Commentary
Today marks our last day in high school, and in my case, the last day in public school as well. After 12 years of being in an “everyman’s school,” an...
We live in a special place, but you all know that. I have no cliched advice for you today, no insightful message or sentimental speech about a...
I didn’t become a teacher till I was 36 years old, and I believe we are never too old to transform ourselves. Life isn’t about finding out who you...
This amazing middle of the night heroic effort is a tale of hope and kindness.
He looks up into the heavens and says in a voice filled with wonder, do you realize that neutrinos can pass through the earth and never touch...
I like to wake up by walking somewhere each morning in any season. I have favorite walks. In West Tisbury, one takes me through the woods past...
The story has it that 40 years ago this spring, Massachusetts state Sen. William (Billy) Bulger was on Nantucket and decided to go for a dip in the...
I still remember my first day at the charter school. It was the first time I could go to school in jeans, and a T-shirt. I was not shy or anything,...
In 1992 a group of parents and teachers collaborated on a new academic program for the Chilmark School. It sprang from the belief that children and...
Last month we invited folks who support Danny at school and in the community to what we called a “vision party.” We invited them but we really didn’t...
Chilmark has its scenic moors, West Tisbury its tree-shaded Middle Road. Edgartown has Chappaquiddick’s North Neck, Tisbury has the headland at the...
On a recent Sunday evening, the West Tisbury Library Community Room was crowded with people leaning over tables covered with white paper bowls. Each...
