Opinion
At 4:45 the sun edges
through a loose nest
of branches, sets
behind a snow bank,
slipping out early
after its brief appearance
in today.
New FEMA maps mean many home and business owners in the commonwealth must either pay millions of dollars for renovations or shell out for flood insurance premiums that reach beyond $30,000 a year.
On New Year’s Day I drove from Chilmark to Edgartown, from Peaked Hill to Main street, listening to Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch alone in my car.
Herb Foster’s article in the Jan. 3 issue of the Gazette has an interesting organization that braids together effectively but sometimes a bit confusingly several different time sequences.
On Monday, Jan. 20, trained local volunteers working with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will begin a course for family members of individuals with serious mental illness. This is a free, 12-week series of classes on consecutive Mondays, through April 7, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in Vineyard Haven.
Should Ahold-Stop & Shop’s proposal for a greatly expanded store, the subject of a long hearing process before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, be approved or rejected?