Dylan Thomas
The birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses I rose in rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. – Dylan Thomas
July 13, 2010
News Update: Wednesday, July 14 – Pond Closed to Shellfishing After Fire
The state Division of Marine Fisheries has closed Menemsha Pond to shellfishing following the fire on Monday that destroyed the U.S. Coast Guard boathouse in Menemsha.
News Update: Wednesday, July 14 – Menemsha Reopens; Fire Investigation Continues
Menemsha businesses have reopened after a Monday afternoon fire destroyed the Coast Guard boathouse and wooden pier and forced the evacuation of the village.
Menemsha Texaco, Larsen’s and Menemsha Fish Market, the Galley restaurant and the Home Port restaurant returned to normal hours of operation Tuesday morning.
Debating U.S. Foreign Policy Quagmire
The United States will likely remain stuck in the war in Afghanistan well past President Obama’s nominated date next year for beginning to pull troops out, one of the architects of the President’s Afghan policy says.
In an address on the Vineyard on Thursday night, Bruce Riedel, the former CIA officer and current…
New Ambassador Takes Oath On Vineyard Haven Front Porch
At 10 o’clock in the evening on June 30, Theodore (Tod) and Kate Sedgwick had just turned out the lights of their shoreside colonial summer home in Vineyard Haven, ready to settle into their first night of vacation when the phone rang with an unusual insistence.
“I said don’t answer it, we know…
There’s Something About Ted: Special Honors for Mr. Morgan
With tears in his eyes, an emotional Fred B. (Ted) Morgan Jr. stood at a podium to thank his number one supporter through the past 65 years of his life. The hundreds of people gathered to honor Mr. Morgan with a 2010 lifetime achievement award from the Edgartown Library Foundation sat silently as the guest…
Tisbury Street Fair Celebrates a Town Birthday With Food, Music, Frolic
After a weekend long July Fourth celebration, the party continued in Vineyard Haven last Thursday night to celebrate Tisbury’s 339th birthday at the annual Tisbury street fair. It was all food, games, music and dance as families packed Main street to enjoy a night out of fun.
Gary Sylvia was standing next to…
Chaos in Menemsha as Fire Destroys Coast Guard Boathouse
A huge fire erupted in the U.S. Coast Guard boathouse in Menemsha yesterday afternoon, completely destroying the 68-year-old building along with an extended wooden pier that leads to the west dock on the Menemsha harbor. Also destroyed in the blaze were at least one truck and an unknown number of small boats nearby. Miraculously…
Roads Clogged With Anxious Islanders
Policemen were giving drivers two options at Beetlebung corner on Monday afternoon after the Coast Guard boathouse in Menemsha caught fire. They could either turn onto Middle Road or South Road. Menemsha Crossroad remained closed.
Spirituals Enlightenment
Spirituals Enlightenment
The songs sung by slaves to send messages to each other will be decoded by the teaching choir led by Jim Thomas, president of the U.S. Slave Song Project, on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs. The concert, Songs from the Field: The Mystery of Spirituals, with…
Counselors Offer Special Help For Witnesses to Cyclist’s Death
A fatal accident in downtown Vineyard Haven last Tuesday left a young mother dead, and her family and friends devastated; it also has badly distressed many Islanders who witnessed the sudden tragedy.
Services were held yesterday in Melrose for Dina DeCecca, the mother of two young children who died while bicycling with her…
Sailors Delight as Vineyard Cup And Edgartown Regatta Roll In
This is a big week for sailing on Martha’s Vineyard.
It begins with the 87th annual Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta, which starts on Thursday and continues through Saturday.
And this weekend the Vineyard Cup, the popular annual regatta sponsored by Sail Martha’s Vineyard, gets under way in Vineyard Haven with racing…
Ed Cisek of WIMP, IMP Heads to ImprovOlympic
Ed Cisek, longtime company member of WIMP and IMP Improv, received the news this week that every improviser dreams of: he is now a performer on a Harold Team at the iO Theater (formally ImprovOlympic) in Chicago.
He was chosen as one of 15 performers from a group of 80 who completed the…
Curtis Hanson Paints Landscapes With Mindfulness
Landscape painter Curtis Hanson will be in the Christina Gallery in Edgartown on Thursday, July 15, for a reception from 6 until 8 p.m. alongside an exhibition of his recent oil paintings of New England and Thailand.
