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
April 14, 2006
Commission Votes to Approve Kennedy Family Property Plan
Ensuring that Kennedy family members will remain stewards of their rare Aquinnah estate into the next generation, the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week approved a subdivision plan for the 366-acre property between Moshup Trail and Squibnocket Pond. Owner Caroline B. Kennedy told commission members after a 10-2 vote last Thursday night that her family was…
Commission Votes to Approve Kennedy Family Property Plan
Ensuring that Kennedy family members will remain stewards of their rare Aquinnah estate into the next generation, the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week approved a subdivision plan for the 366-acre property between Moshup Trail and Squibnocket Pond. Owner Caroline B. Kennedy told commission members after a 10-2 vote last Thursday night that her family was…
Five Vie for One Tisbury Selectman’s Seat
When Tisbury voters gather Tuesday to elect a selectman, they will have plenty of choices.
Close Races Return Incumbents to Office: West Tisbury
West Tisbury Voters Back Incumbents
By IAN FEIN
With a narrow show of support for the West Tisbury political establishment, town voters in the annual election yesterday returned to office an incumbent selectman and the longtime chairman of the board of assessors.
Selectman Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter earned 54 per…
Close Races Return Incumbents to Office: Oak Bluffs
The ranking veteran on the Oak Bluffs board of selectmen held onto his seat by a whisker yesterday during one the closest races in annual town election history.
Roger Wey, who has served on the board for 18 years, defeated challenger Christine Catherine Todd by 489 to 484, a margin of only five…
Close Races Return Incumbents to Office: Edgartown
Edgartown Sees Light Turnout; Override Spending Approved
By JAMES KINSELLA
In an election gripped by calm, Edgartown voters yesterday approved 12 borrowing and spending proposals and ousted an incumbent from the board of health.
Cape Wind Project Snags in Politics on Capitol Hill
Cape Wind Project Snags in Politics on Capitol Hill
By IAN FEIN
When news broke last Friday that a Congressional committee on Capitol Hill attached language to a federal bill that would grant the governor of Massachusetts veto power over any offshore wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound, some called it…
Our Art Buchwald: Humorist Faces End of His Life with No Qualms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Predictably, the conversation begins with a string of jokes and the trademark grin that starts as a tiny twinkle in the corner of the eye and then suddenly and uproariously occupies his whole face.
