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
July 12, 2011
Breaking News: Thursday, July 14 – West Tisbury Library Wins Grant
It was good news and bad news for two Island libraries Thursday morning — the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners awarded a grant to the West Tisbury library for building a new facility, but Edgartown did not make the cut and will receive no funding.
Eight out of 27 towns that applied for…
Breaking News: Wednesday, July 13 – Oak Bluffs, West Tisbury Beaches Closed
A large number of beaches have been closed to swimming in Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury due to high levels of enterococcus bacteria found during routine water testing. Health agents in those two towns have put out notices about the closures.
In West Tisbury the following beaches are closed to swimming: Lambert’s Cove,…
News Update: Wednesday, July 13 – Attorney Vincent’s Law License Suspended
Edgartown attorney Edward W. (Peter) Vincent Jr. was suspended from practicing law on Thursday, following complaints of misuse and loss of client funds.
The suspension was issued in Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County on July 7.
The temporary suspension will stay in effect until disciplinary procedures are heard before the…
News Update: Tuesday, July 12 – Heartfelt Tributes at Menemsha Dock Dedication
Summer sunset at Menemsha drew a different kind of crowd on Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of the Coast Guard boathouse fire. A large crowd of Chilmark community leaders and residents gathered to mark the formal opening and dedication of the rebuilt connector pier that was destroyed in last year’s fire.
Selectman Warren Doty…
Woman Hit by Car, Driver Cited at Scene
A Coral Gables, Fla., woman remained in critical condition in a Boston hospital Monday after she was struck by a car while crossing Upper Main street in Edgartown on foot on Saturday night.
Patricia Guarch, 22, who is working at the Vineyard Arts Project on Upper Main street for the summer, was crossing…
Tisbury Street Fair Celebrates Summer
When Vineyard Haven throws itself a birthday party, everybody’s invited.
And when the birthday party comes in the form of the annual Tisbury Street Fair, nothing stands in the way of a good time — not even inclement weather.
Ambassador Enters at Foreign Policy’s Act One
Look at Britain around the turn of the 20th century, or Napoleonic France in the early 1800s, or Spain in the late 1500s. Or so many other great powers of their times, before they went into decline.
Now look at the United States of America, in the early part of the 21st century.…
Round the Island on a Wind, Open Air
A 10-knot north-northeast breeze made for a dramatic morning start of the Edgartown Yacht Club’s annual ’Round the Island Race on Saturday. A total of 47 sailboats of varying sizes converged for five starts in the 67-mile race, the best in years.
Sailboats came from all around the region, but it was one…
Wampanoags Sue in U.S. Court Against Cape Wind Associates
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) has filed a lawsuit to try to block the development of the Cape Wind project on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound.
In a statement issued Friday, the tribe announced the tribal government had authorized the long-threatened lawsuit against the Department of the Interior‘s Bureau of Ocean…
Hot Tin Roof Fired Up Again, Next Generation Leads the Way
For musician Ben Taylor, the Hot Tin Roof legacy is an unfinished song. The lyrics tell a story — since 1979 so many rock and roll, blues, funk, hip-hop, bluegrass, and folk greats have walked through the doors of the Vineyard nightclub at the airport.
Now Mr. Taylor and the current owners of…
Edgartown Art Stroll Combines Social and Aesthetic Pleasures
At the first of Edgartown’s gallery strolls this year, which will see the wine, cheese and music — oh, and don’t forget the art — spread out at four simultaneous gallery receptions on Thursday, Elizabeth Eisenhauer will be looking “to see what that little element’s going to be that’s different and unexpected.”
Each…
Moviegoers Follow the Bread Crumbs
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.
Under Pressure, Town Administrator Michael Dutton Resigns as of July 31
Oak Bluffs town administrator Michael Dutton resigned on Friday morning, capping weeks of tension and speculation over whether he would remain on the job. And as the dust settled over the weekend, the mood in town was decidedly bleak amid mounting financial problems and a workforce strained by low morale and uncertainty about the future.…
Talk to Animals
Talk to Animals
Ever spoken with a snake, swapped tales of life in the slow lane with a turtle or beefed with a frog about the lack of variety in a fly-heavy diet? You haven’t? Well, now is the time to start.
