Commentary
Counting the Hard Way
We are an elusive people, Vineyarders. We live down unmarked dirt roads where we do not receive mail. Global positioning...
Keep the Skate Park Open
The recommendation from an Oak Bluffs town insurance inspector on the skate park came out of the blue last week, catching...
When we consider placing wind turbines on Horseshoe Shoal and near Noman’s Land, we simply cannot throw caution to the wind and jump into this...
On April 13, West Tisbury voters will be making many important decisions. One item, Article 31 on the annual town warrant, deals with the future of...
From Gazette editions of April, 1935:
These days we are afraid to have a hero. Because over and over, heroes keep falling off their pedestals. Another one did last year on Thanksgiving...
Thank you, islanders
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Clamming Comes Back
The Island is full of talented fishermen, but even those hopeless with a hook can enjoy clamming. Clams are captives, lying...
Open House for Debate
Tuesday’s lottery for seven affordable homes in West Tisbury was a poignant reminder of the struggle ordinary workers have...
We were pleased to read the letter that Dick Knight and the Chappy Path Committee (CPC) wrote to your board and published in the Vineyard Gazette...
Winner’s Circle
I’m trying to rhyme the word “Vineyard;”
Thank goodness it isn’t a sin word.
Unlike that Nantucket
Where oaths fill a bucket,...
Last Friday, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School was honored to have the chance to listen to Corey Scanlon’s story at a special assembly...