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 31, 2003
Deficit Staggers Nursing Home
Deficit Staggers Nursing Home
Operating Loss of $500,000 Is Mainly Attributable to Loss of Medicaid Payments from the State
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
Leaders at the Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center announced this week that the Island’s only nursing home ended its fiscal year with a…
Painful Teasing: Child Cruelty Is Vexing Issue for Educators
Child Cruelty Is Vexing Issue for Educators
By CHRIS BURRELL
When a social worker from Maine came to the Island last month for the second time in less than two years, he sat down with teenagers, listened to their worries and feelings and walked away with a disturbing impression: Vineyard kids,…
Slippery Fun: Ice Boats Fly on Squibnocket Pond
For much of the work week, Emily Bramhall inhabits a world devoted to the creature comforts of the indoor world – stuffed pillows, luxurious bedsheets and cozy handknit sweaters sold at her store on Main street Vineyard Haven.
It was all the more shocking then to see Ms. Bramhall wearing a crash helmet…
Vineyard Varsity Teams Win Playoff Berths
Vineyard Varsity Teams Win Playoff Berths
By BRETT FERRY
Two varsity teams at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School won key games on the road Wednesday, earning berths in tournament play.
The boys’ hockey team secured a spot in the MIAA tournament by defeating Barnstable 4-2 in a comeback…
Land Bank Announces Two Purchases
Land Bank Announces Two Purchases
By JULIA WELLS
Two purchases announced by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank this week will protect a piece of fallow farmland in the town of Tisbury and a tree-lined ridge with an old brook running through it in the town of Aquinnah.
Advisory Committee Grapples with Two Massive House Plans
Advisory Committee Grapples with Two Massive House Plans
By MANDY LOCKE
The Edgartown Ponds Area Advisory Committee this week began its review of two new house proposals for the margins of Edgartown Great Pond – the latest in the steady stream of massive home projects hitting Edgartown these days.
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Report Details County Trouble
Report Details County Trouble
Dukes County Leaders Conclude Their Internal Probe Into Facts Surrounding Payments Made to Former County Manager
By JONATHAN BURKE
The Dukes County commissioners this week heard their two freshman members report that new personnel bylaws, stronger supervision and better record-keeping will be required if the…
