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
April 19, 2002
Wortzels Leave After Years of Caring Service
Off to Wisconsin
Wortzels Leave After Years of Caring Service
By ALEXIS TONTI
The boxes are packed, the walls are nearly bare and still the phone is ringing. One, two, three, four calls in an hour. So many calls that they take turns answering. They are spending each day…
Season of Annual Town Meetings Continues in Two Island Forums
Season of Annual Town Meetings Continues in Two Island Forums
In Tisbury
If Tisbury residents approve more than $2.2 million in proposed expenditures on top of the town’s $14.5 million operating budget, taxes for the average homeowner will increase by $160. But the possibility of higher taxes is just one of…
R.M. Packer Co. Fined for Pollution
The Environmental Protection Agency announced this week that it has reached an agreement with R.M. Packer Co. for fines and compliance after the company violated the Clean Air Act by releasing literally tons of harmful pollutants into the air, both in Vineyard Haven and in New Bedford.
The Packer company will now spend…
Spring Visitor Becomes Moped Casualty, Suffering Serious Injuries in Chilmark
Spring Visitor Becomes Moped Casualty, Suffering Serious Injuries in Chilmark
By MANDY LOCKE
The Vineyard received an unfortunate sign of the summer season’s approach last weekend when a Mashpee woman suffered severe injuries after her rental moped slipped off South Road in Chilmark Sunday afternoon.
Denise Davis, 33, of…
Hospital CEO Departs; Financial Officer Takes Interim Leadership Post
Hospital CEO Departs; Financial Officer Takes Interim Leadership Post
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
Despite announcing last month that he would stay on until his contract runs out in October, the chief executive officer at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital made an abrupt exit this week after hammering out a severance…
Labor Dispute Divides Agency
Labor Dispute Divides Agency
Staff and Administration AdoptStrongly Adversarial Positions As Decision on Union Nears At Community Services
By MANDY LOCKE
The Martha’s Vineyard Community Services labor dispute took a step closer to resolution during National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearings in Boston this week as Community Services management…
Season of Annual Town Meetings Continues in Two Island Forums
Season of Annual Town Meetings Continues in Two Island Forums
In Chilmark
By MARCUS TONTI
Chilmark residents who in recent years have approved construction of both a new school and library will next consider improvements to another public building, deciding this week whether to borrow $1.5 million to expand…
