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 26, 2004
It’s Preseason: What’s in Store? Around Island, a Retailer Shift
It’s Preseason: What’s in Store? Around Island, a Retailer Shift
By NIS KILDEGAARD
You need a scorecard to keep track of the preseason business shuffle in downtown Vineyard Haven.
On Tisbury Great Pond, a Family Feud
A divided family, hundreds of feet of unlicensed docks and the future of a cove on Tisbury Great Pond has sparked a drama in West Tisbury. Complicating the story is that the family member who installed these unpermitted docks is a town selectman. Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter reportedly installed four seasonal floating docks on Manter family…
Two Seized in Airport Mobil Break-in; After Search, Four Held on Drug Charges
Two Seized in Airport Mobil Break-in; After Search, Four Held on Drug Charges
By MANDY LOCKE
A burglary investigation led Edgartown police to a house of drugs this week.
“There were more drugs in that house than at Triangle Pharmacy,” said Edgartown police sergeant Ken Johnson, about a Plainfield…
Land Bank Bids for a Woodland Preserve
Land Bank Bids for a Woodlands Preserve
Deal Would Protect 190 Acres; Developer to Build 26 Houses
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
A long, bruising battle over the fate of the southern woodlands in Oak Bluffs took a stunning turn this week when the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank…
In the Campground, a Feeling for What Oak Bluffs Will Gain
In the Campground, a Feeling for What Oak Bluffs Will Gain
By CHRIS BURRELL
A splotch of fluorescent orange paint tags the trunk of a pine tree standing over what was once campsite Number 92 in the old Webb’s Camping Area.
The tree is a survivor, proof that the…
County Board Presses Its Case
County Board Presses Its Case
Questions on Steamship Authority Are Explored at a Meeting: Commissioners Worry on ‘Haphazard’ Ways
By ALEXIS TONTI
Citing what they believe are missteps and backtracking by Steamship Authority management, Dukes County commissioners this week criticized SSA managers for their imprudence and pointedly questioned the…
