Commentary
KWANZAA CELEBRATION
Kwanzaa, the Festival of First Fruits, is a celebration of family, community, culture and values of traditional African...
Christmas 2009
Six days ago the Polar Express raced up from the mid-Atlantic, streaking a blizzardy path from Washington, D.C. to New Jersey, Long...
Plenty of Fish
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The current debate in Washington isn’t solely about the grand goal of expanding access to health insurance. It has turned into a spar about...
There is a song about a light in the sky above Bethlehem, and a baby born in a manger. The light draws people from far and wide, to celebrate an...
It was a perfect New York art storm — Kandinsky, the Bauhaus, Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe, Hockney and Richard Serra — for starters. And it was all...
The Copenhagen climate summit has been much in the news for two weeks and the media is full of stories about rising carbon dioxide (C02) levels,...
Last week, a deal was struck that will push forward an eight-turbine offshore wind project near Block Island, R.I. That project has received strong...
When the Martha’s Vineyard Commission created a district of critical planning concern for the waters of the County of Dukes County, it offered a...
This week the sophomore class had the opportunity to walk the entire African American Heritage Trail, which is also a nonprofit organization. The...
OUT OF BOUNDS
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
As I sit at my kitchen table, working late, surrounded by quiet, darkened homes with sleeping residents...
Christmas, as much as I love it, has in the last few years become shrouded in the dark, heavy, woolen garments of my childhood.