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
December 5, 2003
One More Time, Fellows: The Vineyarders Play in Championship Match Tomorrow
One More Time, Fellows: The Vineyarders Play in Championship Match Tomorrow
By ALEXIS TONTI
For the fourth time in five years, Vineyard football is set to play for the state title. After defeating East Boston 17-12 in this week’s playoff contest, the Vineyarders now will face Manchester Essex in Saturday’s Division…
Tiring of Those Who short Cut, Neighborhood Considers Gate
Tiring of Those Who Short Cut, Neighborhood Considers Gate
By MANDY LOCKE
In about eight minutes, a driver taking a shortcut from the West Tisbury Road to the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road can get from the entrance at Metcalf Drive to the exit at Dodgers Hole. It takes only six minutes if…
New Hospital Costs Going Up
New Hospital Costs Going Up
$50 Million Is a New Estimate; Leaders Plan Public Meeting for This Saturday to Unveil Update on Their Thinking
By JULIA WELLS
Leaders at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital are moving forward with an ambitious plan to replace the badly decayed 30-year-old hospital on Linton…
Coast Guard Is Ready to Grow at Menemsha; Chilmark Police to Move
Reversing a downsizing of seven years ago, the U.S. Coast Guard soon will expand its Vineyard presence, including resumption of full use of the Menemsha Coast Guard station.
As part of that process, Chilmark selectmen have been told the town police department, now a tenant at the old historic station, located on the…
At Aquinnah Town Meeting, the Emotions Frame Museum Debate
At Aquinnah Town Meeting, the Emotions Frame Museum Debate
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
The subject was a plan for a cultural museum in a historic homestead high on a windswept bluff in the town of Aquinnah. But the discussion that swirled for more than an hour and a half…
Public Hearing Set for Monday on Appeal of Sovereignty Case
Public Hearing Set for Monday on Appeal of Sovereignty Case
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
Under pressure from a growing group of townspeople to appeal the controversial superior court decision on sovereign immunity, this week the Aquinnah selectmen agreed to call a public hearing and take a new vote on…
