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 22, 2010
Summer Begins
Summer Begins
Too Lost in Tunisia’s History to Fit in a Steam Bath
I am just back from Tunisia. Sadly, I have not been to a hammam — the Turkish steam bath for which Tunisia is famous. And I have not ridden a camel, which, of course, one should always do in a desert country. But I have seen camels aplenty and I have petted one (coarse, uninviting…
Artist Basks in Glow of Silver Moon
Some six weeks ago, by the light of a slowly rising full moon, painter Ray Ellis stole away to a silent corner of Edgartown and settled in to capture an image of the swollen moon creeping up over Chappaquiddick. Facing down-harbor, he had a perfect view of the Chappy bank, dotted with lights from the…
Twas Dublin in Vineyard Haven As Actors Re-Joyce on Bloomsday
James Joyce once declared that if Dublin were ever destroyed, it could be wholly reconstructed from the text of his famously impenetrable opus, Ulysses. On Wednesday night, or Bloomsday night rather, the Dublin of Joyce was thus faithfully restored in Vineyard Haven.
Stretch Into Some Good Karma
Stretch Into Some Good Karma
There’s a Place You Can Go: YMCA
Ripples were made for the first time in the brand new YMCA pool on Saturday. Nearly 60 guests were serenaded into the building by the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Minnesingers’ rendition of the Village People’s YMCA, eager after waiting in the hot sun to sign up for summer programs or go for a swim.
Garde Dogs Out of Court as Fines Mount
The Garde family of Vineyard Haven appears to have given up on legal efforts to keep its three delinquent husky dogs, but has yet to comply with the town’s order to get rid of the dogs, or pay fines which now total more than $26,000.
The long-running dispute between the town and the…
Tisbury Tussles With Options: Old Fire House, New Town Hall
Tisbury residents, having come up with the money to build a new fire house, now will be asked by town leaders to come up with more money, to knock down and redevelop the old one.
The town’s selectmen and planning board members, at a meeting on Tuesday night, all agreed the current building…
Men in Kilts and Tool Belts Go on the Block Thursday
Bid for a bachelor to be your date, complete with manners and trade certificate, providing services in carpentry, air conditioning, landscaping and even music, at the Men in Kilts fundraiser at Mediterranean Restaurant in Oak Bluffs on Thursday, June 24.
With food, cash bar (it’s an over-21 event) and the rocking southern bluegrass…
Spate of Break-ins in Edgartown
Edgartown police are investigating a string of home break-ins in the downtown area over the past week.
Det. Craig Edwards said there were four break-ins on School street and South Summer street, two at the same house. The first was on June 12, when a piece of jewelry and several bottles of prescription…
Junior Golf Clinic
Junior Golf Clinics
Did Someone Say Soccer? Vineyard Boys’ Scoring Sprees Send Teams to State Finals
There were no vuvuzelas at Veterans Memorial Park in Vineyard Haven when the Island’s U-13 boys’ travel soccer team approached their playoff game on Saturday, but the lack of long plastic horns did not make it that much quieter than the World Cup games going on at the same time in South Africa.
Church Expansion Plan Stirs Controversy in Neighborhood
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission on Thursday heard emotional testimony both for and against a proposal by the World Revival Church in Oak Bluffs to build a large tent with amplified music at the corner of Ryan’s Way and Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road for outdoor religious services, prayer groups and choir practice.
Bombs and Birds: Noman’s Plan Discussed
It has been an unusual past 100 years for Noman’s Land, that half-forgotten rock off Chilmark and Aquinnah that has occasionally reasserted its presence to Vineyarders with wafting smoke clouds and distant bomb blasts. Shrouded in mystery and explosives, it has seen rumrunners, pirates, hurricanes, and even an accidental internecine gun battle between the Coast…
State Fisheries Director Nixes Lobster Hatchery Revival Idea
A top state fisheries official told a Vineyard gathering on Friday afternoon that it is not feasible to restore the 61-year-old state lobster hatchery — at least not for raising young lobsters for release.
“We have no evidence that we did enhance the wild population to any significant degree at all,” said Paul…
Bidding War for Ray Ellis Painting Brings Record $250,000 to Trust
Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust executive director Chris Scott stood in his usual spot onstage with auctioneer Trip Barnes Saturday night, as Mr. Barnes kicked off the Taste of the Vineyard gala auction. With only five items up for bid, it was a light year for the trust. Bidders generally have some two dozen items to…
Chi Gung
Chi Gung
Chi Gung classes will be held with instructor Daisy Lifton at the Tisbury Senior Center on Mondays at 9 a.m. All are welcome to attend. Classes are $5 or $4 each, if paid in full for the month prior to the first class. Call 508-696-4205 to register; ask for Sandy.
Meredith Graduates
Meredith Graduates
Meredith Goldthwait, of Vineyard Haven, has graduated magna cum laude with a liberal arts degree from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Tuesday Chronicle: Pirates Ahoy!
From Gazette editions of May, 1960:
There is a persistent legend, which, if it cannot be proven, certainly never has been disproven — this is the Hammett legend. The Island family of Hammett, well known on the Island from about 1700 to 1900, has produced master mariners, soldiers, adventurers and merchants of every…
Every Last Bee
Every morning since April 24, Paul Goldstein has set out 30 colored soufflé cups with soapy water in them, a technique called bee bowling.
