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
August 31, 2010
News Update: Thursday, September 2 – Early State of Emergency Declared
As of 2 p.m. Thursday most Island towns had declared a state of emergency due to the oncoming approach of hurricane Earl, according to an announcement that went out via the Island Code Red system.
News Update: Thursday, September 2 – On Track for Cape and Islands, Earl Strengthens
Hurricane Earl is growing in size and remains on track to pass close to the Cape and Islands, bringing hurricane winds to Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and Cape Cod, the National Hurricane Center director Bill Read said Thursday afternoon.
In a media conference call, Mr. Read said he anticipated the eye of the storm…
News Update: Thursday, September 2 – Code Red on Vineyard as Earl Approaches
Emergency preparations are under way all across the Vineyard, as Hurricane Earl crawls up the eastern seaboard, a powerful category four storm. Earl is expected to brush the outer islands along the Carolina coast late Thursday; forecasters are now calling for the storm to pass the Cape and Islands sometime Friday night.
News Update: Wednesday, September 1 – Inkwell Closed to Swimming
Inkwell Beach in Oak Bluffs has been closed to swimming after water tests showed unacceptable levels of bacteria.
Signs have been posted to warn bathers of the bacteria.
David Caron, chairman of the Oak Bluffs board of health, reported that water samples taken Monday had come back with an enterococci count…
Owner’s Dressage Ring Raises Legal Query Over Deed
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank is seeking legal advice on whether major changes being carried out to Crow Hollow Farm by its new owner breach an agricultural preservation restriction (APR) on the property.
The land bank acquired the APR from the previous owners, the Look family, in 2002, for $403,000. Until recently Samantha…
Let’s Move Begins Rolling Along
The toughest competition the Let’s Move Martha’s Vineyard community kickoff festival faced this past week may have been the weather. A three-day northeaster forced event organizers to reschedule the festival for a date four days later. The new date, Saturday, dawned bright and sunny — perfect for going to the beach.
Sea Art at Pep Art
Sea Art at Pep Art
Pep Art will open a new exhibition, Sea Art, this Friday, Sept. 3, featuring ocean field paintings by Clifford Smith. Other exhibiting artists include Elizabeth Cecil, Jennifer Langhammer, Suzanne Schireson, Carrie Mae Smith, Greg Watson and David Wright.
All are invited for the artists’ reception on…
Burning Bush
Burning Bush
Clean Water Talk
Clean Water Talk
The head of the Cape Cod Water Protection Collaborative will discuss a host of water issues — including wastewater planning and treatment, the Estuaries Project, and the law suit that was filed late last week by the Conservation Law Foundation and the Coalition for Buzzards Bay to push Cape Cod…
Profiles by a Remarkable Profiler
On Wednesday, Sept. 1, Nanucket’s award-winning author Connor Gifford will be on the Vineyard to speak before the 300 teachers of the Martha’s Vineyard school system at the invitation of assistant superintendent Laurie Halt.
Mr. Gifford also will be at Edgartown Books on Wednesday from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. to sign his hit…
Leads Summer Institute
Leads Summer Institute
Geraldine (Gerri) Alpert of Edgartown and Boston became the fourth chairman of the Summer Institute at the annual meeting of the organizing committee, held August 24 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center. She will lead a board which also includes Stanley Snider, founder of the Summer Institute, and his two…
Transmission Leak Helps Catch Wrong Way Driver
A Lexington woman is facing criminal charges after she drove her car the wrong way down a one-way street in Edgartown, leaving a trail of damage in its wake.
At 4:12 a.m. Sunday Edgartown police received a report of a gray Toyota with extensive front-end damage that had driven the wrong way down…
Chappy Residents Register Outrage at Trustees
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The following letter was sent to the president, vice president and board chairman of The Trustees of Reservations, signed by 27 Chappaquiddick residents:
Letters to the Editor
REQuiEM FOR VALORA
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Last Monday the schooner Valora was lost after she broke from her mooring outside Vineyard Haven and went up on the breakwater. Friends often heard me say that you never really own a boat like Valora, you just take care of her for future generations.…
A Look Back at Summer Harvest
As the last week of August and first week of September are upon us, there is no getting around the crisp smell of soil in the air, the slight crunch under your feet as leaves begin to drop
Gazette Chronicle: Fair’s Fair
From Gazette editions of late summer, 1935:
Vineyard Notebook
It’s nearly that time of year. Yellow busses roll, the flashing lights warn caution. Maybe there’s a bigger message here. We’re in the Internet age and bullying has come full circle. Even while school was out this summer, Newsweek ran a piece about how to curb school bullying in Massachusetts. There was a picture of…
Holiday Snapshots
Holiday Snapshots
Two trips to the beach, one family bike ride, three dinners out and roughly eighty-one holes of golf. One trip to the bookstore, one rainy day lunch. A couple of hours of pickup basketball at the Oak Bluffs School gymnasium. A game of Scrabble with an old friend (the President won).…
Buy Your Own Bowl Event Fills Coffers
Well over 200 people attended the gallery opening of The Art of the Ceramic Bowl at Featherstone this Sunday, which kicked off with a fund-raising effort that gave new meaning to a common Vineyard abbreviation. The event, which sought to raise money for the purchase of Featherstone’s new kiln, was Buy Your Own Bowl.
Clear the Net for Hospice
Clear the Net for Hospice
The sixth annual all-Island tennis championship benefiting Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard begins on Friday, Sept. 5 at 8 a.m. and continues through Sunday afternoon. On Friday evening at 5 p.m. there is an opening night cocktail party with pro exhibition matches, door prizes and a raffle.
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Irish Spellbinder’s Memory Tale Sounds Note of Faith at Playhouse
Director Joann Green Breuer is a bit vague when it comes to describing the themes at work in her Vineyard Playhouse performance of the Brian Friel play Faith Healer. It’s not that she’s trying to be evasive, it’s just that the subject matter itself is sometimes vague, subjective and difficult to describe.
They Ran, Walked and Jogged: Sullivan Event Raises $26,000
Generations of joggers, walkers and runners gathered at Washington Park in Oak Bluffs on Saturday morning for the 22nd annual Sullivan 5K Run and Walk for Health and Fitness. The fundraiser for the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital had all the trappings of a family reunion and social until the race began and the group suddenly rushed…
Beetlebung Farm: Sowing Seeds Of Grace for Three-Plus Decades
On a recent afternoon, when the skies had finally cleared and the earth was beginning to soak up five days worth of rain, Marie Scott emerged out of her field off Middle Road in Chilmark. Barefoot, she appeared to float effortlessly amongst her crops. Her feet squished in the damp ground as she showed the…
Obamas End Their Summer Vacation
President Obama and his family ended their vacation on the Vineyard Sunday just as they had begun it 10 days earlier — quietly and without fanfare.
Tisbury Hopes to Grow Green
Tisbury is looking at signing onto a state program which offers millions of dollars in grant money to communities which undertake policies to cut their energy use by 20 per cent, and make themselves friendly for alternative energy development.
The next meeting of the town selectmen will hear a presentation organized by town…
Wind Plan is Under Wraps
A wind farm off Cuttyhunk — one of only two places in the commonwealth designated for commercial wind development — is in the earliest stages of planning, although at this stage the details are being kept carefully under wraps.
Veggies Go Bye-Bye
Veggies Go Bye-Bye
The last Wednesday West Tisbury Farmers’ Market of the season is this week, Wednesday, Sept. 1.
