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
October 18, 2002
Night Fire in Edgartown Leaves Fourteen Brazilians Homeless
Night Fire in Edgartown Leaves Fourteen Brazilians Homeless
By MANDY LOCKE
Charred Portuguese prayer books, scalded refrigerators and a few box springs are all that remain of the worldly possessions of 14 Brazilians who had been living in a three-bedroom house in Edgartown.
Martha’s Vineyard Commission Rejects Golf Development Plan by Thin Margin
Torn down the middle for the third time in three years, the expressions eloquent and heartfelt on both sides of the street, a strained and weary Martha's Vineyard Commission voted 9-8 to reject the Down Island Golf Club plan for the southern woodlands late on Wednesday night. "The applicant has come back with changes to…
Two Island Members Balk at Ferry Plan for Freight Service
Testing the power of their weighted vote for the first time since the board was expanded, the two Island Steamship Authority governors yesterday blocked a proposal to launch seasonal freight service between New Bedford and the Vineyard next summer, calling for more study.
“As we develop New Bedford service, I feel it’s more important to…
Two Drown in Sengekontacket
A fishing trip on Sengekontacket Pond turned tragic Monday when two men from Oak Bluffs drowned accidentally several hours after paddling a one-person kayak out to a sandbar and casting their lines.
Political Season Brings Island Decisions
Against the backdrop of a heated race for Massachusetts governor and a slew of ballot initiatives on everything from bilingual education to income tax, voters on Martha’s Vineyard will face their own subset of important electoral decisions on the first Tuesday in November this year.
Cost of Meals Drives Students to Distraction
It doesn’t happen often that students and school administrators find common ground so quickly, but a single question has united them for the time being: What’s up with the cost of a school lunch?
