Baby girl Orion Grace Newton-Thibodeau arrived at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital at 1:09 pm, Thursday, Jan. 7. She is the first baby born on Martha’s Vineyard in 2016.
Orion weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce. She is the daughter of Maria and Janet Newton-Thibodeau of Edgartown.
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Thomas R. Barlosky, also known as “T-Bone,” of Vineyard Haven died Thursday, January 7th, 2016. He was 60 years old.
Born in Bridgeport, CT, Tommy moved to Martha’s Vineyard in 1974 with the love of his life, Nancy. He built a successful painting and floor sanding business and took much pride in his work.
If you live on the Vineyard, there’s a good chance you knew T-Bone as he had many friends and was loved by so many. Tommy was known for his love of fishing and spending time on the water. He enjoyed going to Florida and soaking up the sun with his family and, of course, fishing. And the fishing Derby! The real world would come to an end each year when Derby time arrived. Tommy was up before sunrise and back to the shore after sunset, always hoping to catch that prize-winning fish.
Eastville Beach was also a favorite spot for Tommy. He often took his little dog Madison with him to the beach for walks – always making sure he had a water bowl and dog bones in his truck for her.
Although Tommy loved to fish, he didn’t like eating fish! Tommy always shared his catches of fish and scallops with family, friends, and the wonderful men who worked with and for him.
He is survived by his loving wife, Nancy Casey Barlosky, his sons Tyrone of Vineyard Haven and John of Greenwich, CT; his daughter Lauren, her husband Josh and three-month-old grandson Grayson Winpenny of Warwick, Rhode Island; his sister, Bonnie Bishop and her husband Donnie of Connecticut; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Marge and Thomas Barlosky.
His funeral service was held Monday, Jan. 11 officiated by Pastor Marcia Buckley. Burial followed in the Oak Grove Cemetery, State Rd, Vineyard Haven next to his in-laws John and Marge Casey, who he loved and to whom he was so kind. Donations in Tommy’s name can be made to the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard, PO Box 1829, Edgartown, MA 02539 or the Vineyard Sober House, PO Box 4599, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.
An online guestbook is available at ccgfuneralhome.com.
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Linda R. (Tankard) Gonsalves of Wareham, died at home January 8, 2016 after a long illness surrounded by her loving family. She was 59.
She was the daughter of Carrie (Camillo) Tankard and the late George V. Tankard, Jr.
Linda was born in Newark, NJ in 1956, one of six children. The family moved to Oak Bluffs in the late 1960s. Linda graduated from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School and married her childhood sweetheart, Wayne P. Gonsalves, in 1980.
She attended beauty school in Boston, graduating from Wilford Beauty Academy. She later worked for beauty salons in Newton and Somerville. She and Wayne lived in the city for many years before moving to Wareham with their children in 1986. Linda then became a homemaker, dedicating her life to raising her three daughters.
Linda will be remembered as a loving and devoted mother who attended all her daughters’ sporting events. When her girls were older, she returned to employment at Marian Heath Greeting Cards in Wareham as a packer, Benthos in Falmouth as an assembler, and Target in Wareham as a display associate. She was an avid bargain hunter who enjoyed crafting, gardening, and traveling. Her greatest joy was being a grandmother to her two grandsons.
She is survived by her husband, Wayne of Wareham; daughters Mia E. Wright of New Milford, NJ, Gina E. Gonsalves of Everett, and Elana M. Gonsalves of Wareham; her mother Carrie (Camillo) Tankard of Oak Bluffs; brothers George V. Tankard, III of Vineyard Haven, Craig Tankard of Vineyard Haven, Felipe Tankard of Raleigh, NC; sisters Carmen Amadeo of Oak Bluffs and Stephanie Earl of Olathe, KS; and grandsons Brayden and Kellen Wright.
Services will be held Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 11 am at St. Augustine Church, 56 Franklin St., Vineyard Haven. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery, Oak Bluffs. There will be no visiting hours.
Donations in Linda’s memory can be made to: Cranberry Hospice, 36 Cordage Park Circle, Plymouth, MA, 02360; MV NAACP, P.O. Box 1513, Oak Bluffs, MA, 02557; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA, 02144.
Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, 2599 Cranberry Hwy., Wareham. For more info and online guestbook, visit: www.ccgfuneralhome.com.
