Jane Kenyon
I am the stone step, the latch, and the working hinge. I am the heart contracted by joy, the longest hair, white before the rest.-Jane Kenyon
December 15, 2006
West Tisbury Assessors Return to Tax Board
West Tisbury Assessors Return to Tax Board
by IAN FEIN
The sense of deja vu was unmistakable at the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board in Boston this week.
West Tisbury assessors and their attorney were back before the tax board on Tuesday to defend the values they had placed on north shore properties…
Momentum Builds for Energy District
Momentum Builds For Energy District by IAN FEIN Island voters this spring will be asked whether they wish to take the Vineyard’s energy future into their own hands.
Aquinnah selectman James Newman this week authored a nonbinding referendum for the coming town meeting season aimed at creating an overlay district to promote and…
American Dream: Young Brazilian Finds Vineyard Is Pure Home
Danubia Campos dreams big. A law degree, or maybe one in international relations. Possibly a career with the United Nations or even one as a Supreme Court Justice.
Families Celebrate Hanukkah with Wide-Ranging Traditions
Some unpack prolific menorah collections, many make latkes, others make doughnuts and most buy presents – but whatever a family’s traditions to prepare for Hanukkah, hundreds of Islanders will light the first menorah candles at sundown this evening, the beginning of the eight-night Festival of Lights.
Hospital Trustees Vote Without Dissent to Join Massachusetts General
Just seven weeks after announcing their intention to negotiate an affiliation with the giant Partners Health group, Martha’s Vineyard hospital trustees voted unanimously to approve the landmark sale agreement on Saturday.
