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
October 13, 2006
Small in Size, Big in Spirit, Model Boats Compete in Annual Whippoorwill Race
The weather was more like summer than fall at the annual Whippoorwill Yacht and Rocket Club’s model boat race at Red Beach in Aquinnah on Sunday, when sailors young and old gathered for a fun afternoon of competitive boat racing. Compared to years past, the event was short on both participants and wind. There were…
Public School Enrollment Continues Steady Decline for a Six Straight Year
Enrollment in the Vineyard public schools has dropped for the sixth year in a row, according to school census figures released this week.
Oak Bluffs Innkeeper Challenges Commission Decision in Court
Oak Bluffs Innkeeper Challenges Commission Decision in Court
By IAN FEIN
A Dukes County superior court judge yesterday heard arguments in a one-day trial that explored the limits of commercial expansion in an eclectic residential neighborhood of Oak Bluffs.
Town resident Jack E. Robinson Sr. is challenging the Martha’s…
Monthlong Bass, Bluefish Derby Will Come to an End Tomorrow
The water is swirling in the narrow channel connecting Cape Pogue Pond to the Edgartown outer harbor. Minutes before the tide hit bottom, the pond was as low as gets, and now the waters of the ocean are running back in.
Illegal Tear-Down Leads to $10,000 Fine
Two Edgartown homeowners who tore down a historic backyard barn on their property at the corner of Cooke and Summer streets in March of 2005 without town approval have agreed to pay the town $10,000.
Regional Formula Set for Discussion
Regional Formula Set for Discussion
State Education Officials Travel Here for Public Meeting on Anticipated Changes in District Assessments
By IAN FEIN
With selectmen across the Vineyard weighing in on expected changes to the way their towns pay for the regional school districts, education officials from Boston will travel…
Boys’ Soccer Is Main Attraction at High School
In many ways, this year’s Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys’ soccer team is a study in contradictions.
While most of the players have been kicking the ball together since they were children, coming up together through the ranks of youth soccer and the recreation and travel leagues, other key players joined the…
