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
March 28, 2003
Affordable Housing Bylaw Passes at Tisbury Meeting
Affordable Housing Bylaw Passes at Tisbury Meeting
By JONATHAN BURKE
Tisbury voters approved an affordable housing bylaw at a special town meeting Tuesday night.
Questions surrounding overall administration of the housing plan, and an amnesty program within it, almost defeated the motion. In an hour-long debate proceeding the vote,…
Tisbury Annual Town Meeting Confronts $16 Million Budget
Headlining this year's 22-article annual town meeting warrant in Tisbury is a total budget of $15,856,073, an increase of nearly a nine and a half per cent over last year's $14,496,931. Town moderator Deborah Medders will gavel the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, in the gymnasium of the Tisbury School.…
Schools Seek Finance Help
Schools Seek Finance Help
Leaders of Island School Districts Seek Reassurance from Towns that State Local Aid Funds Will Support Education
By CHRIS BURRELL
With annual town meeting season only days away, school leaders this week pressured Island selectmen and town financial teams to back amended school budgets that…
On Campus at Rebecca Amos: Alternative Education Lifts Youth from Troubled Margins of Life
Alex Lawson’s future wasn’t looking too bright: He’d quit doing his homework back in seventh grade, hung out with the wrong kids and had some run-ins with police.
Public Questions Oak Bluffs Candidates for Their Stand on MVC Secession Issue
Public Questions Oak Bluffs Candidates for Their Stand on MVC Secession Issue
By CHRIS BURRELL
When it comes to the top elected post in Oak Bluffs, there’s no shortage of applicants. In the most hotly contested race on the Island, seven candidates are vying for two seats on the board of…
Edgartown Grants Land Owner Choice on House Size Plan
Edgartown Grants Land Owner Choice on House Size Plan
By MANDY LOCKE
The Edgartown conservation commission Wednesday night drew a line in the sand – forcing an Edgartown Great Pond property owner to reduce his house proposal or take his case to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.
Farm Institute Leases Fragile Katama Land
After a period of lying fallow, Katama Farm will be traditionally farmed again. The Edgartown Conservation Commission on Wednesday night agreed to lease the historic property to FARM Institute.
Their decision brings the 180-acre farm back into the Island farming community. It also allows FARM Institute the opportunity to expand its role of…
