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
September 10, 2004
Guiding Lights: New Principals Are on the Job at Two Schools
Guiding Lights: New Principals Are on the Job at Two Schools
By CHRIS BURRELL
It’s the day before school starts, and these two new principals – on the job just four days – barely have even a few minutes to stop and talk.
But in a short amount of…
Wampanoag Sovereignty Arguments Are Heard at State Supreme Court
Wampanoag Sovereignty Arguments Are Heard at State Supreme Court
By JULIA WELLS
Attorneys on both sides of the sovereign immunity dispute in the town of Aquinnah took their arguments to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court this week, in a landmark case whose outcome is expected to have far-reaching implications for every town…
Health Board Bans Smoking in All Oak Bluffs Private Clubs
The ashtrays at two private clubs in Oak Bluffs – the Portuguese-American Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall – came off the bar counters and table tops this week and were moved to the front porch.
The last bastions for smokers who liked to light up while hoisting a beer with…
Kindergarten in Primary Colors on First Day
Kindergarten In Primary Colors on First Day
By C.K. WOLFSON
The real world has summoned. Parents, properly awed, understand that the occasion is momentous, and are freeze-frame struck by the sudden awareness of time having passed. Cautiously they enter room 119 at the Edgartown School, their children clinging to them like…
Shorefront Property Valuations Skyrocket
A high-priced real estate market coupled with changes in the way property assessments are calculated has fueled a sharp rise in the value of waterview and waterfront property in Edgartown this year.
Bass and Bluefish Derby Begins with a Wet Line and Big Prizes
The start of the 59th annual Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby may be only two days away, but the planning and preparation go back a year. This Sunday at 12:01 a.m. the first wave of avid anglers will head for their boats and the shore in pursuit of fish. It is the start…
