In the disturbing yet vital film Taxi to the Dark Side, Army Specialist Damien Corsetti, one of six interrogators who confessed to torturing and killing an innocent taxi driver at the Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan in 2002, stoically peers into the camera and tries to justify his actions.
“When you look at people as less than human, you find yourself doing unthinkable things,” Mr. Corsetti says of his role in the death of Dilawar, the young Afghani wrongly accused of being the trigger man in a rocket attack.
Despite some strong goaltending and many power play opportunities — including four in the final period alone — the boys’ hockey team on Wednesday could not figure out the swarming defense of the Sandwich Knights and lost 3-1 in the second round of the Division II south sectional finals at Gallo Ice Arena.
Proponents of a controversial plan to expand the baseball park at Veira Park now are eyeing a site next to the town wastewater facility they hope will avoid the resistance from neighbors who feel that modifying the current site would create problems with traffic, parking and safety.
The applicant, Vineyard Little League, has yet to withdraw plans for Veira Park or submit new plans for the site next to the wastewater plant.
A familiar slate of Oak Bluffs candidates will look to play a game of political musical chairs this election season as several veteran officials will seek new or additional seats that are open on the various town boards and committees.
Incumbents Duncan Ross and Ronald DiOrio face challenger Hans vonSteiger in a three-way race for two available selectmen’s seats.
A key subcommittee of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission on Monday started a review of the three-story garage built without a permit by Oak Bluffs resident Joseph G. Moujabber along the North Bluffs in 2003.
After a slew of lawsuits and appeals, it was the first time in years that the much-maligned project has undergone any kind of public review.
Town officials gathered Wednesday to review plans for the repair and reinforcement of part of the old pay beach, in hopes of preventing a large portion of town waterfront from literally falling into the ocean — perhaps taking sidewalk and state highway along with it.
