Time Machine Terms
February 12, 2010
Son of Pastor Recalls Bradley Church, and Era of Prejudice
My father, Oscar E. Denniston, came to Martha’s Vineyard from the British West Indies in the year 1901. Captain Madison Edwards, the chaplain from the Seaman’s Bethel . . . used to sail between the Vineyard and Jamaica. On one of his trips he became ill over there and my father was a chaplain in a seaport area there . . . and my father assisted him, so they became very good friends.
February 11, 2010
Federal Muscle, Island Opinion Continue to Clash Over Turbines
As a Vineyard summer resident and owner of a small oil and natural gas exploration and producing company in Midland, Tex., I have followed with interest the public debate on both the Cape Wind project and the efforts of the state of Massachusetts to allow wind turbine development in state waters close to the Vineyard’s southwest shore.
February 11, 2010
Sophomores Speak Out
In December a member of our sophomore class, Kunal Datta, traveled to his homeland of India. While he was there our teacher had asked him to take a few minutes each day and write down some observations about differences between the United States and India, especially in education.
February 11, 2010
February Days
February Days
Winter has become a familiar presence by now, and no longer carries the jolt that it did in December when the Montreal express first came screaming down from Canada with snow, bitter winds and temperatures in the teens.
February 11, 2010
Tisbury’s Preexisiting Condition
Tisbury’s Preexisiting Condition
Selectmen in the Island’s only year-round port town are known for their crowded meeting agendas; it seems as if there is always a long list of brisk business to conduct in Tisbury, and that’s a good thing.
February 11, 2010
Course Aims at Families Living With Mental Illness
The difficulty and frustration of having a family member with a mental illness is universal, but it is oftentimes a very solitary struggle. The mentally ill do not share the kind of popular support that is afforded to other, less common afflictions, a reflection of the stigma and fear that still surrounds disorders of the brain. The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts is reaching out to Islanders affected by the complexities of relationships, whether family members or significant others, of individuals with a serious mental illness. Along with the Mass.
