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
June 1, 2004
This Just In, from the Wilds of Montana: It’s Triceratops, Now at Home in Tisbury
Mr. Barnes, along with an assortment of local builders, contractors and heavy machinery, helped place a 1,000-pound, seven-and-a-half-foot fossilized Triceratops skull atop a metal pedestal in the specially renovated hallway of a Vineyard Haven home.
Island Home Rental Market Goes Soft; Weeks Still Unbooked in High Season
Bad news if you bought or built a new house on the Vineyard and figured you could cover some of your mortgage by renting it out for a chunk of summer: You weren't the only one with that idea. Now real estate agents say the market is glutted with houses for rent. "There's a lot…
As Nation’s Gas Price Goes Up, Vineyard Drivers Feel It, Too
That’s the cost of doing business for landscaper James Hayes now that gas prices have soared beyond $2.50 a gallon. Every five days, he swallows the steep price to keep his GMC 4X4 truck on the road. He charges it and reminds himself that as a small businessman, he can write it off at the…
For Edgartown Neighborhood, Recommendation Is Town Water
Eight months after town health officials first detected a contaminated plume running beneath Edgartown Meadows subdivision, they are turning their attention to installing clean drinking water in the neighborhood instead of pinpointing the cause. "This has dragged on for more than half a year. It's obviously more of a long-term problem," said Matthew Poole, Edgartown…
County Tries to Balance $4.4 Million Budget
County Tries to Balance $4.4 Million Budget
By ALEXIS TONTI
Eliminating the water testing laboratory and turning down a $42,500 funding request by the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority – these are some of the measures under consideration by the Dukes County commissioners as they try to balance the $4.4 million…
State’s Environmental Officer Retiring
Sgt. William L. Searle, state environmental police officer for the Vineyard, will retire from his post at the end of this month. Sergeant Searle, who is 54, is retiring for personal reasons, on June 30. He and his wife, Linda, are selling their Island home and moving to Florida.