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Lynn Jelliffe Friis of West Tisbury died peacefully on Friday, January 8, 2016 at Windemere Nursing Center after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. She spent her final days and hours surrounded by her loving family. Lynn was 86 years old.
Lynn was the beloved daughter of Maltby and Thelma Jelliffe of Middletown, New Jersey, where she grew up. Her sister Arity Findlay predeceased her. Lynn married her college sweetheart, Dr. Clayton Friis, whom she met while a sophomore at Jackson College of Tufts University. They celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Christmas Day.
Lynn was a natural and gifted athlete. She rode horses in her youth, swam in the nearby Atlantic Ocean throughout the summers, and was the captain of the Jackson College tennis team. She continued to be an avid tennis player throughout her life.
She had a deep love and talent for music and became an accomplished cellist as an adult, playing in the Great Neck Symphony on Long Island and in the Arista Quartet which performed throughout the New York metro area for many years. One of the quartet’s most moving and appreciated programs was devoted entirely to music composed in the concentration camps of Europe during WWII. She also taught lessons to children and adults privately at the Westchester Conservatory, and attended the Wellesley Composers Conference annually. Lynn and her husband greatly enjoyed the cultural life of the New York area and Martha’s Vineyard. She served as an usher at the Caramoor Music Festival in New York and attended the Chilmark Chamber Music Series.
Lynn and her husband Clayton spent fifty years as part-time residents of West Tisbury and moved here permanently in 2012. Clayton captained charters out of Vineyard Haven and Edgartown, worked on the Chappaquiddick Ferry, and on the Menemsha Bike Ferry for thirteen summers.
Lynn was a caring mother and wife, sweet friend, and gentle soul. In addition to her husband, Lynn is survived by her four children–Suzanne Friis Gagliardi and her husband Ron of Holmdel, New Jersey; Carl Friis of Glen Haven, Colorado; Rachel Friis Stettler and her husband David of Boston; Tanya Friis and her partner Michael Hill of Crystal, Nevada; and four grandchildren, Erik Stettler, Will Stettler, Lauren Gagliardi, and Kristin Gagliardi.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in Lynn’s honor be directed to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (stjude.org) or Martha’s Vineyard Hospice (hospiceofmv.org).
Her funeral service will be held at a later date to be announced. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road, Oak Bluffs. Visit www.ccgfuneralhome.com for online guest book and information.
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By Philip A. Zentz
Snowy Owl takes to flight
On lumbering feathered wings
Broad in body, white on white
With only a hoot he sings
Vanishing into the snowy night
Not a silent majestic soar
Against gravity he fights
Takeoff, a solemn rumbling roar
Speckled against the world
Eyes sharpened on the prize
Another stormy snowflake
In a wintry snowy sky …
As a young man, Philip A. Zentz worked summers on Martha’s Vineyard, commercial fishing out of Menemsha and building stone walls. A retired carpenter, cabinetmaker and schoolteacher, he now lives in East Bridgewater, but often visits relatives here.
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Kristin Thelvarda (Coakley) Sears, 79, of Falmouth died on Dec. 29. She was the wife of Harold H. Sears.
She was born and raised in West Orange, N.J., and spent summers in Falmouth. In 1946 her parents, John C.F. and Thelvarda Coakley, bought the old stone barn, a landmark on Route 28A in West Falmouth, and remodeled it into a year-round home.
She and her husband, along with their two children, moved to Falmouth permanently in 1968.
Ms. Sears owned the Vineyard Wine Shop in Oak Bluffs and assisted her husband with his businesses on the Cape and Martha’s Vineyard. Her daughter, Wendy A. Child, owned the Fence Rail store in Falmouth. Ms. Child died in 2007.
In addition to her husband, she leaves her son, Clayton C. Sears of Falmouth, and five grandchildren, Lindsay, Jack, and Samuel Child, and Benjamin Sears and Taylor (Sears) Devine.
Services have been held.
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Hugh James MacInnis Jr. died suddenly on Sunday morning, Jan. 3, 2016, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital where he was born. He was 74. Hugh was a true son of the Island, as his name Mac Innis — Gaelic for son of the island — indicated.
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He was born Feb. 16, 1941, to Hugh James Sr. and Jessie MacInnis. His parents were both born in Canada: Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. They met in Boston and settled here, where his father was working as James Cagney’s caretaker.
