Opinion
April was a cruel month for black people in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963. So was May, and the months that followed, culminating in the explosion of a bomb in a church that September that killed four girls. Fifty years ago last week, on May 2, 1963, teenagers and children, some as young as six, marched in Birmingham to protest segregation. Many were arrested for parading without a permit, but the marchers came back the next day. They were viciously knocked down in the streets by torrents of water from fire hoses wielded by white policemen, were hit with batons or set upon by police dogs.
It seems Chilmark needs a monstrosity law (as did Lower Manhattan for the World Trade towers and the Upper East Side for the Guggenheim Museum) in addition to limiting square footage of houses.
My 1937 Winston Simplified Dictionary defines monstrosity as the state or quality of being deformed or hideous (frightful) or extremely unusual; 2, anything huge, hideous, or deformed.
The friend of the Tisbury Council on Aging wish to thank supporters who attended our springtime tea introducing Tisbury town administrator John (Jay) Grande to the senior community. Addressing questions on waterfront reconstruction, parking congestion and long-term planning, Mr. Grande outlined the direction proposed for Tisbury. The friends (508-696-4205) reconvene on Thursday, June 13, at 2 p.m. in the Tisbury Senior Center for their annual meeting.
Passing by the Mill Pond, I am always struck by its beauty and the variety of wildlife that enjoy its waters all year round: the otters sliding on the ice or diving under water, the ducks and geese
Refusing to accept the verdict of the 2012 election, the Republicans have launched a campaign to nullify it, using their control of the House and cloture-proof filibusters in the Senate to block any Obama moves. Their most powerful ally is a “news” network, whose bias may be seen in these ways:
It seems like the Schifter project on Chappy is making its way to the pages of newspapers both on and off-Island. And yet in this epic battle of man versus nature, it is unclear who will end up the winner. Nature seemed to stage a strong first offensive, but by some armoring and then a historic move, it now appears nature has, at least temporarily, been evicted from the property. Maybe there isn’t a real winner.