Jane Kenyon
I am the stone step, the latch, and the working hinge. I am the heart contracted by joy, the longest hair, white before the rest.-Jane Kenyon
August 15, 2003
As Culinary Probe Proceeds, School Leaders Are Divided
As Culinary Probe Proceeds, School Leaders Are Divided
By CHRIS BURRELL
More than a month after regional high school teacher Peter J. Koines was arrested by Oak Bluffs police and charged with stealing $11,000 worth of school-owned equipment and funds, Island school officials are now seriously divided over how they should…
Yearlong Job: Behind Scenes for Fireworks is Fundraising
It is not easy raising funds for a summer signature event. Tonight’s fireworks will be the biggest display Ocean Park spectators have ever seen. That is the way it is every year.
Bigger and better than ever is the game plan, according to David Kelsen of CR Pyro, the Middleton company that is…
Illumination Night Magic Clears Clutter of a More Hectic Century
Maybe it's the sound: giggling, try-and-catch-me children, laughing adults, backyard party chatter. Maybe it's the color: pastels and bright hues sprinkled over pathways and porches and suspended in mid-flight like handfuls of confetti. Maybe it's all the smiles: people on front porch rocking chairs or strolling along walkways; everyone ready to pose for pictures and…
County Drops Top Job Offer
County Drops Top Job Offer
In Divided Vote, Commissioners Withdraw Offer of Manager’s Position to Laurie Perry; Search Begins Anew
By ALEXIS TONTI
Almost four months after the Dukes County commissioners selected Laurie Perry, former administrator for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), as county manager, they voted…
Deck Collapse Injures Ten in Chilmark; Island Rescue Units in Quick Response
Deck Collapse Injures Ten in Chilmark; Island Rescue Units in Quick Response
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
A festive summer cocktail party in Chilmark ended abruptly in chaos, fright and injuries last night when a second story deck collapsed on a home overlooking Clam Cove in Nashaquitsa Pond.
Boat Line Ready to Vote on Fast Ferry
Boat Line Ready to Vote on Fast Ferry
By JULIA WELLS
An abrupt announcement by Steamship Authority managers early this week that they will convert the passenger ferry Schamonchi to a private operation led to another abrupt announcement yesterday: A license agreement with a private operator who wants to run high-speed…
