A woman visitor driving a moped down a straight stretch of the
Edgartown-West Tisbury Road in West Tisbury on Sunday was killed after
she reportedly lost control of the two-wheeled vehicle and struck a
utility pole head-on.
Three Dissenting Commissioners Speak Out About Class Divide; Others
Agree, But Vote Yes on Edgartown Field Club
Despite bluntly expressed concerns about the changing character of
the Island and a widening economic divide among its residents, the
Martha's Vineyard Commission last week approved an upscale
members-only recreational facility proposed for Katama.
High seas and gusting winds over the weekend prevented the safe
removal of a 71-foot fishing boat that washed onto Norton Point Beach
Saturday morning.
Hospital Campaign on Home Stretch
Largest Fund-Raiser in Island History Set to End in Three More
Months; $10 Million Still Must be Raised
By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer
As summer moves into high gear on the Island, the Martha\'s
Vineyard Hospital will launch the final push to raise the rest of the
money for the construction of a new building.
Hospital Campaign on Home Stretch
Largest Fund-Raiser in Island History Set to End in Three More
Months; $10 Million Still Must be Raised
By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer
As summer moves into high gear on the Island, the Martha's
Vineyard Hospital will launch the final push to raise the rest of the
money for the construction of a new building.
Chilmark town beaches Lucy Vincent and Squibnocket remain closed to
swimming after droves of Portuguese man-of-war began washing up on the
southern shore of the Island Monday, stinging five swimmers within
minutes at Lucy Vincent. Two of the swimmers were hospitalized and
released for wounds from the jellyfish-like creatures.
Island residents and visitors have been warned about the high
prevalence of tick-borne diseases and skin cancer on the Vineyard. But
meanwhile, another medical malady has been quietly eating away at the
health of the Island population.
For reasons that still remain unclear, people on Martha's
Vineyard suffer from fractures of the fifth metatarsal - the small
bone that runs along the outer edge of the foot - in unprecedented
numbers.
Hospital Campaign on Home Stretch
Largest Fund-Raiser in Island History Set to End in Three More
Months; $10 Million Still Must be Raised
By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer
As summer moves into high gear on the Island, the Martha\\\'s
Vineyard Hospital will launch the final push to raise the rest of the
money for the construction of a new building.
Robert Brustein loves a good fight. His production of Samuel
Beckett's Endgame so enraged the Irish Nobel laureate, he demanded
it be shut down; Mr. Brustein refused, but allowed the playwright a
program note informing audiences they should be disgusted.
Then there was the New York town hall run-in with African-American
Pulitzer winner August Wilson, who called Mr. Brustein "a sniper,
a naysayer and a cultural imperialist."