Jane Kenyon
I am the stone step, the latch, and the working hinge. I am the heart contracted by joy, the longest hair, white before the rest.-Jane Kenyon
August 27, 2004
Twenty Applicants for Principals’ Positions; Board Hopes for Resolution Next Week
Twenty Applicants for Principals’ Positions; Board Hopes for Resolution Next Week
By CHRIS BURRELL
In a race to fill both principal seats in the two up-Island schools by the middle of the next week, selection committees are now trying to whittle 20 applicants down to half that number for the first…
Big Plans for Vineyard House Include a New Central Campus
Big Plans for Vineyard House Include a New Central Campus
By ALEXIS TONTI
The directors of Vineyard House Inc., the only Island program that offers housing to people in the early stages of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, are now moving forward with a plan to purchase land and build…
SSA Rankles Tisbury Board
SSA Rankles Tisbury Board
Boatline Pays Police in Falmouth; Town Selectmen Want to Know Why That Is Fair; Traffic Snarls at Vineyard Haven
By ALEXIS TONTI
Tisbury leaders this week charged Steamship Authority managers with employing a double standard by paying for extra police assistance and traffic control in…
Bye Bye Birdie: Falcon Flies Off, Headed Toward Parts Unknown
Bye Bye Birdie: Falcon Flies Off, Headed Toward Parts Unknown
By MATT PELIKAN
It’s difficult to prove that something is absent. But it appears that the Vineyard’s hottest celebrity flew the coop sometime Tuesday afternoon.
The flight was self-propelled, and the celebrity was a slate-gray, foot-long predatory bird, a…
Unlocking a Puzzle: Quality of Our Waters
Unlocking a Puzzle: Quality of Our Waters
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
The diver goes over the side and disappears into the shallow saltwater pond with a small splash. Several minutes later he breaks the surface, cradling his prize: a clear plastic cylinder that contains a large plug of gravelly…
Town Library Gains Support
Going into Tuesday’s special town meeting and a crucial vote on the future of the Edgartown Free Public Library, the library trustees had two outstanding items on their wish list: strong backing from town leaders for their plan and a signed agreement with the owner of the Captain Warren House property. This week they got…
On Officials’ Trip to Cuttyhunk, Talk of the Strains of Growth
There is a lot more need for a Vineyard connection with Cuttyhunk these days, Dukes County Commissioners heard on a visit to the island Wednesday. Gosnold, they were told, is facing significant impact from its growing popularity as the outermost town in the Elizabeth chain of islands. Town leadership wants a master plan in response…
