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
June 2, 2006
Final Farewell to Historic Steamer Nobska
Time has finally run out for the Nobska, the last coastal steamer in America and the car and passenger vessel that served the Vineyard between 1925 and 1973. Preliminary work to dismantle the historic vessel began in the Charlestown Navy Yard early this week, and on Wednesday the wrecking ball came down on her upper…
Charter School Graduates Five: Students Laud Project Learning
Students who have attended the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School since it first opened its doors ten years ago have a nickname – they are called charter starters. The last two members of the charter starter club – Elliot Morris and Matthew McCurdy – will graduate tomorrow. The graduating class this year numbers five, and…
Hospital Ends Year Flush with Cash
Hospital Ends Year Flush with Cash
By JULIA WELLS
The Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital ended its fiscal year on a high note drenched in black ink, posting a net operating gain of just over $1.5 million, more than double the gain posted last year before gifts and other income. Cash reserves…
Study ot Two-Town Chief Ends Abruptly in Dissent
Supreme Judicial Court Soundly Upholds Town Sewage Plant Practices
By IAN FEIN
In a resounding victory for the town of Edgartown, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday that the Edgartown wastewater treatment plant is part of the solution – and not the problem – to water quality pollution in Edgartown Great…
Supreme Judicial Court Soundly Upholds Town Sewage Plant Practices
In a resounding victory for the town of Edgartown, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday that the Edgartown wastewater treatment plant is part of the solution – and not the problem – to water quality pollution in Edgartown Great Pond. The decision upheld a 1999 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection permit that allowed the…
Cheryl B. Stark, Margery Meltzer Count 40 Years
The silver and gold still sparkles in the afternoon sun like it did that summer in 1966, when the young college student from Boston with long blond hair stepped off the ferry, walked into Vineyard Haven and began selling her handmade jewelry on the Island for the first time.
