My childhood was of the dirt-beneath -the-fingernails variety. I spent fall afternoons uncovering salamanders from under old logs and trapping slugs...
A century ago Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs was a heady combination of sights, sounds and smells in the summertime. Exotic souvenirs, local produce...
A Weapon to Defend Island Waters The days slip by, one after another. First a hundred, then a thousand, then thousands more. The cesspool keeps...
Disappearing Ancient Ways On Thursday night the Martha’s Vineyard Commission will hold a public hearing on a proposal to include five ancient ways...
By Polly Woollcott Murphy. From the Vineyard Gazette editions of November 1976:
By BRAD WOODGER We’re all busy. More important, however, is that everybody else knows that we’re busy. Few street meetings or catch-up phone calls...
DYING DIFFERENTLY Editors, Vineyard Gazette: As with the Moshup Trail heathlands, Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard is a rare and unique species in...
KEEP HOSPICE SEPARATE Editors, Vineyard Gazette: I am not surprised to hear that the Vineyard Nursing Association is adding Medicare hospice...
GEOGRAPHY AND STRIPED BASS Editors, Vineyard Gazette: When considering the current state of the striped bass fishery, it is interesting to note...
From the Sept. 13, 1988 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
Eddie Gentle 3rd of Edgartown, a senior at the regional high school, leads the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby with a 15.57-pound bluefish he caught Saturday morning.
The youth of the Vineyard are already making a strong showing on the derby boards.
