The first time I saw Camp Jabberwocky to know what it was, it looked just like what you will see sometime after five o'clock this afternoon, probably about halfway through the parade - the dark red bus growling and coughing its way around a distant corner in Edgartown; in front of it, leading the way, the lanky kids with long hair and painted faces skipping, dancing, blowing whistles, banging drums and pushing other kids in wheelchairs. It was probably around 1968 or 1969 when the idea of what Jabberwocky first began to register with me.
The Aquinnah selectmen heard a distinct plea from their up-Island
neighbors this week to formally appeal the recent superior court
decision that found the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) cannot be
sued because of sovereign immunity.
An Island Couple with a Simple Wish: They'd Like a House to
Call a Home
By MANDY LOCKE
Erin and Gary Simmons Jr. are nearly there.
Chicken Massacre: Did Dog Do It? Court Will Hear DNA Evidence
By CHRIS BURRELL
The DNA results are in, the trial is Wednesday, and if you ask Joan
Jenkinson, she'll tell you she has the mass murderer dead to
rights.
But this is no ordinary murder case. The 11 victims are all
chickens. The defendant is a four-year-old dog from West Tisbury named
Serena and Ms. Jenkinson is the town's animal control
officer-turned-forensics expert.
Blinker Light: a Time to Stop
High Accident, Injury Rate Cited as Oak Bluffs Selectmen Vote; Stop
Signs Up in Two Weeks; Rondabout by 2005?
By CHRIS BURRELL
Hit your brakes. A big red stop sign is about to replace the
blinking yellow light at one of the Vineyard's most dangerous
crossroads.
Once More Before the Court: Power of the Commission
By JULIA WELLS
The unique power of the Martha's Vineyard Commission to review
low and moderate income housing projects under Chapter 40B, a section of
state law commonly known as the anti-snob zoning statute, will come
under scrutiny again later this month in the Massachusetts Land Court.
Aquinnah Case in Towns' Eye
Up-Island Selectmen Will Meet; Neighbors Support an Appeal of Ruling
That Favored Tribe on Zoning
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
The town of Aquinnah will join the Gay Head Taxpayers Association in
asking a superior court judge for reconsideration of his recent decision
in favor of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
Although the Aquinnah selectmen have agreed to join the move to
reconsider, they have not yet decided whether to take the next step and
appeal.
There will be plenty of boom in Friday night's Fourth of July
fireworks. The Edgartown Firemen's Association is spending $25,000
or $5,000 more than a year ago.
Developers Bring Their Housing Plan Back to Commission
By JULIA WELLS
Alternately cracking shrill jokes and smacking the table with his
hand, a Bolton housing developer last night unveiled a new version of a
plan to build 320 homes on the southern woodlands property once planned
as the site for the Down Island Golf Club.
Brian Lafferty, who works for property owner and would-be golf club
developer Corey Kupersmith, wasted little time before throwing down the
gauntlet in front of the Martha's Vineyard Commission.
It's Our Seaside Think Tank - Hebrew Center's
Summer Plans
By C.K. WOLFSON
In the midst of summer concerns about ferry lines and tan lines, the
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center Summer Institute, entices hundreds
of Island residents and visitors to consider subjects such as prejudice,
medical and legal malpractice, terrorism and civil liberties, and engage
in discussion.
They gather at the Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven - so many
some have to be turned away - to attend the Island's seaside
Chautauqua: the Summer Institute Scholar Series.
