Opinion

Pilgrim Closing Date Not a Done Deal

Richard Knabel

Despite a decommissioning advisory committee for the Pilgrim nuclear power station, will Pilgrim actually close in 2019?

3:31 pm, June 8, 2017
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Open Season

It’s quite a thing to see a season open. The houses and cottages are all at once coming to life.

3:28 pm, June 8, 2017
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Chairman of Board Addresses Decision to Fire Hospital CEO

Timothy D. Sweet

Following extensive consideration and discussion, the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital board of trustees voted to terminate the employment of Joseph Woodin...

3:20 pm, June 8, 2017
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Gift of Graduation Is a Community Effort

Avery Miner

Hello and thanks for joining us today. For me this day has always meant something very special. I remember sitting in the crowd thinking “when will...

4:46 pm, June 5, 2017
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Taking Exception

Drivers navigating Island roads will once again be dealing with the hazards of rented mopeds this summer.

5:43 pm, June 1, 2017
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Pushing Up Daisies

A changing of the guard is now taking place in fields and meadows as pink and white clover tall grasses yield to oxeye daisies.

5:40 pm, June 1, 2017
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Portraits Gone Missing

While traveling from one end of the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital to the new hospital, I had to comment on the emptiness of the lobby.

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Letters to the Editor

Christmas Saved

The following letter was sent to Edgartown fire chief Peter Shemeth.

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Food Pantry Thanks

All the volunteers at the Island Food Pantry want to thank individuals and businesses that contributed this holiday season.

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Gazette Chronicle: The Legend of Manuel Silvia

From the April 11, 1930 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

The name Manuel Silvia being a common one, the subject of this sketch is specifically designated to avoid confusion. Mr. Silvia is worthy of more than passing mention as having lived in the up-Island section longer than any other Portuguese citizen, and while he was not the first to locate west of the Chilmark-West Tisbury line, only one had come before him, and the death of his predecessor long before made Mr. Silvia a pioneer in a manner of speaking.