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“It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.”
I couldn’t agree more with Lewis Grizzard, the...
Last Friday was a perfect day for a boat trip and at 4:45 p.m. the Seastreak started up the East River on her five-hour trip from Manhattan to...
Farming on Martha’s Vineyard has become more than a just a career path for a few determined individuals whose parents were farmers. It has also...
I am actually looking forward to the end of summer. There is entirely too much to do. I know this is not true for you lucky few who vacation here.
President Obama arrived on the Vineyard early Thursday evening to begin a 10-day vacation with his family, marking his third consecutive August...
Lambert’s Cove Beach is open, West Tisbury town administrator Jen Rand reports, after clean tests on yesterday’s water samples. Seth’s Pond remains...
The First Family returns to the Vineyard today. Please send your photos, sightings and stories about the presidential visit to news@mvgazette.com and...
“What do you think of this, Olga?” asked a woman, holding out a black and white photograph. Olga Hirshhorn sat in a canvas director’s chair with...
I have mixed feelings about going to the Agricultural Fair. This has nothing to do with the fair itself, which at 150-years-old has aged...
The smell of hay and cotton candy, the lowing of cows, the dusty August air blowing through barn doors, ruffling your hair. The scratching of a...
Editor’s Note: The following story was published in the Gazette in August 1961 on the occasion of the fair centennial.
BY JOSEPH CHASE ALLEN
Each week the folks at Cinema Circus show a series of short films on Wednesday evenings at the Chilmark Community Center. The films begin at 6 p.m...