AIRPORT ADVERTISING

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

The following letter was sent to the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission:

The presentation by Luxury Media Partners to place advertising both outside and inside the airport terminal seems to have some merit in that would generate some income for the airport. There are, however, substantial detriments which it appears you have not considered or discussed.

Autumn Arrives

Gone Fishing: Blog On

It was pioneering filmmaker Robert Altman who described his love of fishing in these words: “You put that line in the water and you don’t know what’s on the other end. Your imagination is under there.”

In the same spirit, the Gazette is casting online with a derby blog, fishing for and feeding the anglers’ imagination.

One Cottage, So Much History

The Oak Bluffs historical commission is right to speak out frankly in the matter of the Harmon cottage demolition in the Camp Ground. The chain of events that led to what the town building inspector is calling a progressive demolition are a little unclear, as are the lines of authority. The historical commission, the town and the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, which owns and controls the Camp Ground, all are involved in piecing together the facts in the case.

The Federated Church of Edgartown will hold a free movie night on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Parish House on South Summer street. The film being shown is The Road to Galveston, based on a true story and starring Cicely Tyson. The movie is the story of a woman who loses her husband and is forced to make a living for herself. She chooses to provide care for Alzheimers patients, and the story is both heartwarming and inspiring.

The Sept. 15 sun went down in one blazing ball and after the last bit of color was gone, the crowds gathered on Lambert’s Cove Beach brushed the sand from their bottoms and turned around to go home. And then a brilliant harvest moon rose to rival the sunset.

Chief medicine man Luther T. Madison blessed the latest ambulance of the tri-town fleet in a ceremony held on the lawn of the tribal administration building on Sept. 17. Present were tribal members, members of tribal council, tribal staff, tri-town emergency medical technicians, Aquinnah selectmen, Aquinnah fire chief Walter Delaney and Aquinnah police chief Randhi Belain.

Ballet Moves

Martha’s Vineyard School of Ballet has moved. The new location, with professional barres, mirrors and ballet floor, is at Camp Jabberwocky on Greenwood avenue in Vineyard Haven. Classes begin Monday, Sept. 29. All students perform in The Nutcracker on Island. To register, call 508-693-0023

The Vineyard will lose Hy-Line Cruises’ high-speed ferry connection to Hyannis for the remainder of the season, following a major fire aboard the vessel Lady Martha last week.

Hy-Line vice president for marketing Philip Scudder said yesterday there was no way the damaged ferry could be back in service before the end of the season, Oct. 31, and he said the company’s efforts to find an alternative vessel had been unsuccessful.

Following a tense few months for the Steamship Authority, things were palpably more relaxed at the boat line September board meeting: fuel prices were retreating and with them the prospect of fare increases or service cuts. And there was the happy prospect of a half million dollar windfall.

SSA management told the board the boat line could recoup half the design costs of its newest vessel, the Island Home, because Washington state ferries wants to build at least two new vessels and is looking to use the same design as the Island Home.