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 29, 2010
New Writers Debut Plays In Edgartown Arts Space
Three plays in development will debut with pay-what-you-can performances this weekend at the Vineyard Arts Project in Edgartown. Each play runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday, in a rotating schedule so viewers can see three different plays in one day, or one each day, or any other combination.
Road Work
Road Work
A 100-foot section of North Road in Chilmark will be under construction beginning at 8 a.m. tomorrow, leaving only one lane open to traffic.
The roadwork is expected to take about three hours to complete, and motorists should expect some delays. The section in need of repair is located…
Raven’s View: What’s Good, Bad and Scary
Gone are the grownup gatekeepers of movie merit — kids are the audience for the weekly Cinema Circus films. So the Gazette and the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival bring you the big view from the smaller viewers with weekly kid critics.
Bargain With the Devil
Bargain With the Devil
Harvard University professor Robert Mnookin will discuss his new book, Bargaining with the Devil, in a 7:30 p.m. program on Thursday, July 1, at the Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven.
Beach Night Ruined Beach Day
A five-year-old girl, wildly happy to be on South Beach with her mom and dad on a sparkling summer afternoon, chases her shadow down the strand. Suddenly her screams shatter the tranquility. She crumbles to the sand, terrified at sudden, intense pain. Her parents rush to her aid, wide-eyed and shocked. Penetrating the sole of…
SMF versus QBA
SMF versus QBA
Vineyard Notebook
On Saturday; book lovers from all over the Island gathered at the West Tisbury Public Library to celebrate librarian Paula Black on what would have been her 57th birthday.
Morning Glory’s Leap of Faith Takes Off With Community Fun
It’s been a long time coming for Morning Glory Farm to expand its farm stand. The farm has been overwhelmed in recent summers by the demand for the local produce they sell. This summer that problem may be averted. The new building has been open since Memorial Day weekend, and a formal grand opening was…
Under-15s Boys’ Soccer Team Yields in Championship Game
On the same weekend the U.S. national team was eliminated from the World Cup by losing to Ghana, a Vineyard soccer team was playing in a big tournament of their own, and very much like the U.S., facing the same team that knocked them out of contention in the last go-around.
The Vineyard…
Skirting Bids to Send Kids to the Fringe
It was an evening of tartans and tuna tartare as the men in kilts invaded the highlands of Oak Bluffs, auctioning off their services at the Mediterranean Restaurant to benefit the high school’s drama program. All the traditional Celtic standards were on offer Thursday night, from Danny Boy to It’s Raining Men, as kilt-clad local…
Farm Institute Names Executive Director
The Farm Institute in Katama has named Jonathan Previant as its new executive director. He brings to the institute a strong business background combined with a lifelong interest in agriculture.
Mr. Previant, 63, spoke to the Gazette over the weekend as he was driving north from Miami, Vineyard-bound for a fresh start on…
Law Adds Scope for Changing How Health Care Is Delivered
Islanders have long been acutely aware of the problems of health care access. Cut off from the larger medical community by Nantucket Sound, Vineyarders are twice as likely as other Massachusetts residents to be uninsured. On Friday afternoon Martha’s Vineyard Community Services held a panel discussion about the recent national health care bill, and how…
Tigers Clip Cardinals, but Community Soars at Little League Championship
The game was in hand for coach J. Ernie Chaves’s Tigers team on Saturday during the Martha’s Vineyard Little League championship game at Veira Park in Oak Bluffs, when one of his players hit a line drive foul ball that sent him scurrying for cover as he stood on the third base line.
Principal Binney Abruptly Announces Resignation From Oak Bluffs School
Oak Bluffs School principal Laury Binney announced suddenly over the weekend that he would resign his post, citing both personal and professional reasons.
Mr. Binney, who has been principal for 14 years, gave his resignation to Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss on Sunday. Mr. Weiss said yesterday that Mr. Binney intends…
Jason Canha Is Awarded A Bronze Star for Service
After 17 years serving in the U.S. Air Force, Special Agent Jason F. Canha has learned to take the good and the bad of military life. He has traveled around the globe, met lifelong friends and served in one of the most elite military police units in the world.
But Agent Canha, 37,…
Gilded Age Gardener
Gilded Age Gardener
Landscape historian, author and Vineyard gardener Judith Tankard offers a look at the life and work of Beatrix Farrand, one of the foremost landscape designers of the early 1900s, at the Polly Hill Arboretum on Wednesday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Born into a prominent New York family,…
Jewish Heritage
Jewish Heritage
Two rabbinical students arrive on Island today as part of the Chabad-Lubavitch Summer Peace Corps, as the summer project of this Hasidic movement in Orthodox Judaism is generally known.
Hauling suitcases of videos, brochures, books, Shabbat candles, mezuzahs (a religious scroll placed on doorways) and kosher food, Yishai Eliefja…
Still On a Mission from God
Still On a Mission from God
Missing your soul men? Well, weep no longer because the Official Blues Brothers Revue will be rocking the pews at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs this Thursday, July 1 at 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday Chronicle: Walk on the Wild Side
From Gazette editions of May, 1960:
Letters to the Editor
WIND TOWERS
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I just don’t feel comfortable that any planning agency on this Island has the comprehension or rules in place to handle the potential for the proliferation of hundreds of steel towers that may be constructed on this Island in the coming years.
Certifiably Good
Lisa Fisher is protective of the word organic. She guards it like one of her precious artichokes, pays close attention to the term as she tends her string beans, and cares for it like the tomatoes that are just beginning to ripen.
There are nearly 90 certified organic farms across Massachusetts. Ms. Fisher’s…
Art and Music
Art and Music
You know it’s summer in Edgartown when you hear the music ringing out from the porch of the Eisenhauer Gallery. This is the gallery’s 10th year, and it continues its summer concert series with the Mike Benjamin Band’s return to the courtyard on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Lightkeepers Inn
Lightkeepers Inn
The Lightkeepers Inn on Simpson’s Lane in Edgartown has been selected an editor’s choice in the Yankee Magazine’s recommendations for best family accommodations in Massachusetts for 2010. The Lightkeepers Inn is all suites; each two-room suite features a kitchen/living room as well as a separate bedroom.
First Babies: Welcome Charlie and MacKenna
First Babies: Welcome
Charlie and MacKenna
The first babies were born in the maternity unit at the new Martha’s Vineyard Hospital last week: first a boy and then a girl.
Gretta Gonzalez and Mario Arellano welcomed Charlie into the world at 9:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23. Charlie weighed…
Announcing Míra
Announcing Míra
MíraCatríona Davis was born to Sarah and Jake Davis on June 7, at home in Chilmark. She is joyously welcomed by big brother Cian and the families of Dave and Karen (Kohlberg) Davis, of Chilmark and Petersham, and Kay and Denis Hegarty of Dublin, Ireland.
