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
May 18, 2001
SSA Drops High-Speed Ferry Idea
NANTUCKET – Signaling an abrupt shift in direction on the ambitious new service model, Steamship Authority general manager Armand Tiberio said yesterday that the boat line will ax two key elements of the model, including the controversial scheme to replace all three ferries on the Nantucket run with one multipurpose high-speed ferry. "If we are…
MVC Defers Chappy Decision
After listening to more than two hours of bitterly divided testimony from an overflow crowd, the Martha's Vineyard Commission postponed a decision last night on a proposal to designate the entire island of Chappaquiddick as a district of critical planning concern (DCPC). "I will tell you that Chappy is a finite place, and because of…
Controlled Burns Wins Support
Edgartown selectmen this week affirmed the use of fire as a land management tool as long as members of The Nature Conservancy continue to work closely with the town’s fire chief.
Joel R. Carlson, a fire manager for The Nature Conservancy, came before the selectmen to answer concerns about the risk of setting…
Police Investigate Brawl, Vandalism
Island police are looking into the possibility that a brawl involving off-duty National guardsmen on the night of May 10 at the Atlantic Connection in Oak Bluffs is connected to the vandalism of National Guard trucks three nights later in Tisbury.
