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
November 9, 2001
Fast Ferry Catalina Was Repossessed
Fast Ferry Catalina Was Repossessed Passenger Ferry Proposed for New Service From New Bedford Was Centerpiece Of Financial Trouble in California
By JULIA WELLS
The high-speed passenger ferry that the Steamship Authority is negotiating to lease and possibly buy was returned to the Washington state shipyard where it was built because…
Island Community Services Marks Historic Milestone
Island Community Services Marks Historic Milestone
By MANDY LOCKE
Yellowing newspaper clips fill the pages of the Martha’s Vineyard Community Services scrapbook, tracing each program addition through its 40-year history. Its history is one of growth – the evolution of a single program in 1961 to an essential Island institution in…
Friends of Chilmark Library Work To Garner Support for Expansion
The Chilmark Public Library expansion project is the talk of the town. Proponents of the project are scurrying about the community, holding meetings in homes in an effort to raise the necessary votes in the next special town meeting, scheduled for Nov. 19.
It is a more significant political contest than any selectmen’s…
Tisbury Selectmen Take Firm Stance Against Two Fast Ferry Service Plans
Tisbury Selectmen Take Firm Stance Against Two Fast Ferry Service Plans
BY JOSHUA SABATINI
Tisbury selectmen this week agreed the Steamship Authority should postpone further action on fast ferry service until the concerns of the town are satisfied and alternative possibilities are studied.
Hospital Leaders Brace For Prospect of Strike By Registered Nurses
Contract talks between management and nurses at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital are now at a bitter standoff, and hospital chief executive officer Kevin Burchill said this week that he is prepared for the possibility of a strike.
“Everything is now off the table. We’re prepared for the worst but we expect the best,”…
Tisbury Selectmen Reject Bid to Bring Fox Ferries Into Harbor
Tisbury Selectmen Reject Bid to Bring Fox Ferries Into Harbor
BY JOSHUA SABATINI
Fox Navigation, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation in Connecticut, wants to resume high-speed ferry service to Vineyard Haven harbor next season, but Tisbury selectmen denied the company a harbor use permit at a public hearing Tuesday…
