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
June 19, 2007
Audubon Report Finds Sprawl Cause of Sharp Decline in Birds
The loss of habitat which has caused bird numbers to plummet across America in recent decades has had an impact on the Vineyard, but not nearly as heavily as in other places, according to local experts.
MVC Votes to Approve Chilmark Housing Plan for Middle Line Road
MVC Votes to Approve Chilmark Housing Plan for Middle Line Road
By IAN FEIN
Holding to its stance that the Island’s dire need for affordable housing trumps other planning principles, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last week approved a town-sponsored subdivision tucked in the woods of Chilmark.
This Game Knows No Age Restrictions: Table Tennis Transposed as Quinapong
They don’t play for money. They don’t play for their team or their hometown or even their country. In fact, they don’t even play for a trophy.
And while this sometimes silly and always social group who play the up-Island brand of table tennis called Quinapong may seem more interested in chatting with…
Taste of Vineyard is a Lucrative Toast to the Preservation Trust
The evening easily could have been confused with a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. The grill staff at P.J.’s Café sang along to Love Train and Don’t Stop Believin’ as they flipped mini burgers, pressed them in between golden buns and handed them off to hungry, fashionably clad patrons. Across the way, the pastry chef at…
Tribe Casino Plans Remain Unchanged
Tribe Casino Plans Remain Unchanged
Aquinnah Wampanoags Are Committed to Gaming Too; But First Mashpee Must Convince State Legislature
By IAN FEIN
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) remains interested in developing an off-Island casino, tribal council chairman Donald Widdiss said this week.
But before they…
