Opinion
In December a member of our sophomore class, Kunal Datta, traveled to his homeland of India. While he was there our teacher had asked him to take a few minutes each day and write down some observations about differences between the United States and India, especially in education.
February Days
Winter has become a familiar presence by now, and no longer carries the jolt that it did in December when the Montreal express first came screaming down from Canada with snow, bitter winds and temperatures in the teens.
Edgartown Library’s Second Chance
Tisbury’s Preexisiting Condition
Selectmen in the Island’s only year-round port town are known for their crowded meeting agendas; it seems as if there is always a long list of brisk business to conduct in Tisbury, and that’s a good thing.
Behind his eyes the part of him
That always knew the joke
Till at the end the only thing he needed
Was a smile.
— Gerry Storrow, from Requiem
Dan Aronie died early last Friday morning at his home in Vineyard Haven. He was 38. Dan had suffered for much of his life with both diabetes and multiple sclerosis.
U.S. Department of the Interior Secre tary Ken Salazar made a big point of saying recently that wind development had to be done right and in the “right places.” No one can disagree with those sentiments, and they were certainly issued for public consumption. However, the Minerals Management Service (MMS), which is under his control, doesn’t seem to have heard him, or perhaps just tuned him out.