Pablo Neruda
I knew rooms full of ashes, Tunnels where the moon lived, Rough warehouses that growled ‘get lost’, Questions that insisted in the sand.-Pablo Neruda
June 16, 2006
Change Eyed in School Pact
Change Eyed in School Pact
Up-Island Regional Agreement Could See a Major Overhaul if Aquinnah Has Its Way; Cost Remains the Issue
By IAN FEIN
With tensions brewing and the fate of the Up-Island Regional School District back in the spotlight, the regional school committee will meet twice next…
Chilmark Man May Plead Guilty in Rare Map Theft
Chilmark Man May Plead Guilty in Rare Map Theft
By JAMES KINSELLA
A Chilmark man is expected to plead guilty next Thursday to one or more thefts of rare maps worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to published reports in Connecticut newspapers.
Both the New Haven Register and…
Oak Bluffs Special Employment Contracts Exceed Norm
The town of Oak Bluffs has at least 10 employees working under personal service contracts, multiple year employment agreements negotiated on an individual basis that usually reward the worker with additional perks and a higher level of pay than other municipal and union employees.
Lights, Curtain: Kaf Warman Is Directing Again
Piano notes ring out and fill the empty main room of the Outerland nightclub. Rather than enjoying the sunny Monday afternoon, the five-member cast of Ruthless!, an Off-Broadway musical that debuted here Thursday evening, is in full costume.
Six-Year County Lawsuit Comes to an End
The epic six-year battle over control of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport has ended not with a bang, but with the mailing of checks.
In the end, the court case at the center of the battle cost at least $608,374 – in payments to the two airport managers who brought the lawsuit and in…
Patrolman to Chief: Meet Timothy Stobie
Patrolman to Chief: Meet Timothy Stobie
By MAX HART
You can call him chief, you can call him acting chief – you can even call him police chief pro tempore if you must.
Just don’t call Timothy Stobie, Tisbury’s acting police chief, newsworthy.
“I have never considered…
Townwide DCPC in Aquinnah Held Valid by Superior Court
A Middlesex Superior Court judge last week upheld the validity of a unique townwide planning and zoning district in Aquinnah. The decision, which was entered on Friday by the Hon. Julian T. Houston, found in favor of the town and the Martha's Vineyard Commission against a developer who is seeking to open access to and…
