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
October 25, 2019
VTA Service Cutbacks See Pushback from Riders, Drivers
As curtailed off-season service begins on the Island’s only public bus system, the Vineyard Transit Authority is seeing pushback from riders, as well as drivers and their new union.
Crescent Moon and Mars
For those who rise early tomorrow morning, the thin crescent moon appears low in the southeastern sky before sunrise.
Coasties Groove on the Gale Force Winds
When a powerful northeast storm barreled through the Atlantic seaboard and most everyone else complained or hid inside, Coast Guard Station Menemsha embraced it.
Public Health Campaign Takes Aim at Culture of Alcohol, Drugs
Martha’s Vineyard is set to become a laboratory for social change, as a broad coalition of Islanders prepares to launch a public health campaign aimed at combating the abuse of alcohol and drugs.
Land Bank Revenues: Week Ending Oct. 18
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $752,020 for the business week ending on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.
Grey Barn’s Prufrock Cheese Wins Silver Medal
The Grey Barn dairy farm in Chilmark won a silver medal at the 32nd Annual World Cheese Awards in Bergamo, Italy for its Pruforck cheese.
New Fire Station Funding Tops Chilmark Special Town Meeting
Funding for design work on a new fire station and EMS building, and improvements in Menemsha harbor are set to come before Chilmark voters at a special town meeting Monday night.
Sharing Tales from a Front Row Seat on the Political Beat
Carolyn Ryan, assistant managing editor at the New York Times and former metro editor at the Boston Globe, has spent most of her professional life leading newsrooms.
Please Adopt Us
It’s been a great week for adoptions.
Leigh Folta Weds Taylor Smith
Leigh Keller Folta and Taylor Robert Maxwell Smith were married on Sept. 28 at Flanders Farm in Chilmark.
Greetings Vera
Isabelle Lew and Jeremy Scheffer, of Chilmark, announce the birth of a daughter, Vera Larsen Scheffer-Lew born on Oct. 22 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Vera weighed 7 pounds at birth.
Announcing Elisa
Debora Macedo and Ramiro Alves, of Oak Bluffs, announce the birth of a daughter, Elisa Macedo Alves, born on Oct. 21 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Elisa weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces at birth.
Hello Olive
Hilary Moore and Patrick Moore, of West Tisbury, announce the birth of a daughter, Olive Emory Moore, born on Oct. 21 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Olive weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces at birth.
Aquinnah Town Column: Oct. 25
It was another rainy week in Aquinnah as we all recovered from the recent northeasters that rumbled on through.
Chilmark Town Column: Oct. 25
Life for the Allen family, father Albert and mother Leonora, was about to change in October 1929.
West Tisbury Town Column: Oct. 25
The weather has been wild to say the least.
Vineyard Haven Town Column: Oct. 25
Ladyfest. What can I say about the best Island event of the year?
Chappy Town Column: Oct. 25
My family and I left Chappy early last Sunday morning to visit a very different island a bit further north: Mount Desert Island in Maine.
Edgartown Town Column: Oct. 25
People are still talking about the no named storm and how much damage it did to some of the trees around the Island, including a loss of power for a day or two.
Oak Bluffs Town Column: Oct. 25
Political and public policy figures associated with Nashawena Park have been identified singularly by the prince of Martha’s Vineyard, the late Edward Brooke. Jane Edmunds, a friend and understudy to the late Sen. Edward Brooke, took center stage in early October at the Massachusetts State House. She came to testify in support of an act…
History Revisited
Tucked away off Cromwell Lane in downtown Vineyard Haven, the Caleb Prouty house is a vestige of a bygone era, one of the few survivors of the Great Fire of 1883 that destroyed most of downtown Vineyard Haven.
Recent Real Estate Transactions: Week Ending Oct. 18
Oswaldo Z. Filho purchased 4 Haystack Lane in Edgartown from Lawrence B. Cohen and Suzanne Cohen for $820,000 on Oct. 16.
Youngest Generation Sets the Pace
It is not the old guard leading the local climate activism charge.
A Revealing Chance Encounter
I cherish Mufasa, my 14-year-old rescued fox Pomeranian.
Learning, Taking Action
Timing is critical and choices need to be made soon around climate change.
From Teacher to Pupil and Still Loving the Process
Daniel (Shark) Sharkovitz taught English and literature at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School for 38 years. He retired two years ago, and then became a student of writing himself.
Here Comes Halloween
Halloween is Thursday, Oct. 31 but that doesn’t mean you need to wait until then to get your fright night groove going.
Happy Haunting
From the Oct. 25, 1985 edition of the Gazette. It’s almost Halloween.
Avian Acrobatics
Funny how things end up! I was out birding on the afternoon of Oct. 19, working my way down State Beach with little luck.
Tuber Time
Rew, Pennsylvania had basically one street. We lived in the center of town, so to speak.
The Great Pumpkin
Linus Van Pelt, of Peanuts cartoon fame, made this savvy observation: “There are three things I’ve learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin.”
Momentum and Home Field Advantage Fuel Island Cup Fever
This year’s Island Cup features a young crop of vigorous Vineyarders eager to recapture the cup versus a Nantucket team riding high off back-to-back lopsided wins.
Abutters Question Boys and Girls Club Plan
Abutters zeroed in on an incipient plan by the Boys and Girls Club of Martha’s Vineyard to develop a new campus in Edgartown Tuesday night.
Aquinnah Meeting Adjourns to Later Date
Aquinnah fell 10 voters short of a quorum for a special town meeting Tuesday night. The meeting will be rescheduled, town officials said.
Creative Living Award Honors IGI
On Monday evening Island Grown Initiative was honored with the annual Creative Living Award from the Permanent Endowment.
SSA Invites Comment on Mission Statement
Steamship Authority managers are coming to Vineyard Haven Oct. 28 to hear comment on the draft mission statement.
Edgartown Man Charged With Illegal Firearms Possession
A former Oak Bluffs building inspector has been charged with possessing high-capacity magazines that are illegal in the state.
Film Festival Scraps Plan to Buy Land From Ag Society
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival is dropping its plan to buy about 10 acres of land in West Tisbury from the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society.
As Regular Season Winds Down, Playoff Hopes Begin
First up for the off-season is the golf team, which heads to Dennis Highland on Monday, Oct. 21 to play in the Cape and Islands League playoffs.
Rocking the Avenue at Ladyfest
In just two years, Ladyfest has gone from Oak Bluffs debutante to belle of the ball. The female-centered live music festival began as a showcase that overflowed the bar in 2017 and took over Circuit avenue in 2018.
A Derby First, Grand Prize Car Goes to a Ten Year Old
Ten-year-old Aubrey Warburton became the youngest angler in the derby’s history to take home the grand prize car, a brand new Subaru Impreza.
Former Inn Begins Transition to Apartment House
The former Clark House, a longtime inn on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, is about to undergo renovations to become a year-round apartment building for Martha’s Vineyard residents.
Youth Leads the Way as Derby Rings Final Bell
With 51 minutes to go during Saturday night’s final weigh-in for the 74th Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby, it seemed as if all the fish on the grand leaderboards were going to hold.
Commission Wrestles With Historic House Dilemma
As Stop & Shop mulls redevelopment plans for a new Vineyard Haven store, it wants to demolish the Caleb Prouty House.
Refuse District Expansion Wins MVC Approval
The Martha’s Vineyard Refuse District got a green light for a long-sought $2.5 million transfer station reconfiguration and expansion Thursday night.