Alabama Schooner Runs Aground in Mystic River
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
The 90-foot schooner Alabama is back in Vineyard waters after having run aground in the Mystic River last Wednesday night.
“There was no visible damage,” said Morgan Douglas of Coastwise Packet yesterday, after divers went below to check the vessel.
Motorist Injured
Motorist Injured
An Island woman was seriously injured during a single-vehicle accident early Monday morning at the intersection of Old County and State Roads in West Tisbury.
Correction
Correction
A story in Friday’s Gazette about dredging in Sengekontacket Pond reported inaccurately on the possible sale price for 30,000 cubic yards of sand expected to be dredged by the town of Oak Bluffs. The cost of the sand has not been decided. The Gazette regrets the error.
Kid Critic Says Shorts are Long on Entertainment
Gone are the grownup gatekeepers of movie merit — kids are the audience for the weekly Cinema Circus films. So the Gazette and the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival bring you the big view from the smaller viewers, with our weekly kid critics.
Tour Inside the Cottages of Oak Bluffs
By BETTYE FOSTER BAKER
The Cottagers, Inc. 28th Annual House Tour, titled Architectural Treasures, Past and Present will be held on Thursday, July 15, rain or shine. In the fine tradition of distinctive homes associated with the tour, five residences will be featured.
Puppet Festival Begins Friday in Vineyard Haven
A grand puppet parade down Main street, Vineyard Haven on Saturday will be a highlight of the fourth annual weekend-long Martha’s Vineyard Puppet Festival. The parade will begin at 5 p.m., but anyone who would like to join the parade can bring a puppet friend and meet at Katharine Cornell Theatre at 4:30, or come…
Law Professor Ray Madoff Speaks at Chilmark Center
Law professor Ray Madoff will discuss her new book, Immortality and the Law: The Rising Power of the American Dead, on Thursday, July 15, 8 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center. Described by the Financial Times as a “stunning polemic,” Ms. Madoff examines the distinctly American approach taken to the law of the dead; when…
Victoria Campbell Follows Her Heart On a Humanitarian Journey to Haiti
By her own definition, artist Victoria Campbell’s life path has been “a long, crooked road,” with interludes in theatre, filmmaking and performance art. Her restless creative peregrination has taken her through Europe, New York and Los Angeles. In an unforeseen twist, Ms. Campbell’s journey took a detour into the ruined slums of Haiti in the…
Summer Perfume
Summer Perfume
There are often sweet smells in the air these sultry summer days. They cannot allay the heat, of course, but they can — and do — soothe many a temper that is weather-frayed. There is the gentle, subtle fragrance that comes from wild roses on hillsides and beaches and of cultivated,…
Main Street Vineyard Haven: Summer Report
Main Street Vineyard Haven: Summer Report
Glasses clinked in Zephrus restaurant at the head of Main street Vineyard Haven last week as the town quietly made the transition from a place where alcohol was not sold to a place where you may now buy a beer or a glass of wine at a…
Tuesday Chronicle: Sticking Points
From Gazette editions of July, 1935:
Not all the apprehension about summer weather is justified. Take fog, for instance. From the standpoint of the fisherman or mariner, fog is always undesirable; but from the standpoint of the summer vacationer a certain amount of it may be admitted. In fact, no vacation would be…
Backyard to Table
The Vineyard is lucky to be an Island full of commercial farms that produce the best of the bounty, supplying Islanders with fresh lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes and blueberries. But the backyard farmer is another part of the mix. While many people trek to farmers’ markets and grocery stores for their produce, other Islanders have only…
Cape Cod Baseball League is a Grand Slam with Island Fans
For the first time in the three-year history of the Cape Cod Baseball League’s annual sojourn to Martha’s Vineyard, the John Connors trophy did not end up in the hands of the Falmouth Commodores.
Sisters Celebration
Sisters Celebration
Bring your sister (if you’re speaking), your daughters, nieces, cousins, friends, sister in law, and neighbors to A Sisters Celebration on Wednesday, July 14, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Chilmark Library, featuring readings by Carol Gilligan, Jessica Harris, Rose Styron and Jan Freeman, director of Paris Press and co-editor…
