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
October 17, 2003
The Matriarch of Opinions and Secrets
Her voice remains low, a library voice, a bedtime story voice; a soothing, unhurried monotone whether she is talking about her six children, about the car accident she had when she was 17, or about the ghost of the late Elizabeth Vanderhoop, sister of her first husband, William Vanderhoop, who drowned in the cistern when…
Two Mail Units Are in Jeopardy
Two Mail Units Are in Jeopardy
Satellite Stations at Alley’s Store, Edgartown Visitor Center Could Lose Delivery as Postal Service Continues to Cut Back
By MANDY LOCKE
As the United States Postal Service continues to tighten its belt, two Island post office satellite locations are in jeopardy.
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Union Threatens Strike at Community Services; Clients Face Disruption
Mental health counselors at Martha's Vineyard Community Services are now threatening to strike as the agency remains locked in tough contract talks with unionized employees. For seven months, tensions continued to mount at the negotiation table over pay issues. At risk are counseling and nursing services for hundreds of Islanders served by the Island Counseling…
Commissioners Make It Official
Commissioners Make It Official
No Southern Woodlands Housing; Developer Says, ‘We’ll Be Back’; Courts to Sort Out Issues in Four-Year Dispute
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
The latest chapter in the four-year battle between developer Corey Kupersmith and the Martha’s Vineyard Commission ended last night when the commission…
Skateboarders Soar; and Wait for New Park
Life at The Ledge: Skateboarders Soar, and Wait for New Park
By JULIA WELLS
It’s a weekday afternoon in downtown Vineyard Haven, and the sounds of early autumn are all around. On Centre street, a narrow side lane that angles steeply west of Main street, a light breeze ruffles the canopy…
Troubling Trend in Youth: Everybody Has a Knife; Some Are Getting Used
As soon as he saw Kaleena Searle swing up her right arm, the 16-year-old boy from Tisbury knew something bad was coming his way.
“I knew I was going to get stabbed,” the teenager told police last year.
It happened on a late night in mid-June. The boy had just walked…
Derby Favorite, Age Eight, Loses His Gear to a Thief, and Good Samaritans Step Up
When eight-year-old Asa P. Bernard came home from school a week ago Tuesday, his parents had bad news for him. All of the family’s fishing gear was stolen. Someone, the night before, had taken all the rods and reels and fishing tackle from the pickup truck parked next to their home.
“I felt…
Boatline Governor Proposes a Return to Summer Standby
Boatline Governor Proposes a Return to Summer Standby
By JULIA WELLS
NEW BEDFORD – A $68 million operating budget, a $2.4 million capital budget, a $3.3 million rate increase for the people of the Vineyard and Nantucket and the prospect of a new head tax – the talk was all about…
Cause of Power Outage Unknown, but Clearly It Ended Just in Time
Cause of Power Outage Unknown, but Clearly It Ended Just in Time
By MANDY LOCKE and ALEXIS TONTI
For 75 minutes at dusk yesterday, the lights went out from Aquinnah to Vineyard Haven as a power outage affected most of the Island.
But the only sounds of panic came from…
