The Martha's Vineyard Times
Ruth G. Miller
Ruth G.
Rebutting the criticism of “fracking”
As a petroleum engineer, oil and natural gas producer, and summer resident of Tisbury, I felt compelled to respond to Peter Cabana's letter published October 14, regarding alleged pollution of ground water in Pennsylvania, as a result of a process known as hydraulic fracturing.
The value of controlled burns
This letter was written to Commissioner Rick Sullivan, state Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Who’s disturbing the peace?
In response to the letter "Dirt Bikers spoil the peace, violate the laws" (
Rosalie N. Francis
Rosalie Nina Francis, 97, died on Monday, October 18, at Windemere in Oak Bluffs where she has resided for the past several years.
Jennifer R. Larson
Jennifer Rollins Larson, age 42, of Zion, Illinois, and Oak Bluffs died suddenly on October 18.
Mary R. Fisher
Mary Rose Lynch was born on May 24, 1907, to Daniel and Octavia Lynch of Lowell.
Martha’s Vineyard District Court Report
Donald H.
A natural gas threat
American oil and natural gas companies claim that sufficient amounts of "unconventional" natural gas can be extracted by safely fracturing trapped gas a couple miles below the earth's surface.
Murphy
Lyme disease comes from deer ticks.
Fishermen fail to cast consideration
To the two guys who protested indignantly "Hey, we're just fishing!" Yes, I know it is tiresome to have ultra-rich summer people — who drive a 10-year-old Volvo because they can't afford a new one — touchy about people like you acting like they have an irrevocable right to use their land.
Thanks
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School's junior class would like to thank Karpet Kare for the generous donation of tile they installed on the counter of the football concession stand, which is located near the high school's football field.
Who gets rained on?
Your sports headline, "The rain falls 'On the just and on the unjust'" refers to Matthew 5:45 (''He .
No more years for Governor Patrick
Some have called for a referendum on the subject of wind factories planned in federal and state waters to surround the Vineyard.
Driver education needed
I think it is a serious mistake not to offer an in-school based driving school for our teenagers.
A fishing pier and an imperishable bond
About 32 years ago, my dad took my son down to the Oak Bluffs Steamship pier to fish.
TTOR management must be corrected
I've sent this letter to Andrew Kendall, president of The Trustees of Reservations.
Harold C. Roworth Jr.
Harold C.
Duncan Kreamer
Duncan Kreamer, 92, died in Phoenix, Maryland, on October 8.
Meredith J. Aldrich
Life-long educator Meredith Jane Aldrich, founder of Children's Hours School in Geneva, N.