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
July 4, 2003
Chicken Massacre: Did Dog Do It? Court Will Hear DNA Evidence
Chicken Massacre: Did Dog Do It? Court Will Hear DNA Evidence
By CHRIS BURRELL
The DNA results are in, the trial is Wednesday, and if you ask Joan Jenkinson, she’ll tell you she has the mass murderer dead to rights.
But this is no ordinary murder case. The 11…
Blinker Light: A Time to Stop
Blinker Light: a Time to Stop
High Accident, Injury Rate Cited as Oak Bluffs Selectmen Vote; Stop Signs Up in Two Weeks; Rondabout by 2005?
By CHRIS BURRELL
Hit your brakes. A big red stop sign is about to replace the blinking yellow light at one of the Vineyard’s…
Once More Before the Court: Power of the Commission
Once More Before the Court: Power of the Commission
By JULIA WELLS
The unique power of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission to review low and moderate income housing projects under Chapter 40B, a section of state law commonly known as the anti-snob zoning statute, will come under scrutiny again later this month…
Jabberwocky Celebrates Jubilee: Fifty Years of Summer Camping
The first time I saw Camp Jabberwocky to know what it was, it looked just like what you will see sometime after five o'clock this afternoon, probably about halfway through the parade – the dark red bus growling and coughing its way around a distant corner in Edgartown; in front of it, leading the way,…
Its Up-Island Neighbors Urge Aquinnah to Appeal on Judge’s Wampanoag Decision
The Aquinnah selectmen heard a distinct plea from their up-Island neighbors this week to formally appeal the recent superior court decision that found the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) cannot be sued because of sovereign immunity.
An Island Couple with a Simple Wish: They’d Like a House to Call a Home
An Island Couple with a Simple Wish: They’d Like a House to Call a Home
By MANDY LOCKE
Erin and Gary Simmons Jr. are nearly there.
