They are all captains but don’t wear lifejackets. Membership in their yacht club only costs $5 a year. When a severe storm is brewing, they don’t...
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $126,253 for the business week ending on Friday, March 29, 2013. The land bank receives its...
The Edgartown selectmen this week voted to give two commercial fishermen until Friday to pay outstanding citation fees. Shellfish constable Paul...
Demolition of the old public works building, a new beer and wine license for Cafe Moxie and three signatures on a new cable contract for the town...
If there is a more widely recognizable on the Vineyard than the American robin, we’ve yet to hear of it. The combination of a gray back and an orange...
This is the time when voters in Island towns gather to direct their community’s public activity for the year. Hundreds of thousands of dollars will...
A thin crescent moon rises early in the morning tomorrow. The moon is in the zodiacal constellation Aquarius, a constellation we normally associate...
Ray Hopper died the day our first child was born. It wasn’t a natural death, or a peaceful death. At the time Ray was the husband of the storekeeper...
You do not need a degree in natural science to become familiar with the different ways that birds use camouflage to either evade the notice of...
As a painter, Pablo Picasso had nothing on me. Sure, he had a Blue Period, but it lasted only three years. My Blue Period has lasted almost 25 years...
Many remember the last time the small (west) entrance to Vineyard Haven harbor closed in 1997, and you could smell the decay far and wide. The small...
The recent article by Sara Brown (Vineyard Gazette, March 22) illustrates clearly a few problems apparent in our boat line service. In their effort...

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