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
August 8, 2003
Southern Woodlands Hearing Is Set, but Developers Seem Primed to Fight
Southern Woodlands Hearing Is Set, but Developers Seem Primed to Fight
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
On the eve of a public hearing – now set for next week – to review a massive housing project in the southern woodlands section of Oak Bluffs, the developers of the Down Island…
Island Forecast: A Rush of Cell Towers
In the face of federal laws which leave local zoning regulations powerless, West Tisbury officials are grappling with one of the first of a likely onslaught of requests for cellular phone towers dotting the town's rural landscape. It's a familiar fight for the West Tisbury zoning board of appeals. Five years after the board overturned…
Teaching Assistant Positions at West Tisbury Are Under Threat as Budget Shortfalls Loom
Teaching Assistant Positions at West Tisbury Are Under Threat as Budget Shortfalls Loom
By CHRIS BURRELL
Faced with a $400,000 shortfall in their budget, school leaders from the three up-Island towns are now planning to cut back the roster of teaching assistants at the West Tisbury School.
The Up-Island…
Oak Bluffs Library Plans Are Studied; October Start Seen
Oak Bluffs Library Plans Are Studied; October Start Seen
By CHRIS BURRELL
Groundbreaking for construction of the Island’s newest and largest library may begin sometime in October if bids – set to be opened less than a month from now – fall within the $3.2 million budget.
The roughly…
Fishermen Survive Accident; Boat Lost
Two Vineyard fishermen barely survived a boating accident south of Noman’s Land on Wednesday morning. Scott Terry, 51, a West Tisbury artist and avid commercial rod and reel fisherman, has a black eye and a few bruises, but is very much okay after the boat he was operating flipped in a rogue wave. He and…
Thoughtful Night: Can alliance of Blacks and Jews Cross Barriers?
Thoughtful Night: Can Alliance of Blacks and Jews Cross Barriers?
By CHRIS BURRELL
Is George W. Bush’s brand of conservatism so reprehensible that it could create a new alliance between America’s blacks and Jews? Or is the economic gap between the two groups simply too great to allow them to find common…