Hughie, his sister Jean, and their parents lived first in Chilmark and then in the Methodist Campground in Oak Bluffs.
Hughie went to school in Oak Bluffs and graduated from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School in 1961, a member of the second class to ever graduate from the new regional high school. Voted most artistic male in his class, he designed the first seal for the regional high school.
He used his artistic skills, painting only for pleasure and never for work. During his school years he set pins in the bowling alley, opened scallops, and became second class baker with Harold Walmsley, who baked for all the hotels.
After graduation he worked at Seven Gates as a groundskeeper. Taking extended classes after high school graduation, he became a mechanic. He worked for multiple garages for 20 years, gaining his first license to drive trucks and semis in the process.
Hughie’s childhood dream was to drive big trucks and machines. Counting the years working for Tommy Rogers, White Brothers, and White Brothers Lynch Corp., he did exactly that for 36 years. Hughie could make his truck stand up and dance. That was with a dump truck fully loaded, towing a 50-foot flatbed with a machine on it down sometimes dark unpaved roads, or more often in traffic: some 80,000 pounds of truck.
His father’s advice, “to either be rich or a jack of all trades,” shaped his life. He could fish, scallop, fix anything, paint a house or a painting. He finished the inside of his own home. His artistic ability saw to it that any job he did was done neatly, with finesse, so that a lawn would not only be mowed but look beautiful. The gardening he did fed his family and library patrons as well.
He loved to fish, he loved to sail, he loved to be on the water. He had a lifetime marine list of all the creatures he had seen snorkeling, and oh, how he loved to dance! Doo-wop was his thing.
Hugh adored his many pets over the years. Animals, even wild ones, had an instinctive trust of him and relaxed in his hands, knowing they were safe. Once, a crow landed on his shoulder while he was out scalloping. It was blowing a gale, and the crow was having a hard time. It regrouped on his shoulder and after a short rest, made it to shore.
He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Debby MacInnis, and his sister, Jean Smith of Ravenna, Ky.; by her three sons and their families, Donald and Madeline Ben David and their daughter Erica of Berea, Ky.; Russell and Sharon Ben David of Lexington, Ky.; and Joseph and Teresa Smith of Ravenna, Ky. He is survived by an aunt, Dorothy Armstrong of Scottsville, N.Y., and an uncle, Robert MacInnis of Brockport, N.Y.
He is also survived by two brothers-in-law and their families: Richard and Diana Snow, and Christopher and Marleigh Snow of Kennebunk, Maine; and their three children: Christopher Thomas, Hannah, and Erin Snow.
He left many members of his pretend-adopted family. He was predeceased by a dear one of them, Molly Brown.
His funeral will be held at Trinity Methodist Church in the Campground in Oak Bluffs at 1:30 pm on Sunday, Jan. 31, followed a potluck reception at the Parish Hall immediately afterward. The funeral date may be changed (no later than Thursday morning) if the weather is too inclement to allow safe travel for those coming a long distance. The schedule can be confirmed with the Chapman, Cole, and Gleason Funeral Home. Up-to-date information will be published in The MVTimes on Jan. 28.
Food is welcome at the potluck. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the charity of your choice. Hugh loved nature, animals, children, and people. He felt they were all his to take care of.
For a man who did not think he was important, he left an awfully broad wake to cross.
Who Loves the Rain
by France Shaw
Who loves the rain
And loves his home,
And looks on life with quiet eyes,
Him will I follow through the storm;
And at his hearth-fire keep me warm;
Nor hell nor heaven shall that soul surprise,
Who loves the rain,
And loves his home,
And looks on life with quiet eyes.
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Phyllis M. Gourley died on Dec. 25, 2015, at home in Tucson, Ariz. She was 90.
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Phyllis was born on August 27, 1925, in Norwood, to Martin and Ella McDonald. She graduated from Canton High School, where she was captain of the field hockey team. After attending Kathleen Dell School of Business in Boston, she married Ronald Gourley in 1950 and had three children. They lived in Cambridge while Ronald taught at Harvard, and spent each summer on the Vineyard. After moving to Tucson, Ariz., in 1978, they continued to return to their Chilmark home each summer.
