Marion Plummer Sanford (“Mimi”), a longtime resident of Glastonbury, Conn., and East Chop, passed away on Jan. 13, 2024. Mimi was 89. She was the widow of George J. Sanford. Mimi grew up in Hartford, Conn., the youngest of four daughters of Frank and Margaret (Coughlin) Plummer. She attended Weaver High School, where she was […]
I have long been enamored of the small, circular Oak Bluffs Harbor that summer folks flock to in droves. The numerous million-dollar yachts tied up to the slips along the concrete wharf are always fun to see. Inside the harbor, nearly every mooring bulges with boats rafted three to four deep. It is the latter […]
To the Editor: I am writing to let you know the very positive experience that I recently had with the Oak Bluffs DPW. I am house manager of East Chop Beach Club. We have a shared parking lot with the town of Oak Bluffs. Over the winter, ocean surges, high winds, and storms eroded our […]
Nov. 25, 2020: Roy Gundersen, 89, Edgartown Roy embraced the Vineyard community. The Vineyard was his paradise. He joined the Edgartown Fire Department, was the head of Civil Defense, coached baseball, served on the board of the Council of Aging, and volunteered at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Nov. 28, 2020: Rosie Marie Davis, 93, Oak […]
A walk in honor of Fergus, a year-old yellow Lab controversially euthanized, was held on Oct. 17 at the East Chop Beach Club. The walk was meant to bring awareness to burgeoning legislation that would place more safeguards on the euthanasia process for dogs in Massachusetts, and to raise money for Fergus Dog Rescue, a […]