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
August 18, 2006
Prized Tomatoes, Cotton Candy: Annual Agricultural Fair Begins
Building Plan Comes to MVC
Commission Pledges to Expedite Hearing on Kennebec Proposal; Developer Requests Leniency on Project Restrictions
By IAN FEIN
An Oak Bluffs building owner made his case to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last week that the regional planning agency should not impose any restrictions on the…
Camp Ground Glows on Illumination Night
It is an adjective that has likely appeared in almost every news article or story ever told about the Night of Grand Illumination.
While some have described it as whimsical, majestic or even ethereal, it seems as if anyone reflecting on the annual tradition is in some way obligated to use the one…
Land Use Memorandum Spans Two Governments: Town and Wampanoags
Marking a potentially historic moment for town-tribal relations, Aquinnah voters next week will decide whether to adopt an untested land use agreement that bridges two governments: the town and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). The purpose of the document is to resolve a longtime dispute over who has authority to issue permits, and…
Donations Lagging, Sizzle of Fireworks May End This Year
Donations Lagging, Sizzle of Fireworks May End This Year
By JAMES KINSELLA
For more than three decades, the Oak Bluffs Firemen’s Civic Association fireworks have served as the unofficial notice that the Vineyard summer is drawing to a close.
This year, the fireworks, a 45-minute spectacular scheduled to get…
Katrina’s Wake: Scholars Gather to Raise Funds and Awareness
They are two of the most accomplished and respected scholars both in the nation’s elite collegiate circles and in the African-American community, but on Wednesday morning Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Dr. Charles J. Ogletree Jr. were preoccupied with one thing – going fishing.
Guarding the Flanks of Conservation
Guarding the Flanks of Conservation
By IAN FEIN
From her hilltop home in Seven Gates Farm in West Tisbury, Elizabeth (Tess) Bramhall can tell the month of the year by where the sun sets on the horizon.
“In December it goes down just to the left of the Gay…