The Gourleys first came to the Vineyard in 1956, and built their summer house on Middle Road in Chilmark in 1957. Phyllis was an energetic force, encouraging the family into active pursuits such as softball, swimming lessons, tennis, and square dances at the Chilmark Community Center, racing her Sailfish on Menemsha Pond, digging for clams with bare hands in Lobsterville, picnics at Squibnocket Beach, and last-minute drives to catch the sunset at Menemsha. Combined with her commitment to fun and adventure, Phyllis also dedicated herself to many years of service work with the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club and Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard.
Phyllis had a strong, positive influence on many lives, setting an example of the importance of giving back by being of service to those less fortunate. She will always be remembered for her great love of life, family, friends, family pets and animals, her boundless energy, and her great parties on the deck of the house. Her advice to everyone was to “always have fun.”
Mrs. Gourley is survived by her sister, Jean LeBarre of Palm Springs, Fla.; son Robert Gourley of Tucson, Ariz.; daughter Karen Gourley Lehman of Salem, son Geoffrey Gourley of Flagstaff, Ariz.; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. She is preceded in death by her husband, Ronald; and brother, James McDonald.
Mrs. Gourley was buried in a private ceremony next to her husband Ronald at Abel’s Hill Cemetery on Saturday, Jan. 9. A memorial Mass will be held on Jan. 16 at 11 am at St. Augustine’s Church on Franklin Street in Vineyard Haven. Donations may be made in her memory to Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 1748, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 or to the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 1829, Edgartown, MA 02568.
Local arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs. An online guestbook is available at ccgfuneralhome.com.
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Chilmark
Jan. 6, Fairlawn LP sold 6 Eddy Farm Rd. to Paul A. Slavin and Susan D. Waitzkin for $1,615,000.
Edgartown
Jan. 4, Gloria Drongoski, Cynthia Drongoski Strouse (f/k/a Cynthia Drongoski), and Susan Drongoski Winn (f/k/a Susan Drongoski) sold 105 Martha’s Rd to Jonathan and Nichole Bull for $550,000.
Jan. 4, Sanford Nadelstein sold 1 Nickel Lane to Philip J. Spiro for $665,000.
Jan. 4, William D. Macomber sold 106 Pilgrim Rd. to Charbrook Inc. for $645,000.
Jan. 6, Ginger Norton and Douglas E. Ruskin sold 75 School St. to Keith B. and Shannon M. Stafford for $1,500,000
Jan. 6, Allen W. Wilson, Thomas R. Wilson, and James F. Wilson, trustees of the Wilson Revocable Living Trust, and Ruth W. and Michael J. Bellizzi, trustees of the Bellizzi Family 1999 Realty Trust, sold 11 Mill Hill Farms Rd. to David and Jessica Aronoff for $985,000.
Jan. 6, Violet D. Welch, f/k/a Violet D. Mackler, sold 19 Norton St. to Adam J. and Amy N. Simon for $1,825,000.
Jan. 8, Morash Family LP sold 46 Field Club Dr. to Norman and Margaret Rankow for $1,140,000.
Oak Bluffs
Jan. 5, Alison Shaw and Susan Dawson sold 49 South Circuit Ave. to Laurel Schneider and Emilie Townes for $980,000.
Jan. 8, Robert E. and Diane M. Barry sold 2 Pitch Pine Lane to Theodore C. Anthony, Jr. and Doreen M. Leavey for $591,250.
Tisbury
Jan. 7, Lolita Campbell Duarte sold a portion of 76 Edgartown Rd. to Jeanne M. Francisco, f/k/a Jeanne M. Butterfield, for $4,560.57.
Jan. 8, Sam Fischer and John G. Power, trustees of Vineyard Millennium Nominee Trust, sold 40 Howard St. to Jonathan I. and Wendy W. Mishara, trustees of the Sophisa Real Estate Trust. for $1,415,000.
Jan. 8, Karin and Fituina Tua sold 55 Skiff Ave. to Mary M. Johnson and Eileen Reilly for $504,000.
Jan. 8, Alan and Jilana Abrams sold 60 Mt. Aldworth Rd. to Izzi LLC for $1,420,000.
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M. Danielle (Yarbrough) Kish of Edgartown and Oak Bluffs died unexpectedly on Dec. 29, 2015, after a joyous Christmas weekend filled with family, friends, and celebrations. She was 91.
