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
March 5, 2004
SSA Management Sets a Course for Collision on Security Measures
SSA Management Sets a Course for Collision on Security Measures
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
Turning a deaf ear on the growing uproar among Islanders over a controversial new policy that will bar people from staying in their cars on board ferries, senior managers at the Steamship Authority announced flatly…
Oak Bluffs Is Set to Accept Bid for Vineyard’s Largest Library
Oak Bluffs Is Set to Accept Bid for Vineyard’s Largest Library
By CHRIS BURRELL
The backyard of Oak Bluffs town hall doesn’t look like much now, but sometime this spring on a patch of dirt and grass that was once a school playground, the Island’s largest public library will begin to rise…
Nobska Faces Prospect of Scrap Heap
Heralded as the last of the coastal steamships in America, the steamer Nobska will be scrapped if her owners are unable to find a way to float her away from the Charlestown Navy Yard by midyear. Word of the new deadline was delivered to members of the New England Steamship Foundation at their annual meeting…
Stunt Bicyclists Win Skatepark Access; Peaceful Coexistence Is Now Goal
It was built for skateboarders after a grassroots effort that lasted years, but less than three months after the Martha’s Vineyard Skatepark opened in Oak Bluffs, the skaters are dealing with some uninvited guests – bicyclists.
Sweet Clover: Beloved Cow Had a Gentle Way with Kids
Clover, a docile Brown Swiss cow that lured youngsters to her stall at the agricultural fair for nearly two decades, died in her sleep early Wednesday morning. She was 19. The Island's only Brown Swiss, Clover – also known as Dairy Queen by those who loved her – came to the Vineyard in December of…
Voters of Aquinnah Consider Patriot Act
Voters of Aquinnah Consider Patriot Act
Voters in Aquinnah will decide this week whether to join other towns across the country in opposing the Patriot Act, federal legislation adopted six weeks after Sept. 11 in the name of anti-terrorism.
A resolution and a town bylaw opposing the Patriot Act both appear…
School District Weighs Choices
School District Weighs Choices
Meetings in West Tisbury, Chilmark Explore Future of Up-Island Public Education; Costs in Chilmark Are Central
By CHRIS BURRELL
Last night, more than 80 people – parents, teachers, alumni, selectmen and community members – rallied around the Chilmark School. Despite declining enrollment and pressure to…
