the air. I’d say that this spring has been a lovely lazy spring, with bursts of tourists and quiet calm, warm...
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Chilmark

Chilmark Claire Ganz - 0
We lost two vibrant pieces of our community last week. Janice Haynes was an unforgettable presence, with an unapologetically sassy and uninhibited nature that danced with abandon like everybody was watching. I keep looking...
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Edgartown

Edgartown Gail Gardner - 0
Wow, this was a busy weekend. Pride Month has brought many festivities, including the Pride Parade in Oak Bluffs. I hope everyone had fun. And of course, the high school Class Night and graduation...
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Oak Bluffs

Oak Bluffs Joanne Lambert - 0
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”  –Ida B. Wells I was very sad to learn that the Island lost another great one. Attorney Ron Rappaport passed away...
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Tisbury

Tisbury Kay Mayhew - 0
Heard on Main Street: Tomorrow is Flag Day. Be proud to fly our flag. The M.V. Film Society is showing “The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief” on Sunday, June 16, at 4 pm....
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Oak Bluffs

Oak Bluffs Joanne Lambert - 0
“We deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise.”  –Elliot Page Pride weekend is here! Oak Bluffs celebrates and honors our LGBTQ community with events all weekend, sponsored by the O.B. Association,...
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Tisbury

Tisbury Kay Mayhew - 0
Heard on Main Street: Believe everything happens for a reason. Do you? There is something very special about visits with old friends you haven’t seen in a while, especially those with whom you restart the...
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