“It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees.” Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary Cinco de Mayo (the 5th of May) is a celebration of Mexico’s victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It was not Mexican independence day, as there were many more battles to […]
It’s an annual right of spring and perhaps more American than apple pie: opening day for Little League and it was a little special on the Island this year with the parade coming back for the first time since the pandemic. On Saturday morning over 230 Martha’s Vineyard Little Leaguers, past and present, […]
March 13 : William Ezra (“Bill”) Shanok, 78 Bill lived every day as a new adventure, and found happiness in life’s simple pleasures: walking his precious collies in Menemsha, brush-cutting on his tractor, and fishing, as long as it was on someone else’s boat! April 2: Corrine Rogers, 66, Oak Bluffs April 3: Howard Scott Steward, […]
Maria J. Williams (“Jesse”) passed away on May 24, 2021, after a period of declining health. Born in Philadelphia on Oct. 20, 1956, Maria grew up an only child in her family’s home on Oakland Avenue in Oak Bluffs, where she attended school. Her childhood was a typical one of friends, school, summer vacations, and […]