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Born on Sept. 20, 1925, in Meridian, Miss., to Gladys McFarland Yarbrough and Lester Yarbrough, Danielle was a natural storyteller. From her childhood in the Deep South to her worldly travels, she had an uncanny ability to recount specific details. For this reason, Danielle and her stories approach the realm of legend. Always the center of attention at family gatherings, she was the family matriarch, queen of the Campgrounds, empress of style, and the very definition of sweetness.
Danielle had a youthful, lively aura paired with a philosophical, creative mind. An eternal optimist, she dismissed as trivialities the daily annoyances that bog down most people. Most who knew her had a memory or anecdote that was unique in one way or another, usually quirky, and always special.
To not share a few of Danielle’s stories would be a disservice, for these stories were the very fabric that defined her.
At the age of 9, she was in a school bus accident in which she was trampled by other children rushing to escape the chaos, which left her in full body traction for many months. As a result, the design of school buses was changed.
Not long after, she was headed home from school when a tornado materialized out of nowhere, knocking over a tree in front of the bus. She was able to get home safely, but the tornado took the lives of three of her friends in a nearby house.
At just 16 years of age, Danielle met Stephen Andrew Kish on the Chattanooga Choo Choo. This handsome young man in an Army uniform offered to buy her lunch in the dining car. She stuffed her homemade sandwich into the side of her seat and went with him. As she was getting ready to order a nice lunch, the young man sheepishly confessed that he only had enough money for two blue-plate specials. Over hot dogs and beans, a lifelong romance began. The early years of her married life to Steve were punctuated by long separations because of World War II.
The years brought four children and many more life experiences in Mississippi, Kentucky, New Jersey, Texas, the Philippines, and New York. Danielle delighted in the adventure of life, and did not hesitate to explore on her own. She would animatedly recount the harrowing voyage back from a trip to Hong Kong when her boat nearly capsized; however, she nonchalantly downplayed her traumatic journey and spoke instead of the treasures she procured while there.
Danielle and her family settled in upstate New York. Steve taught military science at Syracuse University, and attended seminary, becoming a Methodist minister. Danielle embraced her role in the religious community, and eagerly took on many new responsibilities which she loved, including teaching Sunday school and organizing events for the congregation.
In 1965, Danielle and her family vacationed in a gingerbread cottage in the Campgrounds of Martha’s Vineyard. Danielle was enchanted by the Campgrounds. She found a cottage for sale on Washington (now Victorian) Park, negotiated a price, and closed the deal. For the next 50 years, the cottage served as a summertime hub of activity. A welcoming refuge for her family and friends, it was also her playhouse. She delighted in hosting Illumination Night festivities, and frequently could be found on the porch playing several daily rounds of Scrabble with her friend Meta.
Loving, dignified, graceful, and fiercely independent, Danielle was a homemaker whose warmth and charisma made those around her feel at home. Appreciating life’s simple things, she was a fan of Lorna Doone cookies, a connoisseur of instant coffee, and a champion of Scrabble. She relished playing with her children, allowing them to put the mattresses on the stairs for a slide, and later, sitting gamely on the floor as her grandchildren crimped her hair and inexpertly applied makeup to her face. Embracing her youthful nature, she never hurried, rarely stressed out, and approached life on her terms.
Danielle was predeceased by her husband, Stephen Kish Sr., and her son Stephen A. Kish Jr. She is survived by her daughter Carole Walton and husband Richard of Oak Bluffs; daughter Robin Barrett and husband Michael of Enfield, Conn.; son David Kish and partner Mariko Kawaguchi of West Tisbury; and daughter-in-law Mary Lou Kish of Silver Spring, Md. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Stephen Kish III; Jennifer Schellhammer and husband Bob; Jonathan Kish; Abigail Okrent and husband Scott; James Walton and wife Rachel; Anna Walton; Catherine (Cassie) Walton; John Barrett; Daniel Barrett and wife Kara; William Barrett and girlfriend Rachel; and nine great-grandchildren: Ciera, Stephen, Diego, Lucy, Brian, Andres, Emily, Thomas, and Cecilia. She is also survived by Beverley Liddicoat, her “Australian daughter,” who was an exchange student living with the family in the 1960s and who has been a part of the family ever since.
A funeral service was held at United Methodist Church of Martha’s Vineyard on Jan. 4, 2016, the Rev. Richard Rego officiating. Donations in Danielle’s name may be made to United Methodist Church of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 2580, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557, or to the Martha’s Vineyard Camp-Meeting Association (Tabernacle Restoration Fund), P.O. Box 1176, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557.
