Commentary
The Sound of a Sacred Place
As the sun rose in the crimson sky on Tuesday, two men sat in the bitter cold, watching it together. One is charged...
This week the sophomores are proud to present their Man in India, Kunal Datta, who recently returned from a lengthy trip where he visited Gandhi’s...
It was my good fortune to have known Steve Crampton for many years — to have had a chance to see him up close with his family, as a leader in his...
Call me erratic, but my new year always begins in February with the first signs of spring. As Adam Moore, director of Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation,...
TOWERING TURBINES
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
My partner, Jay, and I purchased a home on the Vineyard nearly six years ago. I don’t think we’ll...
Affordable Housing Report Card
Affordable housing continues to be a pressing issue on the Island, and the past few weeks have seen developments on...
It is a cold January morning and inside the Massachusetts State Lobster Hatchery on Lagoon Pond in Oak Bluffs, all is quiet. It has been 14 years...
For the Love of Gold
From Gazette editions of 1850:
From letters received in town from a member of the “Vineyard Mining Company,” who proceeded...
Forty seven years ago in August 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King made the I Have a Dream speech, a speech which I now know was heard all over the world...
Nightclub Versus Liquor Store
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
In the mid-1980s, after EduComp moved into its big brick building at the head of Main street, Vineyard Haven, I was a frequent visitor, either...
MOVING ON
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The election is now over. Thankfully, the ridiculous television commercials will no longer play on every...