Mary Oliver
The wind wags its many tails. And in the evening the piled firewood shifts a little, longing to be on its way. —Mary Oliver
July 17, 2007
Not Too Many Fish in the Sea to Count
Not Too Many Fish in the Sea to Count
By KATE BRANNEN
The Vineyard Conservation Society met Thursday for its annual meeting and to hear about the Marine Life Census, an ambitious and inspiring global project that is attempting to catalogue and identify every life form in the planet’s oceans.
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Vineyard House Marks Ten Years
In the two years before Vineyard House opened, there were two dozen alcohol and drug-related deaths on the Island. The founders of the nonprofit sober house never did a formal needs survey – the need seemed clear enough. There was a cavernous gap in health services between the hospital’s three-day detox and the return to…
Radio Station WMVY Online Shares Reprieve in Fee Hikes
Barbara Dacey is relieved. A temporary eleventh-hour agreement last weekend between radio webcasters and a record industry royalty collection organization ensures that Internet-based streaming radio stations will operate under existing royalty fees. Meanwhile, negotiation continues between webcasters and Sound Exchange, which collects royalties for the Recording Industry Association of America. At issue is a proposed…
He’s Outta There: Gary Cohen Talks All-Star Break in Chilmark
It is a misty Tuesday night in Chilmark, the kind of evening when the Vineyard seems a million miles from the rest of the world.
Sengekontacket Pond to Close Permanently in Summer Months
Sengekontacket Pond will be closed to shellfishing for four months each year in the peak summer season on a permanent basis, as a result of intractable problems with high levels of dangerous bacteria. From now on the pond, which spans Edgartown and Oak Bluffs and is a popular spot for recreational clammers, will be closed…
Lost and Found: World War II Shipmates Reconnect in Chance Internet Encounter
Lost and Found: World War II Shipmates Reconnect in Chance Internet Encounter
After 62 years of being out of each other’s lives, World War II shipmates and old friends Ray Ellis and Bill Sprague reconnected to find that despite the many years gone by, their friendship was still intact.
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