Elaine Grace (Polsten) Boettcher passed away on Oct. 3, 2023, in the company of family in Lexington, after 93 years of a graceful life. Born in Farmington, Conn., on June 29, 1930, the first summer of the Great Depression, to Edward and Grace Polsten, of English and Danish ancestry, she went on to study, earn […]
If, like me, you think that “Jaws” is the greatest film ever made, you may want to get down to New York City to see a new play based on the making of that Steven Spielberg masterpiece. “The Shark is Broken,” co-written and co-starring Ian Shaw, son of the late great actor Robert Shaw, has […]
Richard T. Wilton II of Edgartown, formerly of Wellesley, died on August 19, 2023. He was 65. Richard loved and deeply cared about many things, including our planet, the creatures that visited his deck, gathering knowledge of just about everything, humor, and most of all, his family and friends. All things really, really mattered to […]
To the Editor: I have lived on Skiff Avenue and Davis Street all my life. I have worked for the Tisbury Water Works for 18 years. I have been fortunate to have traveled to and worked in many places in our country. Skiff Avenue has become one of the more well-traveled and dangerous streets in […]
Oak Bluffs EMS and police were dispatched to the roundabout Sunday afternoon after a moped accident left a mother and her daughter with broken bones. The mother, who’d been driving, told police she was traveling eastbound on Edgartown Road when she lost control of the rented moped after sliding on loose sand. Both the woman […]