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
December 6, 2024
Recent Real Estate Transactions: Week Ending Dec. 1
Allison Provost and David C. Provost 2nd purchased 57 Curtis Lane in Edgartown from Holland Curtis LLC. for $4,251,350 on Nov. 25.
Cold Snap
From the Dec. 6, 1946 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: The cold wave predicted at various times by the weather bureau, at length arrived on Sunday night.
Bird News: Frozen Migration
On Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, I awoke to find ice covering the bird bath. Ice forms much earlier than this further north, and it triggers late southbound migrants out of their northern habitats.
White Stag
A white stag has been the talk of a neighborhood and residents are on the lookout.
Cold Arrives
It finally happened. We’ve gone into actual late fall in relation to the chilly temperatures.
Chilmark Town Column: Dec. 6
We didn’t grow up on the same street or even in the same town. We didn’t run with the same crowd, but we did cross paths on regular intervals over the past couple of decades.
Chappy Town Column: Dec. 6
At 1 a.m. Wednesday morning I checked the Chappy Ferry webcams just to see what, if anything, was going on down there.
Edgartown Town Column: Dec. 6
We have gone quickly from light sweatshirts and sneakers to sweater, coat, scarf and warm boots.
Vineyard Haven Town Column: Dec. 6
Thank you to all who made a valiant effort to keep the Island Cup on the Vineyard.
Oak Bluffs Town Column: Dec. 6
Kathy and I gathered with family in Sarasota, Fla. for Thanksgiving at the home of my daughter Caroline and son Brian.
West Tisbury Town Column: Dec. 6
It’s beginning to look a lot like winter, as well it should.
Bright Jupiter
The biggest planet in our solar system will be at its closest to the Earth tomorrow. Jupiter is 380 million miles away, it's closest in a year. Jupiter is big. And while it is close, its brilliance is not much brighter than usual. Being close helps, but the planet is so remarkably faraway and big,…
Tuesdays in the Newsroom Returns
Tuesdays in the Newsroom returns next week, with an open house at the Vineyard Gazette office in Edgartown.
Red Stocking Fund Lends a Holiday Helping Hand
Over 300 families will have gifts under the tree this year thanks to the work of the Red Stocking Fund.
Increase in School Services Budget Leads to Talk of Regionalization
The all-Island school committee last month voted unanimously to form a working group to study the potential of unifying the Vineyard’s two regional and three town school districts into a single district, covering all six schools.
Tracing the Source of Pond Nitrogen
The Marine Biological Laboratory and Great Pond Foundation are collecting water samples along Edgartown Great Pond in hopes of unlocking the source of nitrogen that has been polluting the pond.
Tracking Sea Creature Stress Related to Wind Turbine Construction
As regulators consider projects up and down the east coast, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have been simulating the booming sound of pile driving turbine monopiles to see if it has an effect on a variety of species.
Real Estate Transactions: Week Ending Nov. 29
Allison Provost and David C. Provost 2nd purchased 57 Curtis Lane in Edgartown from Holland Curtis LLC. for $4,251,350 on Nov. 25.
Land Bank Revenues: Week Ending Nov. 29
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $155,427 for the business week ending on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024.
A Dream Deferred
America is a chameleon / Forever adapting, morphing / Caught between what it is / And what it yearns to be / “Isms” coexist with dogmas.
Creating Memories by Exploring the Island’s Natural Beauty
My family and I first visited Martha’s Vineyard 16 years ago. At the time, we had two young children: one and three years old.
Please adopt Us: Dec. 6
We have no adoption news this week, but our pet of the week is LoLo, a 16-year-old, long-haired, black and white cat.
Community Chorus Holiday Concert Arrives
The year’s holiday concert by the Island Community Chorus will feature traditional Irish Celtic music.
Court report: Week Ending Dec. 6
Callie Jackson, 28, of Oak Bluffs, was arraigned on Nov. 12 charges in Oak Bluffs of operating under the influence of liquor.
Chilmark Ponders Local Meals Tax
The meal tax would charge an excise of .75 per cent on the sale of meals at restaurants in town, adding onto the existing 6.25 per cent state sales tax.
Laughing Bear Sells to Circuit Avenue Shop Owner
Erin Tiernan, the co-owner of the Oak Bluffs clothing stores Eastaway and Basics Clothing Company, purchased the Oak Bluffs maintstay for $1.36 million last month.
Featherstone Showcases Local Talent at Holiday Show
This year’s holiday gift show at Featherstone Center for the Arts is its largest ever, with 120 artists participating in the annual event.
Innovation Award
Dukes County Sheriff Robert Ogden accepted the 2024 Innovation of the Year Award from the Massachusetts Sheriff’s Association.
Winter Boat Storage
Winter storage of kayaks, dinghies, rowboats, inflatables, etc., on Tisbury town property after Dec. 15 is only allowed with the express permission of the harbormaster.
Steamship Settles Workplace Injury Lawsuit
Keith Maxwell, a deckhand for the Steamship Authority, came to an undisclosed agreement with the boat line on Oct. 8.
Singing Geordie Home
Musicians from around the Island and across the water bid farewell to Geordie Gude on Sunday, who died on Wednesday at his home in Chilmark.
Reality Show Set to Film in Edgartown
The Edgartown select board voted Nov. 25 to approve a filming permit for the unnamed show. The shoot is expected to take place from Dec. 6-8.
Land Bank Auctions Off Goat Herd
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank goat herd will be sold off for $10 a head this week after the herd became plagued with parasitic worms.
Shrews, Not Mice, Could Be Main Source of Vineyard’s Lyme Disease
In a new study, scientists say they found more infected ticks had fed on shrews, upending the common belief that white-footed mice were the main culprits.
Memories of the Island Cup
There’s no crying in football. We beat ‘em on the Vineyard. We beat ’em on Nantucket. We almost beat ’em in Boston.
Police Arrest Man After Alleged Break-In Spree
Eric Johnson, 25, is facing about 80 charges after he was arrested at his Tisbury residence last week.
Oak Bluffs Tree Lighting Is Holiday Season Gift
Children and snowflakes alike swirled around Healey Square Saturday evening as Oak Bluffs celebrated the start of the Christmas season.
