This week our class learned about World War I. We are starting a project on war and how people have been treated, which then led to a discussion of the Boston Globe article headlined The Untouchable Mean Girls, about a 14-year-old girl who moved from Ireland to Massachusetts with her family this past fall. Phoebe Prince was a nice, beautiful and smart girl who came to America lacking an understanding of our teen culture, and her life ended in despair. Phoebe had no idea what she was walking into.

Consider All Possibilities

By TYLER STUDDS

The following letter was sent to the Edgartown selectmen from members of the Chappy Path Steering Committee:

As we all know, the debate continues on the merits of a multi-use path on Chappy. The good news is that we believe this will not go on forever. Here we outline four steps for bringing resolution to this thorny question:

THE LIFE I LED: The Editor of America’s Most Beloved Magazine Tells His Inside, Intimate Story. By Ralph Graves. Tiasquam Press, New York, N.Y. 2010. 216 pages. $12.50.

Beginning back before televi sion, before news and images came to us instantaneously as they do now, literally in the palm of our hand and from thousands of sources, the world was brought to us by LIFE magazine.

From Gazette editions of March, 1960:

Elsewhere appears the advertisement of the Mittark real estate agency of Gay Head, of which Lorenzo D. Jeffers is the proprietor, having been duly licensed and bonded. It is somewhat significant that Mr. Jeffers has chosen to call his agency “Mittark.” Mr. Jeffers is traditionally said to be a lineal descendant of Mittark and a hereditary chief in his own right, but more than that Mittark is credited with having entered upon a gigantic real estate deal of his own, back in the era of colonialization.

SHIPWRECK SCRAPBOOK

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Mark Lovewell’s article concerning the wreck of the Mertie B. Crowley and the four Edgartown men involved in the rescue of the crew of that doomed vessel was very interesting. Capt. Levi Jackson lived just up the street from my family home. His crew were the fathers of people I grew up with. Their exploit is legendary in Edgartown.

End to a Distinguished Public Career

It is fashionable these days to criticize the United States Congress and all those elected to serve the citizenry in every congressional district across this land. There is a rising populist protest in the country and the anger is directed not only at the institution of Congress but at just about every incumbent representative who today claims to do the people’s business from the distant back corridors of Capitol Hill.

The Edgartown selectmen voted against an Edgartown Wastewater Commission plan to pursue a feasibility study for building a wind turbine at its treatment facility, saying that the project proved too expensive and problematic.

The board denied the commission’s written request to contact town counsel about the feasibility study, and said they believe they should turn their attention away from wind energy at the site.

Clarence (Trip) Barnes, owner of Barnes Trucking and a well-known community volunteer and charity auctioneer, appeared before the West Tisbury selectmen on Wednesday to plead for resolution to a rapidly escalating struggle over his property on State Road.

The town building inspector wants him to clean up the property, which has been the subject of numerous zoning violations and legal disputes over recent years. But Mr. Barnes is asking the town for leeway as he works to complete an affordable housing project he is personally funding in the back of the property.

Chilmark Race

Two candidates will vie for the Chilmark selectman seat being vacated by Riggs Parker. Both Jonathan Mayhew and William N. Rossi will stand for election to the board in the April 28 ballot. All other races will see sitting members standing unopposed for reelection.