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One of the fishing season’s more important dates was announced this week. The 24th annual Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club Fly Rod Striped Bass Catch and Release tournament will be held the night of Saturday, June 4.
Tournament co-chairman Cooper Gilkes said the date was selected to take advantage of a dark moon, good tides, and, hopefully, the arrival of plenty of striped bass. The event raises money for a variety of club youth activities.
There are three prize categories: the Roberto Germani Trophy, for the most striped bass caught and released by a team; the Sonny and Joey Beaulieu Trophy, for the largest striped bass caught and released; and the Arnold Spofford Trophy, for the most fish caught and released by a team using one fly per team member. The club will host a breakfast in the high school cafeteria Sunday morning, June 5, followed by an awards ceremony at 9:30 am.
The entry fee is $35. For tournament information or to contribute prizes, contact Cooper Gilkes at 508-627-3909.
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The Steamship Authority is canceling ferries Wednesday morning due to high, blustery winds and sea conditions. Winds are gusting up to 45 miles per hour. More cancelations are expected and travelers are advised to contact the boatline for current sailing schedules.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory. West winds 20 to 25 MPH with gusts to 45 MPH are expected. Winds are expected to diminish this afternoon.
For more information, call 508.548.3788 or 508.693.0367
Current conditions may be viewed at http://www.steamshipauthority.com/traveling_today/status
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Last month, Tisbury School students and staff participated in Tigers Give Week. A series of events throughout the week were all dedicated to working together to help others. A coin drive and “Penny Wars” helped raise money to benefit the Red Stocking Fund, an organization that the school has supported for many years. A schoolwide assembly concluded the week, featuring storyteller Susan Klein reinforcing the meaning of giving.
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Jan. 4, 2016
Kimberly R. Araujo, Oak Bluffs; DOB 5/7/68, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, failure to signal: continued to pretrial conference.
Jordan U. Iheke, Oak Bluffs; DOB 11/6/93, disorderly conduct: continued to pretrial conference.
Zadoc Elliot Moreis, Vineyard Haven; DOB 2/11/86, failure to stop/yield, failure to signal, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, resisting arrest, possession of firearm without a Firearm Identification Card: continued to pretrial conference.
Jennifer Raini Powers, a.k.a. Maxner, West Tisbury; DOB 8/31/70, OUI-liquor or .08%, second offense, negligent operation of motor vehicle, child endangerment while OUI, marked lanes violation, possession of open container of alcohol in motor vehicle, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: continued to pretrial conference.
Tiffany J. Rebello, Tisbury; DOB 12/20/83, defacing property: continued to pretrial conference.
Stacy L. Strelecki, Edgartown; DOB 11/23/74, assault and battery on a family/household member: continued to pretrial conference.
Jan. 7, 2016
William N. Camacho, Oak Bluffs; DOB 2/11/75, assault and battery: continued to pretrial conference.
Renan B. Dasilva, Edgartown; DOB 10/17/85, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $250 court cost and the completion of eight hours of community service.
Myles C. Goodwin, Oak Bluffs; DOB 4/14/92, OUI-liquor or .08%: continued without a finding for one year, the defendant is to attend the driver alcohol education program with a loss of license for 45 days and must pay a state fee of $250, $125 HIF, $50 VW, $50 VDD, and $65 PSF; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed at the request of the commonwealth; marked lanes violation: not responsible.
Mary E. Marcelino, West Tisbury; DOB 3/4/87, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation, speeding: continued to pretrial conference.
Maris Pereira, Oak Bluffs; DOB 10/24/66, trespassing: to be dismissed upon payment of $250 court cost.
Lucas Quintiliano, Vineyard Haven; DOB 11/19/86, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $250 court cost and the completion of eight hours of community service; failure to dim headlights: not responsible.
Jennifer E. Wilson, Edgartown; DOB 4/10/70, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: continued without finding for one month, must pay $200 find and $50 VW.
Jan. 8, 2016
Terrence L. Gilmer, Vineyard Haven; DOB 2/16/86, trespassing with a motor vehicle: responsible, must pay $100 fine; uninsured motor vehicle: dismissed at the request of the commonwealth; unregistered motor vehicle: not responsible.
