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 12, 2001
Fake Inspection Stickers Investigated by the Police in Car Crash Death Case
Revealing new details in the investigation into the March car crash that killed 18-year-old Eric MacLean, a police affidavit filed last week in Edgartown District Court unleashes an array of allegations that a Tisbury taxi operation and a car and moped rental business are involved in a counterfeit inspection sticker scam that extends far beyond…
New $1.3 Million Trash Facility Opens Tuesday for Four Towns
Today, the Island’s new central transfer facility is doubtless the cleanest in the country.
Library Wins Grant
“I was so surprised,” said Catherine Thompson, director of the Chilmark Public Library. Ms. Thompson learned last Thursday that her library was the recipient of a state grant totaling $1,108,880 for expansion and renovation.
Ms. Thompson said the library trustees had applied in January to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. “I just hoped…
Largest Graduation Class in Island History
Graduation Day By JOSHUA SABATINI
From outside the Tabernacle Sunday at half past one o’clock, the graduates of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Class of 2001 began their march down the center aisle as the band struck up the traditional processional music, Pomp and Circumstance.
A moment before, the graduates were milling…
Mainland Golf Links Developer Plans Housing for Woodlands
If he’s not successful in his next bid to build a luxury, private golf course in the southern woodlands of Oak Bluffs, Connecticut developer Corey Kupersmith will give the financially-strapped town just what it doesn’t want – over 300 extra housing units.
Firm Threatens Garbage Piles
Close down the Island’s largest private trash hauler, the lawyers say, and you can expect chaos – garbage piling up on Island streets and businesses toppling under the weight of so much rubbish.
Dead Sperm Whale Found at South Beach
Dead Whale on Beach By JOSHUA SABATINI
An object drifted toward the South Beach shoreline early Friday afternoon. Pauline Martin, who was visiting Edgartown residents Kosta and Louise George, saw it in the ocean and wondered what it was. When the object washed ashore, they discovered the answer – a male, juvenile sperm whale.
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