Mary Oliver
The wind wags its many tails. And in the evening the piled firewood shifts a little, longing to be on its way. —Mary Oliver
November 19, 2004
Vineyarders Gird for Only Game That Matters
The signs around the high school all point toward a showdown.
Like the handwritten message taped to the wall inside the boys’ locker room.
“10-game preseason is over. KHUNA Nantucket!!!”
Or the chants echoing in the halls, through the gymnasium and out into the crisp November air.
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Senior Gustavo Simoes Makes the Cut: Center Goes from Futbol to Football
When taken out of context, listening to Gustavo Simoes talk about football can be quite confusing.
“I played football all the time as a kid in Brazil,” the high school senior and Vineyarders center said after practice Monday. “And I had seen football on TV, too, but I never played it until I…
Copeland Review Board Rejects Garage
Defenders of historic architecture in downtown Oak Bluffs this week shot down a plan to rescue a controversial, three-story garage that was built last spring in the North Bluff section of town.
Tisbury Zoning Board Approves Bridge Commons Housing Plan
Tisbury zoning board members last night unanimously approved a comprehensive permit for a controversial 30-unit affordable housing project on eight acres of land off State Road. The board's action includes numerous conditions but clears the way for construction of Bridge Commons, a housing project of 15 duplex-style buildings. Half of all the units will be…
West Tisbury and Chilmark Selectmen Collide Over Up-Island School Study
West Tisbury and Chilmark Selectmen Collide Over Up-Island School Study
IAN FEIN
West Tisbury and Chilmark selectmen knocked heads this week over whether a task force studying the Up-Island Regional School District should consider closing the Chilmark School.
The dispute could end the task force study before it even…
Committee Members Hash Out a New Vision for Superintendent
Committee Members Hash Out a New Vision for Superintendent
By CHRIS BURRELL
All-Island school committee members took their first crack this week at defining the kind of superintendent they want to lead Vineyard public schools.
Their suggestions ran the gamut. Some wanted a financial expert to oversee an educational…
Endangered Green Sea Turtle Rescued
Endangered Green Sea Turtle Rescued
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
A 17-pound live green sea turtle found on Chappaquiddick more than a week ago is recovering at the New England Aquarium. The turtle, nicknamed Quiddick by a Vineyard veterinarian who first treated it, is the first endangered green turtle recovered live from…