Travis S. Macomber, Edgartown; DOB 6/12/86, possession of class B drug (oxycodone): continued without finding for one year, must pay $50 VW and $65 PSF and drug- and alcohol-free screens.
Tiago DePaula Sampaio, Vineyard Haven; DOB 8/27/87, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: dismissed at the request of the commonwealth.
Matthew J. Sanville, Edgartown; DOB 8/24/75, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, leaving the scene of property damage, resisting arrest, threat to commit a crime, intimidating witness/juror/police/court official: continued to pretrial conference.
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To the Editor:
I have some observations regarding the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Over the years — more than 40 — I have been treated at M.V.H. for a number of problems, including my attempt to cut my own leg off with a chainsaw, tularemia, two hernias, and most recently, a pulmonary embolism, for which I was discharged today, Jan. 6.
Through the years, from the old facility to the new more luxurious building, one element has always stood out, and that is the corps of dedicated, steadfast, and competent nurses that are in my opinion the backbone of the organization. This is no doubt due to their familiarity with the community, and low turnover/continuity.
If you have ever used a hospital facility anywhere else on the planet, you know what I mean. My heartfelt thanks for all that you are and that you do.
Hanley Clifford
Edgartown
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To the Editor:
Kudos to the wonderful staff of the Martha’s VIneyard Family Center. This place is such a treasure. It is another wonderful resource provided by Martha’s Vineyard Community Services. Parents and grandparents bring their toddlers and babies. The children get to interact and socialize while the parents get to interact with their children and the other adults as well. They always plan wonderful activities, so that each time you go, there are new things to do and explore.
This week, the theme was “Welcome to Winter.” We pasted snowflakes onto the clouds, played with the trains on the snowy track, made sparkly Play-Doh “cookies” and built igloos out of big white blocks. Check out their schedule of events, classes, and drop-in times. Their website (mvcommunityservices.com) and calendar are helpful. Many thanks from this happy grandparent.
Gerry Moriarty
Edgartown
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A wonderful PBS nature documentary that recently aired described the plight of villagers in a rural area of Tanzania, on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Elephants periodically raided the villagers’ crops, destroying in one night food that had taken a growing season to raise.
Conservationists working with the villagers devised a means to scare off the elephants using fireworks. One farmer was responsible for alerting the rest of the farmers to the approach of the elephants, so a team charged with protecting the crops could mobilize a defence.
At the critical moment in the episode — in rural Africa — the village farmer, spear in hand, pulled out a cell phone of the older flip-cover variety and made a call alerting his neighbors, with no apparent trouble being heard. Good thing there are not any marauding elephants on Chappaquiddick.
Of course, seasonal and year-round residents of the small, sometime-island community connected by a ribbon of barrier beach to Edgartown proper, as well as numerous visitors to this lovely easternmost point on Martha’s Vineyard, have plenty of other reasons to want, and expect, reliable wireless service.
There are the obvious public safety benefits of being able to communicate in an emergency. In past comments, Chris Kennedy, the Martha’s Vineyard superintendent for The Trustees of the Reservations, the conservation organization that owns or manages much of the island’s extensive beachfront, said there is no reliable cell phone signal on the beaches from Wasque to Cape Poge, and calls are routinely dropped or garbled, which could cost valuable minutes in an emergency.
And there is the convenience of knowing when to head to the On Time ferry, which crosses Edgartown Harbor and provides the only reliable link between Chappy and Edgartown, to meet an arriving guest, or to simply make a call to check in about dinner plans.
In some cases, people have moved to Chappy aware of the lack of public and technological conveniences, only to decide that they want those conveniences, and then push to have them — but only to the extent that it meets their needs and not the needs of others.
Years ago, the town fought a legal battle with a man who purchased an isolated home at the end of North Neck, a narrow peninsula, and then insisted he ought to be allowed to build a dock — prohibited on virtually pristine Cape Poge — to tie up a boat because a family member had a medical condition that could require a quick trip to reach Edgartown, and tides often flooded his access road. He lost that court battle.
For more than five years, Chappy residents have been squabbling over how best to provide wireless service. The squabbling shows no signs of ending. There are echoes of past unresolved Chappy squabbles over bike paths (never built), cable service (yes, but Chappy residents have to pony up for the connection) and public transportation (no jitney service).
