Pablo Neruda
I knew rooms full of ashes, Tunnels where the moon lived, Rough warehouses that growled ‘get lost’, Questions that insisted in the sand.-Pablo Neruda
September 22, 2006
Eye On November: Dukes County Is Due for Test of Its Charter
Dukes County Is Due for Test of Its Charter
By JAMES KINSELLA
Hopes were high over a decade ago when a newly reorganized government went into effect for Dukes County.
Voters in the county had bought the vision put forward by a charter study commission in 1992 that reorganizing…
Vineyard Backs Deval Patrick
Vineyard Backs Deval Patrick
Following Commonwealth Trend, Island Democrats Throw Support to Gubernatorial Front-Runner in Hotly Contested Primary
By IAN FEIN
Dukes County voters mirrored the rest of the commonwealth and offered strong support for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deval L. Patrick in the state primary election on Tuesday.
Sentencing Is Near in Map Theft Case
Sentencing Is Near in Map Theft Case
By JAMES KINSELLA
Federal authorities have asked that E. Forbes Smiley 3rd of Chilmark serve more than four years in prison and be fined at least $10,000 for stealing a rare 1578 map.
U.S. Attorney Kevin O’Connor said that although the court…
Boat Line Fares Set to Go Up
Boat Line Fares Set to Go Up
Steamship Authority Governors Review $78 Million Budget; Managers Say Tariff Hike Needed to Cover Costs
By JAMES KINSELLA Gazette Senior Writer
Passenger fares are expected to rise more than eight per cent on the Martha’s Vineyard route under a set of across-the-board…
Woman Dies in Ocean Swimming Mishap
A 54-year-old New York woman died after an incident in rough seas off a remote beach in Chilmark on Tuesday afternoon, where she was swimming with two friends.
The accident took place off the south-facing ocean beach on the Chilmark Pond Preserve, a property owned by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank.
Ticketing Spree Spoils a Day at the Beach
Swimmers and sunbathers leaving State Beach Monday afternoon were surprised to find parking tickets stuck under the wiper blades of their windshields, but for more than a few the surprise turned to outrage when they learned who had issued the tickets.
The name of the officer listed on the $10 tickets was S.…
