A family walks along Memorial Wharf eating ice cream, the children wearing Martha's Vineyard sweatshirts, one red, one white and two blue. A stranger stops to help an elderly woman attempting to hang the stars and stripes from her flagpole. Down the street a man, surrounded by three children drawing vivid landscapes in sidewalk chalk, cleans the grime from his grill.
The Fourth of July is almost here and in every storefront, hanging flower basket and living room window Independence Day is visible.
Thirty years ago, two young women walked into the offices of the
Vineyard Gazette on South Summer street in Edgartown looking for
employment.
One of the women, just graduated from Smith College, was so shy that
her friend had to guide her hand into the hand of general manager Dan
West.
Mr. West hired the women for part-time work, inserting inside
sections into the front section of the Gazette.
Boat Line Bill Moves Quietly
Joint Transportation Committee Hosts Surprise Public Hearing on
Legislation Believed Dead; Marc Hanover Will Protest
By JAMES KINSELLA
A sleeper bill to change the governing board of the Steamship
Authority, reportedly sent into limbo earlier this year, emerged last
week for a surprise public hearing before the Joint Committee on
Transportation.
The deaf pilot whose single engine airplane crashed last Thursday on a runway at Katama Airfield in Edgartown remained in critical condition yesterday in the intensive care unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
The deaf pilot whose single engine airplane crashed last Thursday on a runway at Katama Airfield in Edgartown remained in critical condition yesterday in the intensive care unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Norton Point Closed to Vehicles to Protect Piping Plover Chicks
By JAMES KINSELLA
Over the past four days, public and private officials have closed
sections of Norton Point and East Beach to four-wheel-drive vehicles to
protect newly hatched piping plover chicks and nests with eggs yet to
hatch.
In Massachusetts, the piping plover is a threatened species. After
hatching, the chicks take about 30 days before they fly, making them
vulnerable to the tires of four-wheel-drive vehicles driving along a
beach.
Martha's Vineyard may have an affordable housing crisis on its hands, but it also has the community support and political will to address the issue.
And if the Island's many grassroots housing organizations cooperate in their present efforts and continue to experiment with new ones, the crisis in the long run could change the Vineyard for the better.
It was shortly after 1 p.m. last Thursday, a sunny afternoon and
otherwise ordinary day. Nic Turner was driving south down Herring Creek
Road toward the right fork, heading back to his job as a lifeguard on
South Beach, when he first spotted the Cessna Skyhawk making its final
approach at the Katama Airfield.
Rates for Trash Disposal Rise; District Managers Align Costs
By JAMES KINSELLA
Starting July 1, the cost of trash disposal and recycling will
change at the central transfer station operated by the Martha's
Vineyard Refuse and Resource Recovery District.
Prices for trash disposal are either rising or falling, depending on
what kind of trash container is used.
The coastal bank just to the north of the Steamship Authority terminal in Oak Bluffs won't win any beauty awards.
