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
July 3, 2001
Vineyard Turns to Celebrate a Nation; July Fourth Parade and Fireworks Are Set
It’s time to pull out the red, white and blue and join with other Islanders for Independence Day festivities. Edgartown plays host tomorrow to a Fourth of July parade and fireworks display. If you want to join the holiday fun, read along for details about the day.
Tick Expert Doubts Tularemia Theories; Suspicion Shifts to Rats — Not Rabbits
Are rabbits really to blame for last summer's outbreak of tularemia and for what could be a repeat performance this year? Sam Telford, a parasitologist from Harvard University and the newest member of a team sent here to investigate why such a rare disease has taken hold on the Vineyard, doesn't think so. What's more,…
Smoking Ban Starts in Two Island Towns
Not even a last-ditch effort – complete with a petition, more rhetoric and a town health official’s surprising endorsement – could stop the smoking ban that went into effect Sunday in Island bars.
Golf Course Developers Accuse Members of MVC With Conflict of Interest
The developers who want to build a luxury golf club in the southern woodlands section of Oak Bluffs aimed conflict of interest charges at five members of the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week, just days before a public hearing was due to open on a new plan for the golf club. The commission responded by…
Army Worms Plunder Chappaquiddick
Army Worms Invade Chappy By JULIA WELLS
The people of Chappaquiddick may have declared an uneasy truce in their recent war of words over whether to enact a district of critical planning concern, but this week there was an army on the move on the small island at the extreme eastern end of Edgartown…
