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
April 20, 2007
Body Washes Ashore in Edgartown Harbor
A fisherman checking on his boat in Edgartown Harbor made a grisly discovery Monday when he found a dead body on a small stretch of beach at the end of Morse street. The fisherman first alerted Edgartown police of the discovery at 4:16 p.m. The body was reportedly male and found face down on the…
Chappaquiddick Ferry Owner Contemplates Sale of Business
Ownership of the Chappaquiddick ferry clearly seems a good deal to a lot of people, judging by the offers Roy Hayes has received since he revealed that he is looking to sell after 19 years. It’s not hard to see why someone would want the business — a monopoly service with an assured and growing…
Chilmark Voters Address Fishing Concerns at Annusl Town Meeting on Monday Night
The Island’s troubled fishing industry will be a major focus of the Chilmark annual town meeting on Monday night. In a town meeting warrant otherwise characterized as “very noncontroversial” by the chairman of the Chilmark board of selectmen, J.B. Riggs Parker, “the shellfish articles will obviously get much of the attention on the meeting floor.”
Geology of Vineyard Coastline Written in Cliffs and Boulders, From Lucy Vincent to Katama
Geological time mostly runs incredibly slowly, in measures of hundreds of thousands, if not millions or billions of years. No wonder Bob Woodruff was excited about what happened over the weekend.
Spring Gale Roars Through Island, Norton Point Is Breached
A powerful spring storm that inundated the entire East Coast pounded the Vineyard south shore with heavy seas this week, marrying with extreme tides to carve a substantial breach through Norton Point Beach at Katama at the extreme southeastern end of Edgartown. The event leaves Chappaquiddick a true island for the first time in more…
Tisbury Voters Go to the Polls Tuesday; Selectman’s Race Is Sole Ballot Contest
The loose ends of Tisbury’s three-day-long town meeting last week will be tied in the ballot box next Tuesday, as voters revisit eight Proposition 2 1/2 override requests. The selectmen put all non-emergency expenditures over $10,000 on override questions this year, but because the bulk of the spending and borrowing items failed on town meeting…
