Members of the board of Friends of Sengekontacket, led by Island resident Ed O’Melia, put up 51 signs along State Beach and at several locations along Sengekontacket Pond. The posters were designed by students in 3rd through 6th grades at the Edgartown and Oak Bluffs Schools. The annual Carry In/Carry Home project is meant to […]
Dr. Clifton Forrest West Jr. (“Clif”) of Chestertown, Md., passed away on Feb. 28, 2023, peacefully in his sleep, at the age of 99. Dr. West was the loving father of Betsy West Dripps. He and his family spent more than 50 years on East Chop every summer. He loved swimming at the East Chop […]
Team FOS (Friends of Sengekontacket), was hard at work recently, installing this year’s Carry In Carry Home poster winners along State Beach. According to a press release, each year 48 winners are selected among approximately 300 poster contest submissions of third through eighth graders at both Oak Bluffs and Edgartown Schools. The posters are a […]
Islanders gathered at beaches all over Martha’s Vineyard Saturday morning to clean up trash from the environment during the Vineyard Conservation Society’s 30th annual Earth Day beach cleanup. “Earth Day is pretty special because it brings all of the Islanders together to clean up our beaches and ponds for everyone to enjoy,” Betsy Dripps, a […]