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 28, 2011
Gazette Kid Critics Review Cinema Circus Films
Each week the folks at Cinema Circus show a series of short films on Wednesday evenings at the Chilmark Community Center. The films begin at 6 p.m. but at 5 p.m. the circus, complete with jugglers, face painters, stilt walkers, food and music, gets underway.
An advanced screening of the films is arranged…
News Update: Tuesday, June 28 – Fresh Complaints That Oak Bluffs Broke Bid Laws
More violations to state bidding laws may be added to the growing list of problems in Oak Bluffs.
Town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport told selectmen on Tuesday afternoon that he had been contacted by the state Attorney General’s office about additional complaints of possible violations to the state’s public bidding laws.
Farm to Table
Lambert’s Cove Inn executive chef Max Eagan showed up for pickup day at Whippoorwill Farm’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program on Friday with other shareholders, basket and scissors at the ready. But Mr. Eagan wasn’t picking the last of the strawberry harvest and snapping sugar snap peas off the wiry bushes on the Oak Bluffs…
Stanley Cup Runneth All Over Edgartown
On Saturday night many Vineyarders could be heard to exclaim that they would never wash their hands again. It’s a cry usually reserved for encounters with celebrities, and on Saturday night at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport, the celebrity in question was 34 and a half pounds, made of silver, and raised triumphantly over the head…
My Own Star Trek: A Life in Pictures
Actress Diana Muldaur laughs when reminded that long before he was the Governator, or even the Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger shared his first onscreen kiss with her — in an episode of the television series The Streets of San Francisco.
“I must have kissed 500,000 men on camera,” she shrugs, reflecting on her 30-year…
Cinema Circus Comes to Town
Each week the folks at Cinema Circus show a series of short films on Wednesday evenings at the Chilmark Community Center. The films begin at 6 p.m. but at 5 p.m. the circus, complete with jugglers, face painters, stilt walkers, food and music, gets underway.
An advanced screening of the films is arranged…
Katama Has Within It All The Dreams of the World
My affair with Katama began about 30 years ago. I was sitting in the office of my state-certified, water-testing laboratory when the phone rang. A voice with a familiar tone asked, “May I speak with the owner.”
“Yes, you are speaking with the owner, this is William. With whom am I speaking?”
Affliction Unknown, Sick Seals Congregate in Large Numbers
There’s nothing worse than getting sick in the summer, and no group knows that better than the Island seal population which hopes to shake off a mysterious illness that has brought several weary seals ashore to die over the past couple months.
Alas, Hoo Rah: Craig Kingsbury’s Bill Clinton Support Is Trashed
For more than a decade, it conveyed a cryptic message to all who passed on State Road in Vineyard Haven. But now the rough plywood “Hoo Rah for Bill” sign, which declared the late Craig Kingsbury’s support for President Clinton, is trash.
It was pulled down on the orders of the town’s building…
Tuesday Chronicle: Banding Together
From a June, 1948 Gazette:
Student Show Brings Bullying Effects Home
Few in the audience were unmoved at the end of Assertions, a song, dance and theatre performance about bullying.
The Thursday night performance took place at the Performing Arts Center at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, and was a collaborative effort among Island schools — both the regional high school and the…
Up-Island District, Selectmen At Odds Over Task Force Plan
The West Tisbury selectmen have formed a task force to broadly evaluate the Up-Island Regional School District, but district committee members say they will not participate.
“What you’re doing with this task force is the process the school committee goes through, which says to me you don’t trust us,” said committee chairman Dan…
VINEYARD BOOKSHELF
The Devil’s Light, Richard North Patterson, Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., N.Y. 2011, 337 pages, hardcover, $26.
It could happen. It is not un thinkable. The detonation of a nuclear bomb on a major city by al Qaeda 10 years to the day after the Sept. 11, 2001 attack.
Big Games Finish Little League Season
In the pros, it’s not often that the team with the best regular-season record goes on to win it all. But at Veira Park on Saturday, that’s exactly what played out during the Little League Championship games. The league-leading Twins won the minor league trophy, defeating the Marlins 8-1, while the Cubs took a 2-1…
Principal Shuffle Will See Leadership Changes at Island Elementary Schools
Key leadership changes at the Oak Bluffs and Tisbury schools were announced by Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss yesterday.
Beginning August 1, Tisbury School principal Richard Smith will take the helm as principal at the Oak Bluffs School. And John Custer, assistant principal in Tisbury, will move up to become principal…
Gold Teeth and Gun Back To Rightful Owner, Scouts Honor
A treasure box discovered last month by Cub Scouts playing at Camp Duarte has been returned to its owner.
Rob Seaton, 33, an Oak Bluffs contractor, said the box of precious family items was stolen from his mother’s house in Vineyard Haven, October 2002.
Best of the Vineyard 2011 Unveiled
Who’s the Best of the Vineyard? Winners in Martha’s Vineyard Magazine’s hotly contested competition were announced last night at a party at Flatbread Pizza at Nectar’s in Edgartown.
Local Drug Bust Uncovers Heroin, Marijuana, Pills
Two Vineyard Haven men were arrested in Oak Bluffs on Friday afternoon after they were found with a quantity of drugs, including heroin, marijuana, hashish and prescription drugs, police said.
Oak Bluffs police arrested Jeffrey Sylvia, 23, and Jeffrey Rancourt, also 23, both of Vineyard Haven, at about 2 p.m. Friday in the…
Dancing to Beat of a Different Drummer
By NINA TARNAWSKY
Welcome robot overlords. The Island’s own Tim Laursen, known on Friday night as Robot Drummer, took the stage at Nectar’s in a giant pink owl’s head with bright, lit-up yellow eyes, and four metal, retractable arms all connected to various instruments.
The smoke combined with the stage lights…
Emergency Room Doctor Now on Personal Leave
Dr. Peter Laursen, a well-known family practitioner and emergency room doctor, is on a personal leave, the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital confirmed yesterday.
Hospital president and chief executive officer Tim Walsh said Dr. Prit Gill is covering Dr. Laursen’s private practice. Mr. Walsh said he could not comment further because it is a personnel…
Garden Tour
Garden Tour
Don’t have your own garden or looking for some pointers on how to create something beautiful? On Thursday, June 30 the Garden Conservancy is hosting a tour of three private gardens in Vineyard Haven and West Tisbury.
Talking about Writing
Talking about Writing
Instead of writing from the heart, on Wednesday, June 29 at 5:30 p.m. Nancy Aronie will be talking from the heart.
This Is a Test, Only a Test
This Is a Test, Only a Test
The Town of Tisbury will be testing the Emergency Notification System on Thursday, June 30, at 6 p.m. Please be advised that this is only a test of the system and in no way represents an actual emergency. Should there be an actual emergency the message…
Baseball Awards
Baseball Awards
Two Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School baseball players earned post-season accolades: Senior pitcher Ben Ciciora and sophomore shortstop Jack Roberts were named to the Eastern Athletic Conference All Star Team.
Ciciora was among the league leaders in earned run average.
Roberts was among the league leaders in…
Oak Bluffs Library Hours
Oak Bluffs Library Hours
The Oak Bluffs Public Library will have new hours of operation for July and August. Starting July 7, and through August, the library will open at 2 p.m. on Thursdays (open from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.).
There is no change in the open hours on Tuesdays,…
Michelle Suzanne Alton
Michelle Suzanne Alton
Michelle Suzanne Alton of Edgartown recently graduated from Stonehill College with a bachelor of science degree.
