Nora Arieta, a 7-year-old from Oak Bluffs, clambered through the crowd up the path that winds around Duarte’s Pond Saturday with a heading. She was going to the weigh-in station. Stopping only to show people the haul that lay in the bottom of her bucket, Nora, appropriately dressed in a “Girls Kick Bass” sweatshirt, […]
Tomorrow, hordes of kids will descend upon Duarte’s Pond in Vineyard Haven to participate in the 50th Annual Kids Trout Tournament, hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard Rod & Gun Club. They’ll be there before the sun rises. “There will be kids there at 3:30 am, and there will be kids pleading with their parents to […]
The other day, I ran into Pat Toomey in Stop & Shop, and he very nicely said, “I’m determined to go fishing at sunset, do you want to go?”Everything in me wanted to say “YES!” except the part that knew I had to open the shelter, which replied, “I can’t.” “Another day,” said Pat, avid […]
I don’t know how the rest of you feel, but I can’t believe 2023 is almost over. I’m still struggling with the fact that the Derby is over and there are 263 days until the 79th Derby begins on Sept. 15, 2024. My teammate Dave Balon often texts me the number of days until the […]
Edward T. Medeiros, 77, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, July 18, 2023, at his home in Edgartown. Ed was born to Edward and Anna Medeiros in Oak Bluffs on August 20, 1945. He graduated from Edgartown Elementary, then was in the first class to complete four years at the new Martha’s Vineyard Regional High […]