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This Was Then: Superintendent of streets
Keeping the streets clean in Vineyard Haven in the early 1940s was no work for slouches.
George Sears and Mike Fontes, Vineyard Haven, circa 1940s. Courtesy Chris Baer
“You didn’t have tractors, you didn’t have the machinery that you got today,” recalled the late Basil Welch of Vineyard Haven in a 1982 recording. “We had an old 1936 ton-and-a-half dump truck, and we put a plow on it that had to be pumped up and released by hand. We used to go out and plow snow with that thing. You had to put chains on the back wheels, and that was in the days when before you plowed the streets, you shoveled the sidewalks. [The Tisbury Highway Department] used to hire the school kids to shovel the sidewalks away from Main Street, but we used to shovel the sidewalks on Main Street and then plow the snow on Main Street. Then we had to shovel all the snow that was on the street into the trucks and cart it al
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Barbara Patrick Jones, 62, died on Jan. 20, 2021, at Massachusetts General Hospital, the beloved wife of William F. Jones of Oak Bluffs.
A celebration of her life will be held in May, with details and a complete obituary to follow in another edition of this paper.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Island Food Pantry, P.O. Box 1874, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568, or the Red Stocking Fund, P.O. Box 600, Edgartown, MA 02539. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road, Oak Bluffs. Visit ccgfuneralhome.com for online guestbook and information.
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Hollywood stuntwoman Kim Washington Longino, whose name has appeared as Kym in some records, is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 22 on a charge of driving with a suspended license. Longino was arrested in July on charges of drunken driving and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. She allegedly declined the Breathalyzer, and her license was suspended. She pleaded not guilty to both charges in Edgartown District Court.
On the night of Aug. 25, Tisbury Police Officer Nick Sidoti, whoâd been involved with Longinoâs previous charges, allegedly observed Longino at the wheel of a Jeep when he was on his way into work on a motorcycle.