From the April 19, 1985 edition by Richard Reston:
This spring has felt more like a prelude to winter than summer. The trees are just now beginning to leaf.
Not long after my mother died in 2014, my dad and I performed a ritual familiar to anyone who has lost someone they love.
We present to our readers this morning, the first number of “The Vineyard Gazette.”
The simple act of planting a tree often symbolizes something long-lasting.
Some think growing up on Martha’s Vineyard is a ticket to easy street, nothing but day after day at the beach.
My parents have been married for 53 years and by all accounts get along wonderfully together.
I wish to express our gratitude to selectmen and well-wishers in our efforts to try to preserve the outer shell of the Island Theater.
On behalf of the Hall family, I ask you to oppose wasteful spending by the town of Edgartown for the taking of the Yellow House at 66 Main Street.
The Hall family lives by two rules: thou shall not ever sell any property and thou shall not ever spend a penny on any property.