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
December 14, 2001
Meet Kathryn Roessel: New SSA Governor Brings Law to Post
Meet Kathryn Roessel: New SSA Governor Brings Law to Post
By JULIA WELLS
Her name is Kathryn but she goes by Cassie. She is 47 but looks 29. She wears traditional Vineyard attire: jeans, windbreaker and a silver scallop-shell necklace. She grew up in Pittsford, N.Y., and her speech has the…
Housing Crisis Spurs Initiatives
Housing Crisis Spurs Initiatives
Grim Housing Needs Assessment Underscores Important Search to Ease Lack of Affordable Shelter on the Vineyard
By MANDY LOCKE
Twenty-eight million dollars.
It’s less than five per cent of the $6 billion Vineyard housing market. It’s only $6 million more than the recent…
Hanukkah Festival Delights Young In Songs and Menorah Lighting
If there’s a religious holiday that seems to encourage letting your hair down, it must be Hanukkah. At least that’s how things looked over at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.
Deer Dumping Pollutes Oak Bluffs Harbor
At least six deer carcasses were illegally dumped in the Oak Bluffs harbor last week, sending bacteria levels sky-high and prompting closure of the harbor to shellfishing two days later. Police have no suspects but said they are confident they will find those responsible for what one environmental official has called a hazardous waste site.
Christmas in Edgartown Draws Throngs to Colorful Festivities
A friend recently said that "Christmas is about getting back to the basics, the basics that are so easily forgotten today." A reporter was reminded of this walking through the doors of the Federated Church on South Summer street Saturday morning, where an elf workshop was in progress. Oblong tables were crammed with kids bumping…
Party Train Carries Teens in Search for Fun
The gathering started off with just two friends, but there was no chance it would stay that way. The tenth grader had already let it slip, telling another friend the vital piece of information that can spread like wildfire among teenagers.
Vineyard Officials Clash in Fight Over Boat Line Appointment; Political Dialogue Grows Ugly
Vineyard Officials Clash in Fight Over Boat Line Appointment; Political Dialogue Grows Ugly
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
Political chaos broke out across the Vineyard this week in the aftermath of the surprise vote by the Dukes County Commission last week to replace J.B. Riggs Parker, the Island Steamship Authority…
