Having lived in the Midwest for a few years, Woods Hole Research Center scientist Dr. Michael T. Coe knows that global warming sounds good to some ears - it implies shorter winters and higher temperatures.
The largest construction project in Island history has entered full swing.
It's said that her name is Indian by origin and means Daughter of the Stars, but in truth she is more like the daughter of Capt. Robert S. Douglas. He planned for her, he provided everything she ever needed, and in return, she has never gone anywhere without him.
The Edgartown School is set to have a new principal by the end of the week, Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss said yesterday.
Mr. Weiss and the school committee will decide between two finalists selected from a pool of five semi-finalists who were interviewed last week.
The finalists are Richard Hamasian, an assistant principal in Connecticut, and John Stevens, a principal in Florida.
People said it would never work. But people were wrong. Vineyard Haven boat builders Ross Gannon and Nat Benjamin have a partnership that has survived 30 years, including a devastating fire that left them with nothing but the will to start over again. Today Gannon and Benjamin is a household name on the Vineyard, synonymous with wooden boats and Island values.
Interviews by Rachel Nava Rohr
Ross Gannon:
In the two years before Vineyard House opened, there were two dozen alcohol and drug-related deaths on the Island. The founders of the nonprofit sober house never did a formal needs survey - the need seemed clear enough. There was a cavernous gap in health services between the hospital's three-day detox and the return to everyday life.