Commentary
A Dredge With Potential
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...
75 Years Ago
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of September, 1932:
“Millions viewed the eclipse.” So said the mainland newspapers, and the...
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...
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...
A DIFFERENT RESIDENT
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I would like it to be known that the “Susan Shea” mentioned in the article in the Vineyard...
50 Years Ago
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of September, 1957:
TEAR IT DOWN
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
A building permit is given to an individual in 2003, to construct a garage to replace an existing 200-...
The Public Park that Never Happened
For two decades, so-called Boch Park on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven has sat in a limbo made of court battles...
