Glassworks Season to Fire Up at Boston Art Show

Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks this week ignited its furnace for another season, to “charge” (melt) the first pot of glass for 2008.

The Glassworks was closed to the public over winter to undertake renovations of the upstairs gallery and energy efficiency improvements on the production floor.

Visitors are welcome to watch, learn and appreciate the age-old art of hot glass in a contemporary environment. The glassworks will be open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Emergency Funds Available

Emergency Funds Available

Dukes County has been awarded $4,028 from the federal government’s emergency food and shelter program to be distributed among agencies in the county. The funds will be given to not-for-profit organizations either providing or capable of providing food or shelter services in the county. The deadline is Wednesday, April 23.

Cape Wind’s Bad Play

Cape Wind’s Bad Play

The town of Edgartown and the Martha’s Vineyard Commission are right in their request to intervene in the case against Cape Wind. This is an important case which goes to the heart of the powers of the Cape Cod Commission and by extension the Martha’s Vineyard Commission — the only two commissions of their kind in the commonwealth.

Too Much of a Good Thing

Too Much of a Good Thing

The proposed redevelopment of what is being called Bradley Square in Oak Bluffs blends an impressive list of components and initiatives: affordable housing, space for working artists, historic preservation, an office for the Vineyard NAACP and a multicultural center.

But the project as proposed is too impressive, packing too much onto too small a piece of land in a mostly residential neighborhood already under commercial encroachment.

Straight From the Center Console of Life

Last February, Menemsha lost one of its memorable characters, a genuinely nice guy and a good friend, when Carl Whitman passed. He died the way he lived, unafraid to face the pain and suffering with which he would inevitably deal.

Letters to the Editor

WHILE ROME BURNS

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Wind Farm Critics Gain Some Speed in Marathon Race to Save Shoal

The marathon of federal public hearings on the Cape Wind draft environmental impact statement is over. The federal Minerals Management Service got the message loud and clear. Cape Wind is the wrong step in the right direction.

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Reader Feedback

What follows is an edited collection of reader feedbacks from the Gazette Web site in response to a story about Edgartown seeking to intervene on the side of the Cape Cod Commission in the case against Cape Wind before the Energy Facilities Siting Board. The complete and unedited collection of comments can be read at mvgazette.com.

Sophomores Speak Out

Greetings to all of our readers. It’s spring and we are thinking about sport and politics and how sometimes both of these overlap. We hope you enjoy reading about our ideas, and look forward to being in touch again after April vacation. Enjoy.

— Troy (85) Small, Editor

Short Wednesdays?

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Northern Bobwhites

Northern bobwhites are about as tall as robins, but are considerably chunkier. They are also called quail, and they prefer a combination of shrubs and grass, especially hedgerows in agricultural fields. These ground-nesting birds are now scarce, although they were abundant year-round residents as recently as the 1980s. Numerous reasons may explain the current scarcity of these birds.

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