This week, reporter Monica Busch describes the results of a survey of Chappaquiddick property owners (“Chappaquiddick residents remain divided as ever over wireless strategy”) who were asked for their opinions on how best to improve cellular service, the latest effort to resolve the issue.
There are those residents who favor a wireless tower and those who want a distributed antenna system (DAS), which relies on a network of small antennas often set on utility poles. Towers are relatively inexpensive to erect, and are the favored choice of wireless providers, who typically lease space on towers but do not build them.
DAS is more expensive to construct, and does not provide wide coverage. A DAS in Chilmark and Aquinnah provides spotty service.
In June 2012, Edgartown selectmen accepted the only response to a request for proposals (RFP) to build and operate a DAS. In a joint venture, Grain Communications Group of Sarasota, Fla., and Broadband Service Group, a Michigan-based company, submitted a proposal, but were unable to attract any mobile carriers to sign up.
Last summer, Grain Communications Inc. proposed building a tower. That offer lapsed when town leaders took no action in the face of continued debate among Chappy residents.
Despite a lack of consensus, a majority of the 226 survey respondents, 76 percent, said they are unsatisfied with the service now available.
The choices for Chappy residents appear relatively straightforward: Continue to suffer from poor wireless service and complain about it; erect a tower and have service; or find a way to convince a company that a DAS is not a money-losing proposition and get service.
It is easy to understand the desire of Chappy residents to preserve the natural landscape. That desire is no less strong in Chilmark, which hosts a series of antennas on Peaked Hill used by public safety agencies, or in West Tisbury, Oak Bluffs, and Tisbury, all of which host wireless towers.
The benefit of a tower is that it is relatively easily erected, and easily removed should a more desirable technological solution present itself in the near future.
There is one other consideration. In underserved signal areas, federal regulations allow a private landowner to lease space for a wireless tower to a private company and reap the financial benefits free of local zoning restrictions.
The last section of the Chappy survey solicited comments. A total of 107 people had something to say.
One respondent said, “I don’t care how you do it. I don’t care what it looks like. Just get it done.”
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To the Editor:
I write this letter with a very heavy heart and tremendous sadness. A dear friend, Lillian Kellman, passed away today [Monday]. She has left a legacy that cannot ever be matched. Her beautiful smile, the twinkle in her eyes, and her jaunty walk are things that I will greatly miss. She was an amazing woman, so talented, confident, curious, kind, and always giving to others.
Lillian volunteered in our K/1 classroom for over 20 years. Weekly, the Chilmark School was blessed by her presence in class, and at many other school traditions as well.
Each Friday she would arrive in her splendid manner, and the children would all cheer and say, “Lillian’s here; hi Lillian!” Then the excited children would all race to the rug, set up her chair, and anxiously wait for her to begin to share her amazing stories from around the world. Her stories were so important in bringing the larger world to a level the children could understand. Her shared stories from many lands brought a brightness and understanding of so many other cultures.
The children would be totally absorbed and spellbound by her soothing voice, her delivery, and the compassion with which she told her tales. For 45 minutes there would not be a sound. The only movement in the room was the changing facial features of the children, responding to the characters that Lillian was so deliciously painting with words. As the years progressed, the children, of course, had their favorites, and would beg Lillian to please retell them again and again.
Today many, many people have stories in their minds and warm feelings in their hearts because of this beautiful woman. Thank you, Lillian. You started us all off with a love of good literature, taught us to listen to others and to think of different cultures as presents — ones that make our world a more vibrant, diverse, and exciting place to be.
Lillian gave us all, so many generations, this lasting gift, the ability to listen and imagine.
With love and admiration and so much more.
Robin Smith
Chilmark School
Robin Smith is a K/1 teacher at the Chilmark School, where she has worked for 27 years.
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To the Editor:
My wife and I put on the large Christmas display on County Road in Oak Bluffs over the holidays. During the time our display is up, we collect for the Island Food Pantry.
We wish to thank reporter Barry Stringfellow and The MVTimes for publishing a story (Dec. 16, “Donations scant at iconic Island Christmas display”) about how the collection of donations for the Island Food Pantry had fallen behind our average collection for previous years. Because of this story, and the outstanding support of the Island community, we set an all-time high in how much was collected and brought to the Island Food Pantry. We hope all those who stopped by to see our display had an enjoyable time. See you next Thanksgiving, when the lights will shine again. Thanks again.
Rob and Lynn Gatchell
Oak Bluffs
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