Meals in the Meadow
Meals in the Meadow
The Farm Institute, known for providing kids and adults with an on-the-field education in farming, is holding the popular annual fundraiser, Meals in the Meadow, on Saturday, July 16 from 5 to 10 p.m.
There will be silent and live auctions, cocktails, catered buffet by Buckley’s, dancing…
Tennessee Williams Tribute
Tennessee Williams Tribute
You know about A Streetcar Named Desire. You also know about The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Rose Tattoo and on and on. The work of Tennessee Williams is celebrated on stage and screen, but if for some reason you haven’t seen or read his work,…
Writing Workshop Director To Open Reading Series
The Martha’s Vineyard Institute for Creative Writing has begun its summer program of workshops for writers. As a bonus for those of us who have not signed up for workshops, the institute will be holding fiction and poetry readings throughout the next month at various locations around the Island.
But tonight, July 12,…
Improv by Kids for Kids
Improv by Kids for Kids
Tired of having your kids entertained by adults trying to act like kids — animated movies, anyone? There is another way.
By kids, for kids is the IMP way. IMP is the longstanding Island improv troupe that has been entertaining children, not to mention adults, for…
Art Classes for Kids
Art Classes for Kids
Art classes with Amy Size are available for children ages 7 to 12 on Monday through Friday from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Old Sculpin Gallery on Dock street in Edgartown. Laura Jemison works with kids of the same age bracket at the Chappy Community Center also on Monday…
Edgartown Yacht Club Set For 88th Annual Regatta
Hundreds of boats ranging in size from eight-foot long Optimist sailing dinghies to 30-foot Shields will fill the Edgartown harbor this weekend as the 88th annual Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta gets under way.
Racing begins Thursday; boats begin arriving in Edgartown harbor on Wednesday afternoon.
More than a dozen Wianno Senior…
State Budget Cuts Spare Local Aid
As the ink was still drying on a $30.6 billion state budget signed into law on Monday by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a spokesman for Cape and Islands state Sen. Dan Wolf said they were still studying the local impacts of the budget.
Pared down some $750 million from the previous year, Mr.…
Why I Love Where I Live We’re One of Many Burrows In the Christiantown Woods
By DAN WATERS
To live in Christiantown is to abide by the laws, quirks and schedules of hundreds of other animals that share these primeval woods. If you are not a naturalist and a natural philosopher when you first move here, you will become one through regular contact with furry, scaly, fanged and…
Letters to the Editor
CALL FOR LEADERSHIP
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
In any small town, there are cultural, political, social and economic factions that converge to give each town its own special personality. Within each faction, there are personal issues, public interests and many hidden agendas to deal with. These are the difficult and enormously complicated…
Vineyard Bookshelf
THE GREATER JOURNEY: Americans in Paris. By David McCullough. Simon and Schuster, New York, N.Y. May 2011. 558 pages, photographs. $37.50 hardcover.
Tuesday Chronicle: Bass to Baseball
From Gazette editions of 1962:
Veterans Memorial Park in Vineyard Haven is the finest example of cooperative effort on the part of residents of every Island town. Its ten acres or so, reclaimed from swamp, marsh and actual open water, has become an Island landmark, a fitting memorial to war heroes living and…
Got Milk?
There was a time when milk was just milk, when cream was skimmed off the top for butter and a percentage of fat didn’t deem a tall glass of the refreshing drink, glistening like porcelain, to be unhealthy. But with two Island farms selling straight-from-the-farm milk in glass bottles, milk may have another chance.
Hello, Jasper
Hello, Jasper
Alexandra London-Thompson and Peter Stray of Chilmark announce the birth of a son, Jasper Christophe Stray-London, born on July 8, 2011, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Jasper weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces at birth.
Merrill Arrives
Merrill Arrives
Jamie and Merrill Langley of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Merrill Keenan Langley, born on July 5, 2011, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Merrill weighed 10 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.
Devin Colter
Devin Colter
Devin Colter, son of Richard Colter and Deborah Colter of Edgartown, received a degree in communications from Ithaca College in May.
