DiNicola returned a short time later to set up feeding stations around the island. The stations lure deer to an area where they can be shot. The killing is scheduled to begin when he returns April 20. The reality of what will occur here later in the month clearly is on the minds of residents of an island that serves a fishing village, artist's colony and refuge. But life goes on.
Fishermen haul lobster traps and gear in beat-up pickup trucks.
Shop owners hammer and saw, readying for the tourist season. Tulips are peeking up. Everyone, it seems, has an opinion about a controversy that has divided the island without splintering relationships. Opponents predict Lyme disease will persist even without the deer. Supporters say the hunters only want to keep the deer to kill them themselves.