When the sun sets on June 4, you will be able to see the June full moon, known as the Strawberry Moon. This moon was named for the wild strawberries that ripen this month. Did you know that a strawberry is not a berry? I just learned this recently strawberries are actually a form […]
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 […]
Parents call the Martha’s Vineyard Family Center a lifeline. Before, during, and after the shutdowns and quarantines of the COVID-19 pandemic, the early years of a baby’s life can be a lonely and isolating time for new parents. Indaia Whitcombe grew up on the Vineyard, but she lived in North Carolina for 10 years and […]
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Vera Shorter died at her home on Martha’s Vineyard on Feb. 26, 2021, with her two daughters nearby. She was born in Huntington, Long Island, to Sue Hendrickson and Claude Groves in 1922, and had celebrated her 98th birthday in December with her 97-year-old friend Betty Dixon.
Her mother’s family lived on Long Island for over a hundred years, and were of Black American and Shinnecock stock. Her mother was a born musician, who with the help of her mother’s madam, learned to play the piano at an early age. Her father, 14 years older than her mother, was a WWI veteran who had fought in the 369th Infantry, commonly known as the Harlem Hellfighters. Due to the segregation of the American Army at the time, the 369th Infantry fought with the French, and won the Croix de Guerre for its heroism. Her mother’s musical talent would get the family through hard times by her work in nightclubs, bars, and churches. Vera was the youngest of three ch
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Working at West Chop Meadow. Courtesy Sheriff s Meadow Foundation
Bridwell and Kristen Fauteux at Stonewall Pond. Courtesy Sheriff s Meadow Foundation
Bridwell at Sheriff s Meadow Sanctuary, closing off the old pathway. He and Joe Rodgers built a new boardwalk. Courtesy Sheriff s Meadow Foundation
Bridwell collecting seed. Courtesy Sheriff s Meadow Foundation
Bridwell helping create the Irvin Trail at Cedar Tree Neck. Courtesy Sheriff s Meadow Foundation
Bridwell helping build a new boardwalk on the Irvin Trail at Cedar Tree Neck last spring. Courtesy Sheriff s Meadow Foundation
Bridwell and volunteers at the Francis property on Chappaquiddick. Courtesy Sheriff s Meadow Foundation