Monthly Archives: March 2013
Survey finds more study needed for marijuana as medicine
Few large scale studies have measured whether marijuana is an effective treatment.
Medical marijuana industry eyes Massachusetts market
Businesses that grow and sell medical marijuana, and a host of businesses that support the industry, are ready and waiting.
A meaningful service
On March 4, I attended the fourth annual service of remembrance given at Windemere Nursing Home, in memory of those patients who died in 2012.
Books, the adventure and the peace of mind
In response to [At Large: Following one reader's trail, but not getting very far] made me think of my adventure into the world of books.
Safety is a gun at hand – or is it?
The National Rifle Association calls on every American to have a gun in the house – preferably several guns – in order to defend home and family against intruders.
The best plan for TTOR
This is a copy of a letter to The Trustees of Reservations and the Department of Marine Fisheries, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Our habitat is ticks’ habitat – we ought to change that
The smaller deer tick infects humans with Lyme disease, the best known of tick-borne illnesses.
Missing the affordable housing mark
The missing keys to solving the affordability problem have not escaped the leaders of the housing movement over the last decade of their devoted work.
The high cost of cheap
West Tisbury just went through a $1.
Dan Scully named Winnetu GM
Dan Scully is the new general manager of Winnetu Oceanside Resort, Mark and Gwenn Snider, owners of Winnetu and the Nantucket Hotel on Nantucket Island, announced this week.
MVCS wants a new logo; you can help
Martha's Vineyard Community Services (MVCS), whose leadership is changing (see above), wants to change its logo.
MVCS hires new chief
Juliette E.
MV Cancer Support Group hosts celebration potluck party
The Martha's Vineyard Cancer Support Group (MVCSG) will kick off "A Celebration of Survival & Support," a potluck party, at 5 pm on Sunday, March 10, at the Portuguese-American Club in Oak Bluffs.
Oak Bluffs
If you wonder why each column has a brief mention of weather, it is because it seems as if our lives and plans depend so much on what is predicted for weather in the days ahead: even though those predictions are not always accurate.
Chilmark
School vacation has come and gone and our kiddos are back to the grind.
Edgartown
Now don't be alarmed, but there has been this bright yellow ball in the sky lately that has been making appearances more and more regularly, even creeping into the evening hours.
Aquinnah
Well thank goodness February is over.
Tisbury
Susan Klein returns with more Tales for a Winter's Night this Friday at Grace Church.
West Tisbury
I have accused my husband of having chain saw madness for almost 30 years.
Walter S. Gallant
Walter S.