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
February 20, 2004
School District Shows Strain
School District Shows Strains
West Tisbury Finance Committee Pushes for Drastic Measures, Proposing the Dissolution of Up-Island District
By CHRIS BURRELL
Concerned at the prospect of spiraling educational costs, dwindling state aid and declining enrollment, the West Tisbury finance committee is pressing school officials up-Island to consider drastic measures…
A Soldier’s Scrapbook: Kevin Devine Returns from Iraq with Vivid Combat Memories
A Soldier’s Scrapbook: Kevin Devine Returns from Iraq with Vivid Combat Memories
By CHRIS BURRELL
Kevin Devine is not sugarcoating anything about his last 11 months as a soldier in Iraq. The photographs stored on his laptop computer are proof of that.
“You couldn’t use these,” the U.S. Army…
Leaders Take Stock with Full Inventory of County Services
Following a year that saw Dukes County officials embroiled in controversy on several fronts, the county manager and commissioners now are setting policy to strengthen their ranks internally and to educate Islanders about county services. As part of the plan to improve communication, the county commissioners last week invited four department heads to their regular…
Chappy Land Gets Management Plan
Chappy Land Gets Management Plan
By JULIA WELLS
It’s not so much about the land anymore, it’s about the people – especially the neighbors.
This is the central theme that runs through a new management plan released this week for two key properties owned by The Trustees of Reservations…
At Five Corners, Boat Shed Has New Mission
A new boat-building enterprise with a strong educational component has been launched in the concrete building at Five Corners in Vineyard Haven.
On Tuesday, Myles Thurlow of West Tisbury was inside lofting the first of two new 32-foot rowing boats. With volunteer labor and contributions from the community, they’ll be in the water…
Boatline Meets Amid Turmoil
Boatline Meets Amid Turmoil
SSA Board Meets for First Time Since Nantucket’s Decision to Explore Secession from Authority
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
Steamship Authority news has been dominated by power and politics in recent weeks, but when the boat line board of governors convenes for its monthly…
