Time Machine Terms
February 7, 2008
Sustainable Island
Sustainable Island
Four years ago the Vineyard Energy Project wrote a ten-year action plan outlining a series of strategies for the Island — which imports virtually all of its energy — to achieve greater independence.
February 7, 2008
Aquinnah
JUNE MANNING
508-645-2574
It is apparent that perhaps global warming is catching up to us or we are to it. As many reminisced on Wednesday of where we were thirty years ago during the blizzard of 1978 and compared it to the 54-degree temperature of the day in 2008, it was quite a difference.
The next wave of reminiscing was that of when the Vineyard was predominantly Republican. Everyone tries to pinpoint the change to a Democratic phase in the 1960s.
February 7, 2008
West Tisbury
JOHN S. ALLEY
508-693-2950
The weekend weather was a mixed bag. It rained most of Saturday but cleared off and was mild and sunny on Sunday. The Dumptique is closed all of this month and will reopen in March. The gas station was unquestionably the busiest place in town Sunday morning with their special Sunday fuel price. All Patriot fans suffered a severe blow when the team lost the Super Bowl to the dreaded Giants. On the upside, the Patriots did finish the year with an incredible 18 wins but lost the big one.
February 7, 2008
Chilmark
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
What a week. Chilmark was excited by the primaries as indicated by the large number of voters who turned out. All the excitement and rhetoric seemed to bring on a thaw and the weather was decidedly not frosty! Then again, maybe the skies were weeping for our beloved Patriots who will be back next year.
We are happy to learn that Bill Gamson is out and about again. He broke his kneecap slipping on the ice in Boston in early December and has been immobilized since then. Best wishes from us all.
February 7, 2008
Information Meeting Is, Scheduled on Wind Farm
Information Meeting Is
Scheduled on Wind Farm
Cape Wind and the Martha’s Vineyard chapter of Clean Power Now will co-host a meeting on Monday, Feb. 11 about the proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. in the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven.
Speakers include Mark Rodgers of Cape Wind, which has proposed building the wind farm, and Sharon Strimling Florio of Clean Power Now.
February 7, 2008
Super Sunday Across the Island: Patriots Fans Cheer, Then Weep
From Chilmark to Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven to Edgartown, small family groups and boisterous bar parties celebrated Super Bowl Sunday as an annual break from quiet, brittle February.
Last Sunday, photographer Peter Simon, wheelman John Pinchon and this reporter crisscrossed the Island to note Super Bowl customs, traditions and reactions to the game.
February 7, 2008
Oak Bluffs
HOLLY NADLER
508-693-3880
My grandfather’s fourth wife, Lena, who had the thickest Yiddish accent ever heard in the Farifax district of Los Angeles, would have characterized this week as “a time of sedness and gledness.”
February 7, 2008
Vineyard Haven
NANCY GARDELLA
508-693-3308
I was so disappointed when Amy Levine closed her fabulous store on Main street, It’s In the Bag. But how delighted I was to pass by today and see a young woman hard at work inside and a sign on the window: “Coming Soon! Island Music.” This will definitely be a welcome addition to our town.
