Pablo Neruda
I knew rooms full of ashes, Tunnels where the moon lived, Rough warehouses that growled ‘get lost’, Questions that insisted in the sand.-Pablo Neruda
January 18, 2002
Nantucket Sound Wind Farm Gets Warm Island Reception
Imagine cutting your electric utility bill and reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the same time. That’s the sales pitch from a group that wants to build the country’s first offshore wind farm on a 28-acre patch of Nantucket Sound called Horseshoe Shoals, nine miles off the Vineyard and just four miles at its nearest…
SSA Forum Gives Voice to Public
SSA Forum Gives Voice to Public
A public forum to hear Vineyard residents’ ideas and questions on Steamship Authority issues will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 23. The forum opens at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, and is expected to last two hours.
Islanders Turn to Classroom for Portuguese
For the last several years, it’s been the traditional one-way street walked by most every immigrant: You come to a foreign country and struggle to learn a new language.
New SSA Governor Faces New Bedford Outburst
Steamship Authority freight service between New Bedford and Martha's Vineyard remained in limbo yesterday as New Bedford city solicitor George Leontire reviled a newly constituted boat line board of governors with a fresh burst of insults and accusations. "We now have Winken, Blinken and Nod up there now," Mr. Leontire bellowed at the governors before…
Nantucket Leads Way on Waste Recycling
On any summer day a few years ago, a light breeze could carry a thick stench miles from the peak of the overgrown Madaket landfill. Today, to a viewer atop the grassy mound three stories high, only a few pieces of lingering debris around the perimeter recall the 22-acre landfill so noxious that the state…
Hospital Trustees Respond to Storm Created by Resignation of Top Surgeon; Blame Difficulties on Changing Climate
Trustees at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital scrambled to contain the damage this week in the aftermath of last week’s announcement by a respected Vineyard surgeon that he will sever his contract with the hospital.
Rep. William Delahunt Heads Delegation to Discuss Help in Tisbury Inn
Rep. William Delahunt Heads Delegation to Discuss Help in Tisbury Inn Disaster
By JOSHUA SABATINI
Sherman Goldstein said it was hard for him to even look at the Tisbury Inn. His landmark hotel was destroyed by a fire on Dec. 15, and now stands in ruins, with charred window frames and…
Political Bias Dictates Traffic Study Revision by Planners at the Cape Cod Commission
Political Bias Dictates Traffic Study Revision by Planners at the Cape Cod Commission
By NIS KILDEGAARD
Falmouth political leaders and activists pushing for Steamship Authority service from New Bedford were irate in August of 2000.
