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
July 23, 2004
Partners in Vineyard Golf Club Apply Pressure to Build Homes
Acting through their Boston attorney, the managing partners for the Vineyard Golf Club have been engaged in a series of quiet threats and maneuvers in recent weeks – all aimed at avoiding a Martha's Vineyard Commission review of a new plan to build 16 luxury houses for members at the golf club. The commission expressly…
Pennywise Path Plan Wins MVC Approval
Ruling that the dire need for low-cost rental housing trumps traffic concerns, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted unanimously last night to approve the Pennywise Path affordable housing project in Edgartown.
New Land Bank Purchase Will Preserve 84 Acres on Chilmark’s Middle Road
The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank announced this week that it will buy 84 acres of land in Chilmark, a sprawling property that rises nearly 200 feet from Middle Road to a ridgeline with views of the south shore. The purchase price is $8.3 million. The sellers are Robert Harrington and Sarah Harrington Williams. The property…
New Research: Island’s Extinct Heath Hen Was a Unique Bird
Now a genetic study of the skins of scores of heath hens, all of them from the Vineyard, shows that the Island bird, although it looked and behaved much like its supposed parent species in the Midwest, was a wholly distinctive creature. Genetically it was more different from the greater western prairie chicken – that…
Appeals Board Vetoes Garage
Appeals Board Vetoes Garage
For a Second Time, Oak Bluffs Says It’s an Illegal Structure; in Next Week’s Chapter, a Request to Move It
By CHRIS BURRELL
They declared the building illegal, called the permit application perjurious and refused to resurrect a building permit for a three-story structure towering…
Boatline Interim Manager Will Tackle Reservations and Ticketing Problems
Boatline Interim Manager Will Tackle Reservations and Ticketing Problems
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
HYANNIS – Steamship Authority governors bid a quick adieu to chief executive officer Fred C. Raskin and voted without dissent yesterday to name Wayne Lamson, their longtime treasurer, as interim general manager for the next four…
For Second Time, Aquinnah Voters Reject Budget Override; A Difficult Year Aheadult Year
For Second Time, Aquinnah Voters Reject Budget Override; A Difficult Year Ahead
By JULIA WELLS
Voters in Aquinnah spoke – and loudly – for the second time in four weeks yesterday, rejecting a $130,000 general override to Proposition 2 1/2 by a decisive margin in a special town election.
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