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
September 19, 2003
Questions Over Schools’ Action
Questions Over Schools’ Action
Superintendent Cash’s Failure to Support Principal on Koines Subject at Regional Meeting; Audit Critical of Lapses
By CHRIS BURRELL
Regional high school committee meetings don’t typically turn feisty, but with fallout from the Peter J. Koines case still hanging in the air, Tisbury officials showed…
MVC Shows Support for Veteran Member, Rejecting Bias Charges
In an unqualified show of confidence for one of its own members who has been under relentless attack by the developers of the Down Island Golf Club, the Martha's Vineyard Commission voted without dissent last night that commission member Linda Sibley is free from bias and prejudice. "I don't believe there is anybody on this…
Landscapers to Be Tested for Tularemia
His team of Harvard scientists collected 5,000 dog ticks and trapped 35 skunks and raccoons on the Vineyard this summer. Now, parasitologist Sam Telford wants something more to bring back to the lab in Boston – human blood. Mr. Telford is on the hunt for clues to the mystery of tularemia, the rare and potentially…
Boats Here Plucked from Water as Isabel Moves to Mainland
Boats Here Plucked from Water as Isabel Moves to Mainland
By CHRIS BURRELL
Spillover from Hurricane Isabel was forecast to hit the Island today with 10-foot seas and wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour.
And while landfall came yesterday on the North Carolina coast, many Vineyarders who…
Derby Leader: Annie Finnerty Gets a Striper, and Applause
When the striped bass she caught was weighed in at Derby Headquarters in Edgartown on Wednesday night, the gathered crowd of 30 onlookers applauded, as they only do for serious Derby contenders. The computer driven scale read in blue letters: 40.52 pounds.
Snapshot of a Changing Neighborhood: Now, Lights Go Out in Winter Months
Snapshot of a Changing Neighborhood: Now, Lights Go Out in Winter Months
By MANDY LOCKE
