Commentary
A plane landed in New York city today. The pilot chose the Hudson River as his landing strip. He believes that birds flew into his engines, thus disabling his aircraft. There were 155 people on board this plane, including the crew.
As I write this piece at 9:49 p.m., the day of the crash, millions of people throughout the world have seen images of the plane miraculously afloat in the river with everybody escaping from this near tragedy alive and mostly without injury.
Quansoo Forest
Spiraled, twisted, screwed and swirled,
Knobbed and gnarled, hunched and burled,
Oaken shapes grotesquely curled,
Ever-howling wind has whirled.
From the stump and toward the sky,
Aged sprouts for sunlight vie,
Grapplings limbs are arching high,
Arms of wooden octopi.
Briny gale the ocean blows,
February Medicinal
Hold the Colas
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s budget has been thrust under the spotlight, like all government budgets as town and county leaders strive to develop responsible spending plans for the coming fiscal year without drastically cutting services, as a national recession worsens and state aid is slashed by millions of dollars. The regional planning commission’s unusual powers extend to its budget process which is autonomous and not subject to approval by the six towns.
Harnessing Cape Wind’s Royalty Payments
ROYALTY RESOLUTION
Editors; Vineyard Gazette:
The following letter was sent to Sen. Robert O’Leary and Rep. Tim Madden from Martha’s Vineyard Commission executive director Mark London:
At the meeting of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission held on Thursday, Jan. 22, the commission passed the following motion.