Tisbury

Tisbury Hoard goes on show today

A feature in yesterday's Salisbury Journal reports that - ENTHUSIASTS are being offered a brief chance to view a major hoard of Bronze Age artefacts unearthed at Tisbury. From [today] November 16 until Saturday, November 26 more than half the 114 items, which were found by a metal detector enthusiast, will be displayed at Salisbury & South Wilts... more

Community Planning Event - 5th March 2012, Dinton Village Hall

South West Wiltshire Area Board, together with WilCAP & TapCAP (Tisbury Community Area Partnership), will be holding a special event on Monday 5th March 2012, at Dinton Village Hall from 6.30pm. The meeting will focus on the recently published Joint Strategic Assessment (JSA) data for each of the Wilton, Tisbury & Mere Community Areas. more

EV Stations Arrive in Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard, one of Massachusetts' best known tourist destinations, will soon have a solar canopy complete with EV charging stations. Vineyard Power Cooperative (VPC) is in the first phase of a project to put two rows of solar electricity parking lot canopies in the parking lot in between two stores, Cronig's and Healthy Additions in... more

South West Wiltshire Area Board update & Cancer Information event 4th Feb

Posted on 27/01/2012 by Rachael The latest newsletter, 'Just a Minute', from our Area Board has a round up of information & news from the Wilton, Tisbury & Mere Community Areas: Just a Minute - Jan 2012 . The next South West Wiltshire Area Board meeting will be held at Nadder Hall, Tisbury on Wednesday 29 February 2012, from 6pm - more... more

Title Essay

Vineyard Gazette, Op-Ed Page December 2, 2011 Pre-Occupied with Life by Chris Riger In 1967 and 1968, here on the Vineyard, I began to prepare myself to meet the epic sea change that is the Occupy Wall Street Movement today. Those years began a 43 year course in what is possible in this life we live together on earth. more

Occupy Wall Street Comes to Martha's Vineyard

I noticed myself get a bit wary when I heard that Occupy Together had arrived at Martha's Vineyard. After all this area has been a haven of the 1%. But this is not Russia in 1917. What we're building is not a world that excludes some and includes others but a world that includes all equally. Martha's Vineyard will add an ingredient to the soup... more

Next Area Board Meeting - Wednesday 7th December 2011

The next South West Wiltshire Area Board meeting will be held at Wilton’s Community Centre on Wednesday 7  December 2011, at 7pm (refreshments from 6.30pm). As well as regular items such as community area grants & partner updates, there will be the latest information on other local matters & issues, including Tisbury Campus. more

South Wiltshire Core Strategy Development Plan Document - Adopted February 2012

On 7th February 2012, Wiltshire Council adopted the South Wiltshire Core Strategy Development Plan Document, which is part of the Council's Local Development Framework. As WilCAP blogged back on 22/5/2011, this will guide all development in South Wiltshire to 2026, including new housing development on sites local to Wilton such as Fugglestone Red... more

"Four and a half slutty Island girls"

There were four and a half of us, and the first I'll explain to you. Her name was Janey. She was the wispy blond of our gang. Looking back, she bordered on being albino. I think she tried the least to mean anything to me. Her mother made pot brownies while cooking us muffins with brown sugar. She said that it was better for our health, but we all... more

Letter: Immortal Raiders

Reprints To the Editor: Re Herb Boyd's Nov. 20 letter responding to Kevin Boyle's review of my book "Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War" (Oct. 30): Though the review did not mention the five black men who joined Brown in raiding Harpers Ferry, the book does. In fact, the men appear on the first page, which opens... more