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
June 3, 2008
From West Tisbury to Symphony Hall: Katie Sings With the Pops
Katie Mayhew sang twice at Symphony Hall in Boston yesterday, first in rehearsal and second as part of a competition for the Boston Pops High School Sing-Off. Katie, 15, is one of 22 contestants in a statewide competition to be a singer with the Boston Pops this summer. They came from all over the state,…
Whodunnit? Philip Craig, in Last Book
VINEYARD CHILL. By Philip R. Craig. Scribner. New York, N.Y. 2008. 256 pages. $24, hardcover.
A popular young Island barmaid has gone missing. An old buddy turns up who invariably brings trouble like a perverse hostess gift. It’s winter on Martha’s Vineyard and all’s well with J.W. Jackson, wife Zee, and their two…
Complementary Medicine Means Never Wondering, Is a Doctor in the House?
One is a specialist in internal medicine and gastroenterology. The other is an internist by training who spent much of his career in emergency medicine. Both traded jobs at top hospitals in Boston for rural life on an Island off the coast of Cape Cod. They met many years later, at a walk-in clinic started…
News Update: 6/3/08 12pm – Girls’ Lacrosse Team Advances
In one of the more exciting high school games in recent memory, the girls’ varsity lacrosse team scored two goals in the final two minutes to win yesterday’s quarterfinal game of the MIAA Division II South tournament by a final score of 13-12. With the win, the fifth-seeded Vineyarders (14-4-1) advance to a semifinals game…
Commission Weighs Plan for Mixed-Use Church
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission on Thursday continued a public hearing on a plan to convert a building at the corner of Ryan’s Way and Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Oak Bluffs to a mixed use building with a Brazilian church, a community center and a day care center. After two hours of testimony from applicant Valci…
Land of Lost Imaginary Friends Animated on Playhouse Stage
No artistic medium asks us, the audience, to bring our imagination to the table as much as a staged theatre reading. So when a work such as Kim and Delia is presented by Vineyard playwright and filmmaker Brian Ditchfield — on Saturday night, May 31, under the aegis of the popular Island Interludes program of…
FAIR Plan Will Not Seek Appeal; Rate Hikes Off
Vineyard homeowners who already pay some of the highest home insurance costs in the country will not see their rates go up this year. After the state insurance commissioner last month rejected a proposed 25 per cent rate hike for the FAIR Plan, the state-backed insurance provider of last resort, some speculated officials for the…
Edgartown Harbormaster Fumes as Fuel Dock Awaits Approval
The Edgartown North Wharf fueling dock remained closed today — much to the chagrin of early summer boaters and Edgartown harbor master Charles Blair among others — as the latest in a series of deadlines to ready the station were missed by fueling company R.M. Packer Inc. “They changed some rules on us,” said Mr.…
Shirley Donaroma Honored
Shirley Donaroma Honored Edgartown National Bank recently honored Shirley Donaroma for achieving 25 years as an employee of the bank. Ms. Donaroma began working for Edgartown National as a teller in 1982. She went on to work for many years as a customer service representative. At present, she is an operations specialist. She is a…
Hot Showers Now Solar Powered at Youth Hostel
Visitors to the American Youth Hostel in West Tisbury now can bathe in solar-heated water. A 3-by-8-foot collector has been attached to the roof of the hostel’s bike shed, and heats water for the nearby outdoor shower. Inside the collector are six cylindrical tanks. They’re filled with water, and when exposed to four hours of…
Home, Home on the Loam
As the story goes, the history of farming at Katama began in the first World War when Edgartown families planted army and navy beans deep in the rich soil there. Yet maps of the Island which date from 1862 show fences bordering the land, indicating that agricultural use of the land can be traced to…
Honors Night Lauds Student Achievement
The following Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School students were recognized for achievement in the annual honors night ceremonies, held Thursday night at the high school performing arts center. Art: Excellence in drawing and painting, Janelle Fortes; excellence in photography and graphics, Raymond Ewing; excellence in 3D design and architecture, Phuong-Lan Ho and Frank Williams; excellence…
Tennis Team Eliminated in Playoffs
A funny thing happened on the way to the state tournament this past week for the regional high school boys’ tennis team. In the most bizarre of circumstances, the boys were forced to play the girls’ team from East Bridgewater in the preliminary round of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament because of a little-known…
Bank Promotes Paul Ryan, Sarah Mayhew Shipway
The board of trustees at Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank has promoted Paul Ryan of Vineyard Haven to the position of vice president and Sarah Mayhew Shipway of Chilmark to the position of senior trust officer. Mr. Ryan relocated to the Island in 1988 when he became senior trust officer at Martha’s Vineyard National Bank, and…
Letter to a Senator
Letter to a Senator June Third, Two Thousand and Eight Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Hyannisport
Dear Senator Kennedy:
By now you have no doubt received so many expressions of love and hope and speedy recovery that this letter is certainly just one more scrap of newsprint for a heap of correspondence…
A Home to Call Her Own
Only hours away, not much sleep, kids away in Washington, D.C., on a school trip and soon I will be closing on my own brand new home. I just can’t believe it. Finally our very own home here on the Vineyard. Wow. I have worked so hard my entire life and raising the twins alone…
County Charter Study Final Report: Little or No Change in Government
Concluding an exhaustive 18-month study, the Dukes County Charter Study Commission issued recommendations for the future of county government in its final report released Thursday. The report leaves intact much of county government as it is known today. “The charter commission has opted for minimal change in the charter because in the course of its…
Letters to the Editor
FORGIVE BUT DON’T FORGET Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Town Fails to Properly Post Election
Elected officials in Oak Bluffs failed to publish the warrant for last week’s special town election within two weeks of the vote as required by law, the Gazette has learned. This means the town override election last week will require a special act from the state legislature to certify the results, or the town must…
Tuesday Chronicle
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of June, 1983 The three Steamship Authority governors, facing a battle with Vineyard commuters that may cost the boat line $25,000 in legal fees, are digging in for the fight. The last hope for compromise died this week when commuters rejected an offer by the authority to reduce the number…
High School Principal Looks Back on Years, Ahead to Quieter Life
The words “goofy” and “high school principal” are unlikely to follow one another in a game of free association. For Margaret (Peg) Regan, who will resign as principal of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School this month after nine years in the job, that’s been part of the problem, particularly recently. Sitting in her office…
Vineyard Tennis Camps Set for Adults, Children
The Edgartown tennis courts will host an adult tennis camp to be held on June 21 and 22. The camp will feature instruction from local tennis professionals and will be held from 9 a.m. to noon both days. The cost is $99. All ability levels are welcome. More information is available by calling 508-560-0525 or…
